Education
He studied composition with Johannes Paul Thilman, as well as conducting and singing.
He studied composition with Johannes Paul Thilman, as well as conducting and singing.
He is a German composer, music director, and conductor. He then continued his music education at the Dresden Music School. He worked two years as assistant of music theater director, Walter Felsenstein.
In 1970 he became the dramatic adviser of Dresden"s State Opera.
In 1978 he was appointed as professor of composition at his alma mater, Dresdner Musikhochschule. In 1986, he founded the Dresden Center for Contemporary Music, which is a research center and organizer for concerts and festivals.
From 1990 to 2001, Zimmermann was the artistic director of the Leipzig Opera.
Academy of Arts of the German Democratic Republic. Akademie der Künste Berlin. European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Sächsische Akademie der Künste. Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste]
Zimmermann was a member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor from 1954 to 1962.