WINFRIED ZILLIG (1905– 1963) Komponist – Werk – Zeitkontext

In the organizer's words:

The symposium is dedicated to the Würzburg-born composer Winfried Zillig (1905-1963), a prominent figure of New Music in the first half of the 20th century. As a master student of Arnold Schönberg and close companion of Alban Berg, among others, Zillig combined advanced compositional techniques with a pronounced sense of expression and dramatic design. Theodor W. Adorno counted him among the "most gifted" of his generation.

Finally, opera director Dr. Berthold Warnecke will focus on Zillig's first opera Rosse and shed light on the work in its musical and literary characteristics, also in the context of the current production at the Mainfranken Theater.

A concluding panel discussion invites the audience to re-examine Zillig's oeuvre in the field of tension between tradition, modernity and contemporary history.