Robert HP Platz

Robert H.P. Platz (b. August 16, 1951, Baden-Baden) is a German classical composer.

Biography
Robert H.P. Platz studied music theory, composition (Fortner), musicology (Budde) and piano in Freiburg, Germany between 1970 and 1973. He studied after with Karlheinz Stockhausen in Cologne. In 1977 he took examinations in conducting (Travis) in Freiburg, and done a series of computer courses at IRCAM in 1980. Since 1990 he has been teaching composition at the Conservatorium Maastricht, Netherlands. Platz gives workshops and masterclasses in Poland, Netherlands, Italy, Japan, and the USA, and he has taught at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse für Neue Musik.