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Ablinger, Peter (b. 1959) (Austria–Germany)
Adam, Stephan (b. 1954) (German only)
Albertz, Sef (b. 1971) (Venezuela–Germany)
Ali-Zadeh, Franghiz (b. 1947) (Azerbaijan–Germany) (German and Russian only)
Allende-Blin, Juan (b. 1928) (Chile–Germany) (French and German only)
Alvear, Maria de (b. 1960) (Spain–Germany)
Andre, Mark (b. 1964) (France–Germany)*
Arnecke, Jörn (b. 1973)
Askin, Ali N. (b. 1962)
Bach Bachtischa, Michael (b. 1958)
Banasik, Christian (b. 1963)
Barber, Simon (b. 1971) (Australia–Germany)
Barden, Mark (b. 1980) (USA–Germany)
Barlow, Clarence Albertson (b. 1945) (Germany–USA)*
Bauckholt, Carola (b. 1959)
Baumann, Herbert (b. 1925 – d. 2020) (German only)
Baur, Jürg (b. 1918 – d. 2010)
Becker, Holmer (b. 1955)
Behrens, Marc (b. 1970)
Beil, Michael (b. 1963) (German only)
Beinke, Eckart (b. 1956) (mostly in German)
Berheide, Hauke (b. 1980) (German only)
Bertelsmeier, Birke J. (b. 1981) (German only)
Beste, Ansgar (b. 1981) (Germany–Sweden)
Bettendorf, Carl Christian (b. 1973) (Germany–USA)
Beuger, Antoine (b. 1955) (The Netherlands–Germany)
Beyer, Frank Michael (b. 1928 – d. 2008)
Beyer, Stefan (b. 1981)
Bhagwati, Sandeep (b. 1963) (India–Germany)*
Bieler, Helmut (b. 1940 – d. 2019)*
Birkenkötter, Jörg (b. 1963)
Bishay, Patrik (b. 1975) (Germany–Egypt)
Blume, Philipp (b. 1972)
Blumenthaler, Volker (b. 1951)
Boehmer, Konrad (b. 1941 – d. 2014) (Germany–The Netherlands)
Bönn, Georg (b. 1965)
Borboudakis, Minas (b. 1974) (Greece–Germany)
Borowski, Johannes Boris (b. 1979)
Bose, Hans-Jürgen von (b. 1953) (German only)
Bottenberg, Wolfgang (b. 1930 – d. 2018) (Germany–Canada)
Brandmüller, Theo (b. 1948 – d. 2012)
Brass, Nikolaus (b. 1949) (German only)
Bräuninger, Jürgen (b. 1956 – d. 2019) (Germany–South Africa)
Breitenfeld, Roland (b. 1952)
Bröder, Alois (b. 1961) (mostly in German)
Brümmer, Ludger (b. 1958)
Brün, Herbert (b. 1918 – d. 2000) (Germany–USA)
Burger, Klaus (b. 1958)
Caratelli, Marcus (b. 1991) (mostly in German)
Castine, Peter (b. 1953) (USA–Germany)
Chagas, Paulo C. (b. 1953) (Brazil–Germany)*
Chen, Xiaoyong (b. 1955) (China–Germany)
Chin, Unsuk (b. 1961) (South Korea–Germany)
Chung, Il-Ryun (b. 1964) (German only)
Claren, Sebastian (b. 1965) (German only)
Clelland, Kent (b. 1971) (USA–Germany)
Coates, Gloria (b. 1938) (USA–Germany)
Corbett, Sidney (b. 1960) (USA–Germany)
Darmstadt, Hans (b. 1943) (German only)
Daum, Johannes (b. 1974) (mostly in German)
Denhoff, Michael (b. 1955) (mostly in German)
Détlefsen, Hans Christian (b. 1951) (Germany–The Netherlands)
Dimov, Bojidar (b. 1935 – d. 2003) (Bulgaria–Germany)
Dinescu, Violeta (b. 1953) (Romania–Germany)*
Dittrich, Paul-Heinz (b. 1930 – d. 2020) (mostly in German)
Dobrowolny, Miro (b. 1959) (German only)
Döhl, Friedhelm (b. 1936 – d. 2018) (German only)
Dragićević, Sascha Janko (b. 1969) (German only)
Dreyblatt, Arnold (b. 1953) (USA–Germany)
Drude, Matthias (b. 1960) (mostly in German)
Ebert, Wolfgang-Heinrich (b. 1950)*
Eckert, Gerald (b. 1960)
Eggert, Moritz (b. 1965)
Eichberg, Søren Nils (b. 1973) (Denmark–Germany)
Elikowski-Winkler, Sebastian (b. 1978) (German only)
Encke, Thorsten (b. 1966)
Engelmann, Hans Ulrich (b. 1921 – d. 2011)
Erding-Swiridoff, Susanne (b. 1955)
Erdmann, Dietrich (b. 1917 – d. 2009) (German only)
Even, Pierre (b. 1946) (Luxembourg–Germany)
Febel, Reinhard (b. 1952)
Ferreira-Lopes, Paulo (b. 1964) (Portugal–Germany)
Finnendahl, Orm (b. 1963) (mostly in German)
Flores Abad, Eduardo (b. 1960) (Ecuador–Germany)
Franke, Bernd (b. 1959)
Frick, Oliver Sascha (b. 1973)
Friedl, Reinhold (b. 1964)
Friedrichs, Günter (b. 1935) (German only)
Fritsch, Johannes (b. 1941 – d. 2010)*
Froleyks, Stephan (b. 1962) (German only)
Füting, Reiko (b. 1970)
Gahn, Peter (b. 1970)
García del Valle Méndez, Jorge (b. 1966) (Spain–Germany)
Gárdonyi, Zsolt (b. 1946) (Hungary–Germany)
Gehlhaar, Rolf (b. 1943 – d. 2019)
Genzmer, Harald (b. 1909 – d. 2007) (German only)
Gerber, Karl F. (b. 1954)
Gerszewski, Nikolaus (b. 1964)
Giesen, Malte (b. 1988)
Giesen, Tobias (b. 1970)
Gieshoff, Arne (b. 1988)
Glandien, Lutz (b. 1954)
Glanert, Detlev (b. 1960)
Goebbels, Heiner (b. 1952)
Goldmann, Friedrich (b. 1941 – d. 2009)
Gorigoitia, Ramón (b. 1958) (Chile–Germany) (German and Spanish only)
Gourzi, Konstantia (b. 1962) (Greece–Germany)
Graham, David Paul (b. 1951) (UK–Germany)
Grinberg, Alexander (b. 1961) (Ukraine–Germany)*
Grosskopf, Erhard (b. 1934)
Grün, Andreas (b. 1960)
Grütter, Martin (b. 1983)
Hajdu, Georg (b. 1960)
Hakenberg, Stefan (b. 1960)
Hanke, Stefan Johannes (b. 1984) (German only)
Hartmann, Friedhelm (b. 1963) (Germany–Israel)
Haußmann, Karin (b. 1962) (German only)
Hayward, Robin (b. 1969) (UK–Germany)
Heiden, Bernhard (b. 1910 – d. 2000) (Germany–USA)
Heider, Werner (b. 1930) (German only)
Heintz, Joachim (b. 1961) (mostly in German)
Heller, Barbara (b. 1936) (mostly in German)
Helmschrott, Robert Maximilian (b. 1938) (mostly in German)
Hennig, Carsten (b. 1967) (German only)
Hensel, Daniel (b. 1978)
Henze, Hans Werner (b. 1926 – d. 2012) (Germany–Italy)
Herrmann, Arnulf (b. 1968)
Herrmann, Peter (b. 1941 – d. 2015) (German only)
Herrmann, Torsten (b. 1981)
Hespos, Hans-Joachim (b. 1938 – d. 2022)
Hesse, Lutz-Werner (b. 1955) (German only)
Hetzel, Stefan (b. 1966)
Heucke, Stefan (b. 1959) (German only)
Heyn, Volker (b. 1938)*
Hidalgo, Manuel (b. 1956) (Spain–Germany)
Hiendl, Martin (b. 1986)
Hilario, Alan (b. 1967) (The Philippines–Germany)*
Hilgers, Rainer (b. 1962) (mostly in German)
Hiller, Wilfried (b. 1941) (German only)
Hippe, Stefan (b. 1966)
Hirsch, Michael (b. 1958 – d. 2017) (German only)
Hirschfeld, Caspar René (b. 1965)
Hirt, Erhard (b. 1951) (German only)
Hoban, Wieland (b. 1978) (UK–Germany)*
Hoche, Hubert (b. 1966) (mostly in German)
Hoffmann, Robin (b. 1970)
Höller, York (b. 1944) (German only)
Hölszky, Adriana (b. 1953) (Romania–Germany)
Hopstein, Kurt (b. 1934 – d. 2013) (German only)
Houben, Eva-Maria (b. 1955) (German only)
Hoyer, Ralf (b. 1950)
Huber, Nicolaus A. (b. 1939)
Hübler, Klaus K. (b. 1956 – d. 2018) (German only)
Hummel, Bertold (b. 1925 – d. 2002)
Hurt, Leopold (b. 1979)
Inderhees, Carlo (b. 1955) (German only)
Iranyi, Gabriel (b. 1946) (Romania–Germany) (German only)
Jentzsch, Wilfried (b. 1941)
Jost, Christian (b. 1963)
Kagel, Mauricio (b. 1931 – d. 2008) (Argentina–Germany)
Kaiser, Marcus (b. 1967) (German only)
Kakavelakis, Konstantinos (b. 1960) (Greece–Germany)
Kalitzke, Johannes (b. 1959)*
Kampe, Gordon (b. 1976)
Karkoschka, Erhard (b. 1923 – d. 2009)
Katzer, Georg (b. 1935 – d. 2019) (mostly in German)
Kaul, Matthias (b. 1949 – d. 2020)
Kayn, Roland (b. 1933 – d. 2011) (Germany–The Netherlands) (mostly in German)
Kelemen, Milko (b. 1924 – d. 2018) (Croatia–Germany)
Keller, Hermann (b. 1945 – d. 2018)
Keuk, Alexander (b. 1971) (German only)
Kiknadze, Reso (b. 1960) (Georgia–Germany)
Killmayer, Wilhelm (b. 1927 – d. 2017)
Kirchner, Volker David (b. 1942 – d. 2020) (German only)
Klein, Bernhard Thomas (b. 1967) (German only)
Klein, Georg (b. 1964)
Klein, Julian (b. 1973)
Klein, Juliane (b. 1966)
Klimek, Jens (b. 1984) (German only)
Koblenz, Babette (b. 1956) (German only)
koch, hans w. (b. 1962)
Koch, Sven-Ingo (b. 1974) (mostly in German)
Koenig, Gottfried Michael (b. 1926 – d. 2021) (Germany–The Netherlands)
Koepf, Siegfried (b. 1958)*
Kopp, Jan (b. 1971) (mostly in German)
Korte, Oliver (b. 1969) (German only)
Kosviner, David (b. 1957) (South Africa–Germany)*
Kőszeghy, Péter (b. 1971) (Hungary–Germany)
Kraus-Hübner, Hans (b. 1941) (German only)
Krebber, Steffen (b. 1976) (German only)
Kreidler, Johannes (b. 1980)
Kreppein, Ulrich (b. 1979)
Krieger, Ulrich (b. 1962)
Kröll, Georg (b. 1934) (German only)
Kropp, Markus W. (b. 1973) (German only)
Krüger, Matthias S. (b. 1980)
Kubisch, Christina (b. 1948)
Kubo, Mayako (b. 1947) (Japan–Germany)
Kühnl, Claus (b. 1957) (German only)
Kupkovič, Ladislav (b. 1936 – d. 2016) (Slovakia–Germany) (German only)
Kyriakakis, Giorgos (b. 1967) (Greece–Germany)
Lachenmann, Helmut (b. 1935)*
Lack, Graham (b. 1954) (UK–Germany)
Lampson, Elmar (b. 1952) (German only)
Lehnhoff, Dieter (b. 1955) (Guatemala–Germany)*
Lévy, Fabien (b. 1968) (France–Germany)
Leyendecker, Ulrich (b. 1946 – d. 2018)
Lichtensteiger, Ralph (b. 1962) (Switzerland–Germany) (German only)
Ligeti, György (b. 1923 – d. 2006) (Hungary–Germany)
Linde, Hans-Martin (b. 1930) (Germany–Switzerland) (mostly in German)
Linke, Norbert (b. 1933 – d. 2020) (German only)
Lobanov, Vassily (b. 1947) (Russia–Germany) (German only)
Lock, Hans-Gunter (b. 1974) (Germany–Estonia)
Lonquich, Heinz Martin (b. 1937 – d. 2014) (German only)
Lücker, Arno (b. 1979) (German only)
Machajdík, Peter (b. 1961) (Slovakia–Germany)
Mack, Dieter (b. 1954)*
Mahnkopf, Claus-Steffen (b. 1962)
Maier, Florian Magnus (b. 1973) (Germany–The Netherlands)
Maierhof, Michael (b. 1956)*
Maiguashca, Mesías (b. 1938) (Ecuador–Germany) (German only)
Maintz, Philipp (b. 1977) (mostly in German)
Mamlok, Ursula (b. 1923 – d. 2016) (Germany–USA) (German only)
Marcoll, Maximilian (b. 1981)
Masanetz, Jan (b. 1979)
Mason, Benedict (b. 1954) (UK–Germany)
Matthus, Siegfried (b. 1934 – d. 2021) (German only)
Maute, Matthias (b. 1963)
Meadowcroft, Thomas (b. 1972) (Australia–Germany)
Medek, Tilo (b. 1940 – d. 2006) (mostly in German)
Meijering, Cord (b. 1955) (The Netherlands–Germany)
Mětšk, Juro (b. 1954 – d. 2022) (German only)
Minard, Robin (b. 1953) (Canada–Germany)
Mittendorf, Hans (b. 1952) (Germany–France)
Mohammad, Iyad (b. 1976) (Jordan–Germany)*
Molitor, Claudia (b. 1974) (Germany–UK)
Moss, David (b. 1949) (USA–Germany)
Motschmann, Johannes (b. 1978) (mostly in German)
Muench, Markus (b. 1964)
Muenz, Harald (b. 1965)*
Müller, Knut (b. 1963)
Müller-Siemens, Detlev (b. 1957)*
Müller-Wieland, Jan (b. 1966)
Münch, Martin (b. 1961) (German only)
Mundry, Isabel (b. 1963)
Muntendorf, Brigitta (b. 1982) (mostly in German)
Nemtsov, Sarah (b. 1980)
Neubert, Günter (b. 1936) (German only)
Newman, Chris (b. 1958) (UK–Germany)
Nickel, Volker (b. 1970) (German only)
Nieder, Fabio (b. 1957) (Italy–Germany)*
Obermüller, Karola (b. 1977)
Obst, Michael (b. 1955)
Odeh-Tamimi, Samir (b. 1970) (Israel–Germany)
Oehring, Helmut (b. 1961) (German only)
Olbrisch, Franz Martin (b. 1952)
Olive, Vivienne (b. 1950) (UK–Germany)
Osborne, William (b. 1951) (USA–Germany)
Ostrzyga, Michael (b. 1975) (German only)
Pagh-Paan, Younghi (b. 1945) (South Korea–Germany)
Pauß, Theodor (b. 1969) (German only)
Pintscher, Matthias (b. 1971)
Platz, Robert HP (b. 1951) (German only)
Pogatschar, Helga (b. 1966) (German only)
Pohlit, Hannes (b. 1976)
Pohlit, Stefan (b. 1976)
Polanik, Adam (b. 1961) (German only)
Poller, Tom Rojo (b. 1978)
Pomorin, Sibylle (b. 1956)
Poppe, Enno (b. 1969)
Pröve, Bernfried E. G. (b. 1963) (mostly in German)
Quell, Michael (b. 1960)
Quintero Silva, Julián (b. 1983) (Ecuador–Germany)*
Raecke, Hans-Karsten (b. 1941) (German only)
Rasch, Torsten (b. 1965)
Redel, Martin Christoph (b. 1947) (German only)
Reese, Kirsten (b. 1968)
Regner, Hermann (b. 1928 – d. 2008) (Germany–Austria)
Reimann, Aribert (b. 1936)
Reiner, Thomas (b. 1959) (Germany–Australia)
Renz Paulsen, Christian (b. 1982) (Colombia–Germany) (German only)
Resch, Hans-Dieter (b. 1932 – d. 2022)
Reusner, Clemens von (b. 1957) (mostly in German)
Reutter, Hans Peter (b. 1966)
Richter de Vroe, Nicolaus (b. 1955) (German only)
Riehm, Rolf (b. 1937) (German only)
Rihm, Wolfgang (b. 1952)*
Rohloff, Steingrimur (b. 1971) (Iceland–Germany)
Rojko, Uroš (b. 1954) (Slovenia–Germany)
Roux, Isak (b. 1959) (South Africa–Germany)*
Rudin, Rolf (b. 1961) (mostly in German)
Ruoff, Axel (b. 1957) (German only)
Ruttkamp, Timo (b. 1980)*
Ruzicka, Peter (b. 1948)*
Sabat, Marc (b. 1965) (Canada–Germany)
Sanders, Arne (b. 1975)
Sandoval, Carlos (b. 1956) (Mexico–Germany)
Sannicandro, Valerio (b. 1971) (Italy–Germany)
Saunders, Rebecca (b. 1967) (UK–Germany)
Schenker, Friedrich (b. 1942 – d. 2013) (German only)
Scheuer, Benjamin (b. 1987) (mostly in German)
Schiphorst, Iris ter (b. 1956)
Schirmer, Dominik (b. 1976)
Schleiermacher, Steffen (b. 1960)
Schlothauer, Burkhard (b. 1957) (German only)
Schlünz, Annette (b. 1964)*
Schmidt, Mia (b. 1952) (German only)
Schmidt-Mechau, Friedemann (b. 1955)
Schnebel, Dieter (b. 1930 – d. 2018)
Schneid, Tobias PM (b. 1963)
Schneider, Joachim F. W. (b. 1970)
Schneider, Stephan Marc (b. 1970) (German only)
Schneider-Hollek, Matthias (b. 1963) (mostly in German)
Schneller, Oliver (b. 1966)
Schöllhorn, Johannes (b. 1962)
Schönbach, Dieter (b. 1931 – d. 2012) (mostly in German)
Schönewolf, Markus (b. 1977) (mostly in German)
Schönthal, Ruth (b. 1924 – d. 2006) (Germany–USA)
Schreier, Anno (b. 1979) (German only)
Schubert, Alexander (b. 1979)
Schultheiss, Ulrich (b. 1956)
Schultz, Wolfgang-Andreas (b. 1948) (German only)
Schwartz, Jay (b. 1965) (USA–Germany)
Schwehr, Cornelius (b. 1953)
Schweinitz, Wolfgang von (b. 1953)
Schweitzer, Benjamin (b. 1973)
Seel, Daniel (b. 1970)
Seidl, Hannes (b. 1977)
Seidl, Hermann (b. 1958)
Seidl, Niklas (b. 1983) (German only)
Seither, Charlotte (b. 1965)
Sherwood, Gordon (b. 1929 – d. 2013) (USA–Germany) (German only)
Shim, Kunsu (b. 1958) (South Korea–Germany) (mostly in German)
Smutny, Daniel (b. 1976) (German only)
Soiron, Ralf (b. 1967) (German only)
Solare, Juan María (b. 1966) (Argentina–Germany)
Sora, Tom (b. 1956) (Romania–Germany) (German only)
Spahlinger, Mathias (b. 1944)
Stäbler, Gerhard (b. 1949)
Stahmer, Klaus-Hinrich (b. 1941) (German only)
Stahnke, Manfred (b. 1951)
Staub, Volker (b. 1961) (German only)
Stelzenbach, Susanne (b. 1947) (mostly in German)
Stiebler, Ernstalbrecht (b. 1934)*
Stiegler, Thomas (b. 1966)
Stier, Sebastian (b. 1970)
Stockhausen, Karlheinz (b. 1928 – d. 2007)
Stockhausen, Simon (b. 1967) (mostly in German)
Stölzel, Ingrid (b. 1971) (Germany–USA)
Stranz, Ulrich (b. 1946 – d. 2004)
Strauch, Alexander (b. 1971) (German only)
Streich, Stefan (b. 1961)*
Strongylis, Aristides (b. 1974) (Greece–Germany)
Suslin, Viktor (b. 1942 – d. 2012) (Russia–Germany)
Süsse, Ulrich (b. 1944)
Svoboda, Mike (b. 1960) (USA–Germany)
Tal, Josef (b. 1910 – d. 2008) (Germany–Israel)
Tchiba, Martin (b. 1982) (Hungary–Germany)
Terzakis, Dimitri (b. 1938) (Greece–Germany)
Thiele, Siegfried (b. 1934)
Thoma, Xaver Paul (b. 1953) (German only)
Thomalla, Hans (b. 1975)
Trojahn, Manfred (b. 1949)
Tsangaris, Manos (b. 1956)
Tung, Chao-Ming (b. 1969) (Taiwan–Germany)
Tutschku, Hans (b. 1966)
Ullmann, Jakob (b. 1958) (German only)
Utz, Christian (b. 1969) (Germany–Austria)
Virezoub, Olga (b. 1975) (Russia–Germany)
Voigtländer, Lothar (b. 1943) (German only)
Von der Nahmer, Peter Michael (b. 1977) (Germany–USA)
Wagenhäuser, Wolfgang (b. 1953)
Wahren, Karl Heinz (b. 1933) (mostly in German)
Wallmann, H. Johannes (b. 1952)
Walter, Caspar Johannes (b. 1964)
Walter, Stefan Johannes (b. 1968) (German only)
Waterhouse, Graham (b. 1962) (UK–Germany)
Weiss, Manfred (b. 1935) (German only)
Werder, Felix (b. 1922 – d. 2012) (Germany–Australia)
Wesselmann, Marcus Antonius (b. 1965) (German only)
Westerkamp, Hildegard (b. 1946) (Germany–Canada)
Wetzel, Karin (b. 1981)
Widmann, Jörg (b. 1973)
Winbeck, Heinz (b. 1946 – d. 2019)
Winkler, Stephan (b. 1967)
Wohlleber, Hartmut (b. 1965) (German only)
Wolters, Michael (b. 1971) (Germany–UK)
Wüsthoff, Klaus (b. 1922 – d. 2021) (German only)
Yamaguchi, Yasuko (b. 1969) (Japan–Germany) (German only)
Yoffe, Boris (b. 1968) (Russia–Germany) (German only)
Yui, Yasuko (b. 1969) (Japan–Germany)
Zabel, Frank (b. 1968) (German only)
Zamastil, Wolfgang (b. 1981 – d. 2017) (Austria–Germany)
Zapf, Helmut (b. 1956)*
Zechlin, Ruth (b. 1926 – d. 2007) (German only)
Zeller, Fredrik (b. 1965) (German only)
Zender, Hans (b. 1936 – d. 2019)
Zimmermann, Udo (b. 1943 – d. 2021)
Zimmermann, Walter (b. 1949)*
Živković, Nebojša Jovan (b. 1962) (Serbia–Germany)

(*) = profile written by Dan Albertson.

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