Johannes Fritsch

Johannes G. Fritsch (born July 27, 1941 in Bensheim-Auerbach, Germany) is a German composer.

He studied music, sociology, and philosophy from 1961 to 1965 at the University and the Musikhochschule in Cologne with, amongst others, Bernd Alois Zimmermann. In the following years he applied himself to the most varied musical activities. Amongst other things he played viola in the Stockhausen-Ensemble in the late 1960s, and took part in the German exhibition at Expo 70, the World’s Fair in Osaka in 1970.

In 1966 Fritsch received the Förderpreis (Monetary Award) of the Federal State of North Rhine–Westphalia, and in 1971 the Prize of the Paris Biennale. Since the 1970s there have been further awards, such as the Förderpreis of the City of Cologne, and the Robert-Schumann Prize of the City of Düsseldorf.

In 1970 Fritsch was one of the founders of the Feedback Studio of Cologne (together with Rolf Gehlhaar and David Johnson), and has been since 1975 active as the chief protagonist of the "Feedback Studio Verlag," the first German composers' publishing house: He is a producer of Compact Discs, editor of the "Feedback Studio Papers" (one of the journals dedicated to electronic music), a publisher of scores of contemporary music, and a concert manager. In 1979, 1982, 1984, and 1986 he was with WDR manager of the World Music Congresses in Vlotho.

Since 1984 he has been Professor of Composition at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Cologne, where he has taught Juan Maria Solare, Josef Rebbe and many other composers & improvisators.

External links

* [http://dispatch.opac.d-nb.de/DB=4.1/REL?PPN=124337007 Literature on and by Johannes Fritsch (in German) in the catalog of the German National Library]
* [http://composers21.com/compdocs/fritschj.htm Johannes Fritsch (in English) with a catalog of works]
* [http://genterstr.hypermart.net/feedback_l.html Feedback Studio Verlag]