Klaus Lang
Klaus Lang (born 26 April 1971 in Graz) is an Austrian composer, concert organist, improviser, and academic teacher. His opera Die Architektur des Regens (The Architecture of Rain) after the Noh play Shiga by Zeami was premiered at the Munich Biennale in 2008. In 2006, Lang was appointed Professor of composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz.
Klaus Lang
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- Name
- Klaus Lang
- Born
- 26 April 1971
- Birthplace
- Graz
- Occupation
- * Composer
- Awards
- Andrzej-Dobrowolski-Preis
- Nationality
- Austria
- Fields
- music · organ performance · musicology
- Languages
- German
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Klaus Lang (born 26 April 1971 in Graz) is an Austrian composer, concert organist, improviser, and academic teacher. His opera Die Architektur des Regens (The Architecture of Rain) after the Noh play Shiga by Zeami was premiered at the Munich Biennale in 2008. In 2006, Lang was appointed Professor of composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz.
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In 2010 he was awarded the Andrzej-Dobrowolski-Preis of the Steiermark. He was commissioned by Katharina Wagner to write an opera, The Vanished Wedding, to be premiered at Bayreuth, although not at the Festspielhaus and not part of the Bayreuth Festival. It is claimed to be the first world premiere at Bayreuth since the premiere of Wagner's Parsifal in 1882. The Vanished Wedding was premiered at the Reichshof, a disused Bayreuth cinema, on 23 July 2018, the day before the start of the 2018 Bayreuth Festival.
The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is music, organ performance and musicology. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera. Employment is recorded with University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. Work by Klaus Lang is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Canada.
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• Name — Klaus Lang • Born — 26 April 1971 • Birthplace — Graz • Occupation — * Composer • Concert organist • Improviser • Academic teacher. • Organization — University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz • Awards — Andrzej-Dobrowolski-Preis
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Klaus Lang is recorded with the occupation musicologist. Classed in the genre opera. Recorded as composer, conductor, organist, university teacher and musician.
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Klaus Lang was born on 26 April 1971.
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Career and activity. Lang worked in music, organ performance and musicology. He was employed by University of Music and Performing Arts Graz.
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