Hans Otte

Hans Otte (1926-2007) was a German composer and pianist, born in Saxony, who spent most of his career in Bremen. He is best known for two large cycles for solo piano, Das Buch der Klänge (1979-82) and Stundenbuch, music often described as postminimalist, which he often played himself. Otte studied composition with Paul Hindemith and piano with Walter Gieseking. From 1959 to 1984 he was music director at Radio Bremen, where he founded the pro musica nova festival and presented John Cage, David Tudor, Terry Riley and La Monte Young.