
Person
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Sound · 1928–2007 · Mödrath, Kerpen, Germany
Biography
Karlheinz Stockhausen was a German composer, acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. He is most known for his groundbreaking work in electronic music, aleatory (controlled chance) in serial composition, and musical spatialization.
Known for

Apostrophes
Self

The Culture Show
Self

Walkabout
Additional Music

Mikrophonie I
1966

Migration
Music

Helicopter String Quartet
Himself

história oculta do rio de janeiro: vinheta 1
Original Music Composer
Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
1964

Nikbin Sirto
Music

Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
Self
Filmography
- 2025história oculta do rio de janeiro: vinheta 1Original Music Composer
- 2023Sonntag aus LichtWriter
- 2022Freitag aus LichtCompositor
- 2022Electronic Vibrations: A Sound Changes the WorldSelf - Composer (archive footage)
- 2021Dienstag aus LichtCompositor
- 2021Donnerstag aus LichtMusic
- 2019Samstag aus LichtCompositor
- 2015Nikbin SirtoMusic
- 2009Michaels Reise um die ErdeCompositor
- 2008Eldorado
- 2008Eldorado/Sonntags Abschied: Live PerformanceMusic
- 2004The Culture ShowSelf
- 2000In AbsentiaMale voice
- 1998ModulationsSelf
- 1998The Seventh DoorSelf
- 1996Helicopter String QuartetHimself
- 1994Rapport fra "Nr. 24"Music
- 1991Frank Zappa: PeefeeyatkoSelf
- 1986Cornelius Cardew: 1936-1981Self
- 1984Good Morning, Mr. OrwellSelf
- 1975ApostrophesSelf
- 1974L'Infonie InachevéeSelf
- 1971WalkaboutAdditional Music
- 1970MigrationMusic
- 1966The Great Rehearsals: MomenteHimself
- 1966Mikrophonie I
- 1964Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
- —Lecture 1 - (Musical Forming)
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