Wolfgang-Andreas Schultz

• studied musicology, philosophy and German language and literature and during that time took composition lessons
• 1970 second prize at the composers' competition of the Hamburg Association of Composers and Music Teachers (LTM) for Vier Lieder nach Gedichten von Georg Trakl
• 1972 studied composition with Ernst Gernot Klussmann, later with György Ligeti, and later became his assistant
• composed the full length operas Sturmnacht (Nuremberg, 1987) and Achill unter den Mädchen (Kassel, 1997) and the dance poem Shiva
• 1988 professor for composition and music theory at the Hamburg Music College
• has published a number of texts on music history and musicology

Works by Wolfgang-Andreas Schultz include:
Sawitri und Satiawan (2018/19) Indian legend for orchestra
Sakuntala (Violin Concerto No.2) (2010/11)
4th Symphony 'The Voices of Andalucia' (2005/06) for soprano and orchestra
Wandlungen eines gefallenen Engels (2000) for solo clarinet