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Dieter Kaufmann

Dieter Kaufmann (22 April 1941 – 23 September 2025) was an Austrian composer, and a pioneer of electroacoustic music. He headed the new Institut für Komposition und Elektroakustik at the Vienna Music

Dieter Kaufmann (22 April 1941 – 23 September 2025) was an Austrian composer, and a pioneer of electroacoustic music. He headed the new Institut für Komposition und Elektroakustik at the Vienna Music Academy from 1970, following models in Paris and Cologne. He held leading positions in Austrian and international organisations. He composed for voices, traditional instruments and electronics, often in combinations. Some were inspired by his socio-political interests. Life and career Kaufmann was born in Vienna on 22 April 1941 Personal life Kaufmann was married to Gunda König, a singer and actress. He died on 23 September 2025, at the age of 84. External links * * * Dieter Kaufmann (Composer) Bach Cantatas

Era
Post-War
Lived
1941–2025
From
Austria
Born in
Vienna
Known as
composer, university teacher, music educator

Contemporaries

Composers of the same nationality whose working lives overlapped — computed across all 11,984 dated composers in this library, not taken from any single article.