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 “The Little Match Girl,” performed for the first time in the United States at the Spoleto Festival, presents the familiar story as a series of feelings and images in sound. Under ...

A violinist slides a bow vertically along the strings, instead of across them. Then she uses it to saw on the side of the instrument or even on the tuning pegs. The strange scrapes, scratches and ...

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,” ...

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 ...