Elmar Lampson
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He wrote two symphonies, solo- and chamber music, music for choir and an opera. His music is published by Peermusic Hamburg, New York and is available on various CDs, published by col legno, ViennaVienna
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He writes essays on music-phenomenological topics and is co-editor of a series of books titled Copyrights, Kulturverlag Kadmos, Berlin (in collaboration with Dirk Baecker). As Dean of the Faculty of General Studies of the Witten/Herdecke University
Witten/Herdecke University
Witten/Herdecke University is a private university in Witten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Unlike most other German universities, it is a private enterprise with about 1100 students and 400 employees...
and as President of the University of Music and Drama Hamburg, Elmar Lampson has profoundly shaped and restructured graduate and undergraduate education at both universities for many years. At Witten/Herdecke, he also established and implemented a new curriculum for philosophy and humanities focusing on "Philosophie und Kulturreflexion".
He is Professor of Composition and Theory at the University of Music and Drama Hamburg
Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg
The Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg is one of the larger universities of music in Germany.It was founded 1950 as Staatliche Hochschule für Musik on the base of the former private acting school of Annemarie Marks-Rocke and Eduard Marks.Studies include various music types from church music...
and as well head of the Werner Richard - Dr. Carl Dörken-Chair for Phenomenology of Music at the University Witten/Herdecke.