Elmar Lampson

Elmar Lampson, born in 1952, lives as a freelance composer in Rosengarten-Ehestorf near Hamburg. He is honorary president and senior professor of composition at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater, which he served as president from 2004 to 2022.

His oeuvre as a composer includes chamber music, solo and ensemble works, a violin concerto, orchestral works - including three symphonies - as well as choral music, theater music and two operas.

Famous conductors, orchestras, ensembles and soloists commissioned and performed his works, among others: Sylvian Cambreling, Yoel Gamzou Kent Nagano, Simone Young, Daye Lin, Justus Frantz, Muhai Tang, Zuohuang Chen, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Symphoniker Hamburg, Niederrheinische Sinfoniker, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland Pfalz, Philharmony of the Nations, International Mahler Orchestra, Staatsorchester Kassel, Ensemble Resonanz, Quatuor Danel, New Helsinki Quartet, Minguet-Quartet, Zemlinsky-Quartet, Trio di Clarone and Asya Fateyeva.
In May 2025 Yoel Gamzou will premiere Lampson's opera “Wellen” as a commissioned work for the Theater Bremen.

Currently Elmar Lampson is Composer in Residence with the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra.