Hans Zender

Hans Zender (1936-2019) was a German composer and conductor, born in Wiesbaden. He studied composition with Wolfgang Fortner, along with piano and conducting, at the music academies of Frankfurt and Freiburg. He led the Saarbrücken radio symphony orchestra from 1971 to 1984 and taught composition in Frankfurt from 1988 to 2000. His Schuberts Winterreise (1993) is what he called a composed interpretation of Schubert's song cycle. Zender wrote the operas Stephen Climax (1979-1984) and Don Quijote de la Mancha (1989-1991), and the Hölderlin lesen series.