What is Georg Katzer?
[[File:Georg katzer.jpg|thumb|Georg Katzer]] '''Georg Katzer''' (10 January 1935 – 7 May 2019) was a [[Germans|German]] [[composer]]. He is best known for helping [[Electroacoustic music|electronic new music]] become popular in [[East Germany]]. He held leading roles in music [[organisation]]s, first in the East, and later in the united Germany. He was student of [[Hanns Eisler]] and [[Leo Spies]]. He won many awards in his career. He was also a professor at the [[Academy of Arts, Berlin]]. He was born in [[Habelschwerdt]], [[Lower Silesia]]. Katzer died on 7 May 2019 in [[Berlin]], at the age of 84.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/zum-tod-des-komponisten-georg-katzer-immer-gespraechsbereit/24313328.html|title=Zum Tod des Komponisten Georg Katzer: Immer gesprächsbereit|work=Der Tagesspiegel|language=de|date=7 May 2019|access-date=8 May 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} *{{DNB portal|119075091}} *{{Official|http://www.georgkatzer.de/}} {{in lang|de}} *{{IMDb name|nm0441909}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Katzer, Georg}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:German academics]] [[Category:20th-century German composers]]