Helmut Lachenmann’s compositions probably aren’t for everyone. The composer even likened a concert of his music to thrill seeking. “In Switzerland, people pay 500 euros just to make bungee jumping,” ...

From Miller Theatre Executive Director Melissa Smey: "Both Bach and Lachenmann truly transformed the way we think about string instruments, and the possibilities they hold. Hearing their works back to ...

In Germany, he is often referred to as “Professor Helmut Lachenmann.” He is 73, lanky, bearded. A student of Luigi Nono and Karlheinz Stockhausen, he is perhaps the foremost representative of the ...

From Melissa Smey, Executive Director of Miller Theatre: "Helmut Lachenmann is one of my favorite composers. His string quartets invite us to listen differently — to sound, to texture, and even ...

Helmut Lachenmann is one of the most influential contemporary German composers and gained international recognition for his reorientation of contemporary composition. Born in Stuttgart in 1935, he ...

'Helmut Lachenmann's music is as much therapy as art, reacquainting musicians with their instruments, audiences with their ears. And it delivers this therapy through discovery.' Who knew that so much ...

American orchestras don’t play the music of Helmut Lachenmann. He may, at age 82, be widely hailed as Germany’s most important, and one of Europe’s most influential, composers. He may be studied in ...

Brad Balliett and Doug Balliett — identical twin composers and performers from Massachusetts — have been performing together and collaborating for nearly thirty years. As bassoonist and double bassist ...