Weiss, Ferdinand#
Weiss, Ferdinand, b. Vienna, June 6, 1933. Composer, theatre orchestra conductor. 1967-1975 teacher at the Vienna Conservatory; from 1972-1997 director of the Lower Austrian Group of Composers; founded a series of concerts of contemporary music in Lower Austria in 1973, which in 1989 became the "Zeitgenoessischer Herbst"; from 1989-1997 chairman of the Interest Group of Lower Austrian Composers.
Works#
Orchestral works (symphonies, concertos), chamber music, choral works, songs.