In the same time, he turned to writing operas, collaborating a.o. Claudio Arrau, Maurice Abravanel) in music theory and contributed articles and reviews to 'Der deutsche Rundfunk“.īy 1925, Weill had been established as one of the leading composers of his generation, along with Paul Hindemith and Ernst Krenek. In order to support himself, he conducted synagogue choirs, tutored students (e.g.
Not liking the training with Engelbert Humperdinck, though, he was accepted finally into Ferruccio Busoni’s master class in composition. Having displayed musical talent early on, he became a substitute accompanist at the Dessau Court Theater during the First World War, and - after studying theory and composition with Albert Bing - enrolled at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik. Kurt Weill was born in Dessau on 2 March 1900.
