Hans-Joachim Hespos

Hans-Joachim Hespos (1938-2022) was a German composer, born in Emden. Largely self-taught, he worked in the school system from 1962 to 1984 while writing music that seeks out extreme situations for performers, with scores whose playing directions are full of invented words. He published his own works through his own press and later issued his complete output himself. Hans-Joachim Hespos won the Gaudeamus composition prize in 1967 and a Villa Massimo fellowship in Rome in 1972/73. His works include Traces de...