Jörg Widmann

Widmann was born on 19 June 1973 in Munich, the son of a physicist and a teacher. His sister is the German classical violinist Carolin Widmann.{{cite web | title=Double Acts: Carolin and Jörg Widmann | website=The Strad | date=13 October 2023 | url=https://www.thestrad.com/playing-hub/double-acts-carolin-and-j%C3%B6rg-widmann/17019.article | access-date=13 October 2023 | archive-date=23 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223065658/https://www.thestrad.com/playing-hub/double-acts-carolin-and-j%C3%B6rg-widmann/17019.article | url-status=live }} He first took clarinet lessons in 1980.{{sfn|Bruhn|2013|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=wWi8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA9 9]}} Four years later he became a composition student of Kay Westermann.{{sfn|Bruhn|2013|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=wWi8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA9 9]}} Widmann attended the secondary school {{ill|Pestalozzi Gymnasium|de|Pestalozzi-Gymnasium München}} in Munich.{{efn|Hans Werner Henze commissioned the Schuloper Absences.{{cite web | title=Komponisten der Gegenwart (KDG) | website=nachschlage.net | url=https://www.nachschlage.net/search/kdg/J%C3%B6rg+Widmann/637.html | language=de | access-date=12 August 2024 | archive-date=6 February 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206211000/https://www.nachschlage.net/search/kdg/J%C3%B6rg+Widmann/637.html | url-status=live }}}}{{cite web | title=Musikpreis 2021 | website=Landeshauptstadt München | date=10 December 2019 | url=https://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/Stadtverwaltung/Kulturreferat/Musik/Auszeichnungen/Musikpreis/2021.html | language=de | access-date=25 August 2021 | archive-date=25 August 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825133016/https://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/Stadtverwaltung/Kulturreferat/Musik/Auszeichnungen/Musikpreis/2021.html | url-status=live }} He later studied composition with Hans Werner Henze, Wilfried Hiller in Munich and Heiner Goebbels, Wolfgang Rihm in Karlsruhe.{{sfn|Fein|2005|pp=13–34}}

He studied as a clarinetist at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München with Gerhard Starke (1986–1997, Meisterklassendiplom 1997){{Cite web |date=5 November 2018 |title=Verleihung des Robert Schumann-Preises für Dichtung und Musik an Jörg Widmann |url=https://www.adwmainz.de/en/news/artikel/verleihung-des-robert-schumann-preises-fuer-dichtung-und-musik-an-joerg-widmann-1.html |access-date=18 January 2021 |website=Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz |language=de |archive-date=24 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224233121/https://www.adwmainz.de/en/news/artikel/verleihung-des-robert-schumann-preises-fuer-dichtung-und-musik-an-joerg-widmann-1.html |url-status=live }} and at the Juilliard School in New York City with Charles Neidich (1994–1995, Advanced Certificate 1995).{{sfn|Bruhn|2013|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=wWi8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA9 9]}}{{Cite web |last=May |first=Thomas |date=25 February 2020 |title=Widmann Conducts the Juilliard Orchestra |url=https://www.juilliard.edu/news/145921/widmann-conducts-juilliard-orchestra |access-date=17 January 2021 |website=The Juilliard School |archive-date=22 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122193153/https://www.juilliard.edu/news/145921/widmann-conducts-juilliard-orchestra |url-status=live }} He furthered his studies at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe (1997–1999).{{sfn|Fein|2005|pp=13–34}}{{sfn|Bruhn|2013|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=wWi8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA9 9]}}

From 2001 to 2015, Widmann taught clarinet as a professor at the University of Music Freiburg.{{sfn|Bruhn|2013|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=wWi8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA9 9]}} From 2009 to 2015, Widmann was a part-time Professor of Composition, succeeding Mathias Spahlinger, at the Institute for New Music at the University of Music Freiburg.{{sfn|Bruhn|2013|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=wWi8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA9 9]}}{{Cite news |last=Adam |first=Johannes |date=4 November 2010 |title=Die erogenen Zonen der Musik |language=de |work=Badische Zeitung |location=Freiburg |url=http://www.badische-zeitung.de/klassik-2/die-erogenen-zonen-der-musik--37359392.html |access-date=26 August 2017 |archive-date=27 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827084719/https://www.badische-zeitung.de/klassik-2/die-erogenen-zonen-der-musik--37359392.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite book |url=https://www.mh-freiburg.de/fileadmin/Downloads/Jahrbuecher/Jahrbuch_2008-2009.pdf |title=Jahrbuch der Hochschule für Musik Freiburg 2008/09 |date=2008 |publisher=Hochschule für Musik Freiburg |location=Freiburg |language=de |access-date=13 August 2017 |archive-date=13 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813223416/https://www.mh-freiburg.de/fileadmin/Downloads/Jahrbuecher/Jahrbuch_2008-2009.pdf |url-status=dead }} Since 2017, Widmann holds the Edward Said Chair in Composition at the Barenboim–Said Akademie, Berlin.{{Cite web |year=2017 |title=Faculty members |url=https://barenboimsaid.de/professor/joerg-widmann |access-date=16 June 2017 |website=Barenboim–Said Akademie |archive-date=6 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806021602/https://barenboimsaid.de/professor/joerg-widmann |url-status=live }}

As a soloist, Widmann has performed with major orchestras in Germany and abroad, including the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, under conductors like Valery Gergiev, Christoph von Dohnányi, Sylvain Cambreling and Kent Nagano.{{cite web | title=Jörg Widmann | website=SWR Kultur | date=3 March 2016 | url=https://www.swr.de/swrkultur/musik-klassik/donaueschinger-musiktage/article-swr-728.html | language=de | access-date=27 November 2024}}{{cite web | title=Jörg Widmann | website=Die Münchner Philharmoniker | url=https://www.mphil.de/en/ueber-uns/musicians/details/joerg-widmann | access-date=27 November 2024}}

He has premiered several clarinet concerti dedicated to him: in 1999 through "musica viva", he played Music for Clarinet and Orchestra by Wolfgang Rihm;{{sfn|Bruhn|2013|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=wWi8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA9 9]}} in 2006 with the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cantus by Aribert Reimann;{{sfn|Bruhn|2013|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=wWi8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA9 9]}} and in 2015 "über" by Mark Andre at the Donaueschingen Festival.{{Cite news |last=Benda |first=Susanne |date=30 January 2016 |title=Immer wieder über Grenzen gehen |language=de |work=Stuttgarter Nachrichten |url=https://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.joerg-widmann-immer-wieder-ueber-grenzen-gehen.fc2cf145-eec4-45d6-be6f-e756a40bff7b.html |access-date=9 May 2018 |archive-date=10 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510051038/https://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.joerg-widmann-immer-wieder-ueber-grenzen-gehen.fc2cf145-eec4-45d6-be6f-e756a40bff7b.html |url-status=live }}

Widmann's core repertoire as clarinetist includes Mozart's Clarinet Concerto{{cite web | last=Struck-Schloen | first=Michael | title=Werkeinführung Mozart Klarinettenkonzert | website=WDR | date=5 October 2015 | url=https://www1.wdr.de/orchester-und-chor/sinfonieorchester/werkeinfuehrungen/mozart-klarinettenkonzert-100.html | language=de | access-date=4 February 2024 | archive-date=4 February 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204112510/https://www1.wdr.de/orchester-und-chor/sinfonieorchester/werkeinfuehrungen/mozart-klarinettenkonzert-100.html | url-status=live }} and Clarinet Quintet,{{Cite web |last=Neuschaefer |first=Katharina |date=5 March 2019 |title=Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Klarinettenquintett KV 581 |url=https://www.br-klassik.de/themen/klassik-entdecken/starke-stuecke-mozart-klarinettenquintett-100.html |access-date=12 December 2020 |website=BR-KLASSIK |language=de |archive-date=21 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621004217/https://www.br-klassik.de/themen/klassik-entdecken/starke-stuecke-mozart-klarinettenquintett-100.html |url-status=live }} Weber's Clarinet Concerto No. 1 and Clarinet Quintet, Brahms's Clarinet Quintet,{{cite web | last=Urmoneit | first=Sebastian | title=Das Hagen-Quartett und Jörg Widmann laden in die Komponierstube | website=Bachtrack | date=15 November 2024 | url=https://bachtrack.com/kritik-schumann-brahms-hagen-quartett-widmann-pierre-boulez-saal-berlin-november-2024 | access-date=20 November 2024}} and Pierre Boulez's Dialogue de l'ombre double, which he performed on Boulez's 85th birthday in Paris.{{cite web | title=Jörg Widmann | website=issuu | date=4 February 2019 | url=https://issuu.com/barenboim-said-akademie/docs/190204_widmann_lecture_kern_issuu/s/61762 | access-date=9 June 2023}}{{Cite web |title=JÖRG WIDMANN – DIALOGUE DE L'OMBRE DOUBLE |url=https://boulezsaal.de/de/event/joerg-widmann/2019_02_04_1930 |access-date=9 October 2020 |website=Pierre Boulez Saal |language=de |archive-date=15 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815191222/https://boulezsaal.de/de/event/joerg-widmann/2019_02_04_1930 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=28 November 2020 |title=Jörg Widmann – Biografie |url=https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/de/berliner-festspiele/programm/bfs-kuenstler/bfs_kuenstler_detail_45231.html |access-date=28 November 2020 |website=Berliner Festspiele |language=de |archive-date=9 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209073722/https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/de/berliner-festspiele/programm/bfs-kuenstler/bfs_kuenstler_detail_45231.html |url-status=dead }} His chamber music partners include Daniel Barenboim, Tabea Zimmermann, András Schiff, Kim Kashkashian, Hélène Grimaud, Denis Kozhukhin and Mitsuko Uchida.{{cite web | title=JÖRG WIDMANN & MITSUKO UCHIDA | website=Barenboim-Said Akademie | date=13 October 2019 | url=https://www.barenboimsaid.de/de/event/joerg-widmann-mitsuko-uchida-68328 | language=de | access-date=4 February 2024 | archive-date=5 February 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205120259/https://www.barenboimsaid.de/de/event/joerg-widmann-mitsuko-uchida-68328 | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=Jörg Widmann | website=schott-music.com | url=https://www.schott-music.com/de/person/index/index/urlkey/joerg-widmann | language=de | access-date=28 December 2023 | archive-date=28 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228093708/https://www.schott-music.com/de/person/index/index/urlkey/joerg-widmann | url-status=live }}

Widmann mostly plays a Herbert Wurlitzer clarinet from his student time.{{cite thesis | last=Mala | first=Defrim | title=The music avangard Jörg Widmann and an analyse on his main work "The Fantasie for Clarinet Solo" | publisher=University of Agder | type=Master's thesis | date=2019 | hdl=11250/2628871 | url=http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2628871 | access-date=4 June 2023 | archive-date=29 July 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729070228/https://uia.brage.unit.no/uia-xmlui/handle/11250/2628871 | url-status=live }}

Widmann's early string quartets are of particular note among his chamber music: the First Quartet was written in 1997, followed by the Chorale Quartet and the Hunting Quartet, the latter premiered in 2003 by the Arditti Quartet. 2005 saw the first performances of the Fourth Quartet and Experiment on a Fugue (Fifth Quartet, with soprano), with Juliane Banse and the Artemis Quartet. These five one-movement quartets form a cycle.{{Cite news |last=Nyffeler |first=Max |date=December 2009 |title=Und immer wieder das Streichquartett |language=de |work=neue musikzeitung |location=Regensburg |url=https://www.nmz.de/artikel/und-immer-wieder-das-streichquartett |access-date=1 September 2018 |archive-date=17 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141117063853/http://www.nmz.de/artikel/und-immer-wieder-das-streichquartett |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Service |first=Tom |author-link=Tom Service |date=8 October 2012 |title=A guide to Jörg Widmann's music |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/tomserviceblog/2012/oct/08/jorg-widmann-contemporary-music-guide |access-date=1 September 2018 |archive-date=1 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901145610/https://www.theguardian.com/music/tomserviceblog/2012/oct/08/jorg-widmann-contemporary-music-guide |url-status=live }}{{sfn|Bruhn|2013|pp=81–109}}{{cite journal |last=Henke |first=Matthias |year=2006 |title="Fern ist der Grund der Dinge...": Rand-Bemerkungen zu den Streichquartetten Jörg Widmanns |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/23992611 |journal=Neue Zeitschrift für Musik |volume=167 |issue=2 |pages=42–43 |jstor=23992611 |access-date=6 March 2021 |archive-date=12 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212013115/https://www.jstor.org/stable/23992611 |url-status=live }}{{subscription required}}

Widmann's compositions draw on different musical genres. For example, he has written a trilogy for orchestra examining the projection of vocal forms of instrumental ensembles. The trilogy consists of Lied (premiered in 2003 and recorded on CD by the Bamberg Symphony with Jonathan Nott), Chor (premiered in 2004 by the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin with Kent Nagano) and Messe (premiered in June 2005 by the Munich Philharmonic under Christian Thielemann).{{sfn|Bruhn|2013|pp=15–16, 63–79}}

Widmann was Composer in Residence at the Salzburg Festival and at the chamber music festival Spannungen, Heimbach in 2004.{{Cite Grove |title=Widmann, Jörg |last=Lack |first=Graham |year=2001 |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.2022554|url-access=subscription}}{{cite web | title=Zum Tod von Lars Vogt – Jörg Widmann im Gespräch | website=swr.online | date=6 September 2022 | url=https://www.swr.de/swr2/musik-klassik/zum-tod-von-lars-vogt-joerg-widmann-im-gespraech-100.html | language=de | access-date=21 September 2022 | archive-date=8 September 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908193233/https://www.swr.de/swr2/musik-klassik/zum-tod-von-lars-vogt-joerg-widmann-im-gespraech-100.html | url-status=live }} Octet was premiered on 4 June 2004 at the power plant Kraftwerk Heimbach.{{cite web | title=Oktett | website=Schott Music | date=4 June 2004 | url=https://www.schott-music.com/en/oktett-no215829.html | access-date=21 September 2022 | archive-date=21 September 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921221051/https://www.schott-music.com/en/oktett-no215829.html | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Clüsserath | first=Tilla | title=Werkeinführung Werke von Jörg Widmann | website=WDR | date=24 April 2019 | url=https://www1.wdr.de/orchester-und-chor/sinfonieorchester/werkeinfuehrungen/widmann-114.html | language=de | access-date=21 September 2022 | archive-date=21 September 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921230809/https://www1.wdr.de/orchester-und-chor/sinfonieorchester/werkeinfuehrungen/widmann-114.html | url-status=live }} In 2007, Pierre Boulez and the Vienna Philharmonic premiered his orchestral work Armonica.{{sfn|Bruhn|2013|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=wWi8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA18 18]}}{{cite web | last=Struck-Schloen | first=Michael | title=Werkeinführung: Jörg Widmann | website=WDR | date=29 November 2021 | url=https://www1.wdr.de/orchester-und-chor/sinfonieorchester/werkeinfuehrungen/widmann-armonica-100.html | language=de | access-date=27 November 2024 | archive-date=19 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319174703/https://www1.wdr.de/orchester-und-chor/sinfonieorchester/werkeinfuehrungen/widmann-armonica-100.html | url-status=live }} In 2008, the Siemens Arts Program sent Widmann to Dubai.{{efn|"into... Dubai" was a music project by the Ensemble Modern, the Siemens Arts Program and the Goethe Institute.{{cite web | title=into... / Projects | website=Ensemble Modern | date=11 October 2008 | url=https://www.ensemble-modern.com/en/projects/into-2008-09 | access-date=3 August 2023 | archive-date=3 August 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803190028/https://www.ensemble-modern.com/en/projects/into-2008-09 | url-status=live }}}}{{cite web | title=Dubairische Tänze | website=Schott Music | url=https://www.schott-music.com/de/dubairische-taenze-no250650.html | language=de | access-date=3 August 2023 | archive-date=3 August 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803140412/https://www.schott-music.com/de/dubairische-taenze-no250650.html | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Linke | first=Hans-Jürgen | title=Wüstenstille und Ländlerluft | website=Frankfurter Rundschau | date=27 January 2019 | url=https://www.fr.de/kultur/musik/wuestenstille-laendlerluft-11522272.html | language=de | access-date=3 August 2023 | archive-date=20 January 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120210949/https://www.fr.de/kultur/musik/wuestenstille-laendlerluft-11522272.html | url-status=live }} The same year, he conducted a premiere rehearsal of his concert overture Con brio.{{cite web | last=Raphael | first=Teresa Pieschacón | title=Jörg Widmann im Interview | website=concerti.de | date=8 November 2023 | url=https://www.concerti.de/interviews/joerg-widmann/ | language=de | access-date=8 November 2023 | archive-date=8 November 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108150942/https://www.concerti.de/interviews/joerg-widmann/ | url-status=live }} Widmann premiered Am Anfang{{cite web | title=Zartes und Monumentales | website=Deutschlandfunk Kultur | date=7 July 2009 | url=https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/zartes-und-monumentales-100.html | language=de | access-date=7 February 2024 | archive-date=7 February 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207103631/https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/zartes-und-monumentales-100.html | url-status=live }} by Anselm Kiefer in July 2009 as part of the 20th anniversary of the Opéra Bastille, in which he acted as composer, clarinetist and made his debut as conductor. He was Composer in Residence at the Lucerne Festival in 2009,{{Cite news |last=Liese |first=Kirsten |date=31 August 2009 |title=Das Wasser, der Regen, die Linde |language=de |work=Frankfurter Rundschau |location=Frankfurt |url=http://www.fr.de/kultur/musik/lucerne-festival-das-wasser-der-regen-die-linde-a-1083688 |access-date=6 August 2017 |archive-date=6 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806220630/http://www.fr.de/kultur/musik/lucerne-festival-das-wasser-der-regen-die-linde-a-1083688 |url-status=live }} where on 13 August 2009, Heinz Holliger performed Widmann's oboe concerto, commissioned by the festival.{{sfn|Bruhn|2013|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=wWi8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA19 19]}} On 5 September Widmann premiered Holliger's Rechant for solo clarinet.{{Cite news |last=Hagmann |first=Peter |date=8 September 2009 |title=Neue Musikalität und alter Kommerzialismus |language=de |work=Neue Zürcher Zeitung |location=Zürich |url=https://www.nzz.ch/neue_musikalitaet_und_alter_kommerzialismus-1.3513821 |access-date=6 August 2017 |archive-date=6 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806181319/https://www.nzz.ch/neue_musikalitaet_und_alter_kommerzialismus-1.3513821 |url-status=live }} Widmann's Free Pieces for Ensemble: Number X is used in Sophie Fiennes's documentary Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow (2010), about the postwar German artist Anselm Kiefer.{{Cite news |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |date=13 October 2010 |title=Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow – review |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oct/13/over-your-cities-grass-review |access-date=5 September 2018 |archive-date=19 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619214053/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oct/13/over-your-cities-grass-review |url-status=live }} His sister{{sfn|Bruhn|2013|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=wWi8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA9 9]}} Carolin Widmann premiered his études IV-VI for violin (2004{{ndash}}2010) at the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik on 23 April 2010.{{Cite web |year=2010 |title=Freitag 23. April 2010 |url=http://www.wittenertage.de/festival10.htm |access-date=16 August 2010 |publisher=Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik |language=de |archive-date=22 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722040213/http://www.wittenertage.de/festival10.htm |url-status=live }} From 2009 to 2011, he was the Daniel R. Lewis Young Composer Fellow at the Cleveland Orchestra.{{Cite book |last1=Dempf |first1=Linda |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EI8tDAAAQBAJ |title=Guide to the Solo Horn Repertoire |last2=Seraphinoff |first2=Richard |date=18 April 2016 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-01935-6 |access-date=14 July 2020 |archive-date=6 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806205446/https://books.google.com/books?id=EI8tDAAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Allen |first=David |date=20 March 2020 |title=A Composer Finds the Old in the New |work=The New York Times |location=New York City |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/arts/music/jorg-widmann-carnei.html |access-date=20 March 2020 |archive-date=20 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320091011/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/arts/music/jorg-widmann-carnei.html |url-status=live }} He performed his Fantasie for Solo Clarinet (1993) to celebrate Walter Fink's 80th birthday at the Rheingau Musik Festival on 16 August 2010 and in 2014 was the festival's Composer and Artist in Residence.{{Cite web |last=Hauff |first=Andreas |date=8 September 2010 |title=Ehrungen und Raritäten. Die Endphase beim Rheingau-Musik-Festival |url=https://www.nmz.de/online/ehrungen-und-raritaeten-die-endphase-beim-rheingau-musik-festival |access-date=15 July 2017 |website=nmz online |publisher=neue musikzeitung |language=de |archive-date=27 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927020421/http://www.nmz.de/online/ehrungen-und-raritaeten-die-endphase-beim-rheingau-musik-festival |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Sternburg |first=Judith von |date=20 August 2014 |title=Romantik-Session |language=de |work=Frankfurter Rundschau |location=Frankfurt |url=http://www.fr.de/kultur/musik/joerg-widmann-rheingau-musik-festival-romantik-session-a-554543 |access-date=6 August 2017 |archive-date=6 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806182626/http://www.fr.de/kultur/musik/joerg-widmann-rheingau-musik-festival-romantik-session-a-554543 |url-status=live }} In 2012, he collaborated with philosopher Peter Sloterdijk, who was the librettist for his second opera Babylon.{{cite web | title=Jörg Widmanns Oper "Babylon" wird uraufgeführt: Bombastisches Musiktheater | website=BR-KLASSIK | date=26 October 2023 | url=https://www.br-klassik.de/themen/klassik-entdecken/joerg-widmanns-oper-babylon-wird-uraufgefuehrt-100.html | language=de | access-date=9 February 2024 | archive-date=27 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027005825/https://www.br-klassik.de/themen/klassik-entdecken/joerg-widmanns-oper-babylon-wird-uraufgefuehrt-100.html | url-status=live }} Widmann was the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich's Creative Chair in the 2015–16 season.{{Cite web |last=Batschelet |first=Sarah |date=8 July 2016 |title=Without dissonance, no harmonies: Jörg Widmann and Mozart in Zurich |url=https://bachtrack.com/review-mozart-widmann-tonhalle-zurich-july-2016 |access-date=6 August 2017 |website=bachtrack.com |archive-date=31 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731183347/https://bachtrack.com/review-mozart-widmann-tonhalle-zurich-july-2016 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Spinola |first=Julia |date=16 September 2015 |title=Im Dialog mit Eusebius |language=de |work=Neue Zürcher Zeitung |location=Zürich |url=https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/musik/im-dialog-mit-eusebius-1.18613725 |access-date=6 August 2017 |archive-date=6 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806223700/https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/musik/im-dialog-mit-eusebius-1.18613725 |url-status=live }}

From 2012 to 2021, Widmann was Principal Guest Conductor/Principal Conductor and Artistic Partner of the Irish Chamber Orchestra.{{sfn|Bruhn|2013|p=7}}{{Cite news |last=Downey |first=Charles |date=21 November 2019 |title=Irish Chamber Orchestra and its enthusiastic conductor put on a show at the Library of Congress |newspaper=The Washington Post |location=Washington |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/irish-chamber-orchestra-and-its-enthusiastic-conductor-put-on-a-show-at-the-library-of-congress/2019/11/21/b58080ec-0c78-11ea-8397-a955cd542d00_story.html |access-date=22 November 2019 |archive-date=22 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122054013/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/irish-chamber-orchestra-and-its-enthusiastic-conductor-put-on-a-show-at-the-library-of-congress/2019/11/21/b58080ec-0c78-11ea-8397-a955cd542d00_story.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Scully | first=Meghann | title=Jörg Widmann hosts his final concerts as Principal Conductor in UCH | website=Limerick Post Newspaper | date=19 April 2022 | url=https://www.limerickpost.ie/2022/04/19/jorg-widmann-hosts-his-final-concerts-as-principal-conductor-in-uch/ | access-date=9 May 2022 | archive-date=21 April 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421040519/https://www.limerickpost.ie/2022/04/19/jorg-widmann-hosts-his-final-concerts-as-principal-conductor-in-uch/ | url-status=live }}

The theatralic Viola Concerto (2015) announces a new period in Widmann's œuvre. Soloist of the premiere was Antoine Tamestit.

On 9 September 2015, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra proclaimed they were commissioning a work from Widmann as part of a planned collaboration by the two organizations beginning in the fall of 2017.{{Cite web |date=9 September 2015 |title=The BSO Partnership with Leipzig's Gewandhausorchester |url=http://www.bso.org/brands/bso/press/gewandhaus-orchester.aspx |access-date=15 July 2017 |website=bso.org |publisher=Boston Symphony Orchestra |archive-date=6 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206073213/https://www.bso.org/brands/bso/press/gewandhaus-orchester.aspx |url-status=dead }} The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra announced Widmann's appointment as its first-ever Gewandhauskomponist (Gewandhaus Composer) for the 2017–18 season.{{Cite press release |title=Season 2017/2018: Inauguration of Andris Nelsons & 275th Anniversary of the Gewandhausorchester |year=2017 |url=https://www.gewandhausorchester.de/fileadmin/intern/Pressemitteilungen/Pressemitteilung_Press_Release_2017_2018.pdf |access-date=8 October 2018 |work=gewandhausorchester.de |archive-date=6 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806205445/https://www.gewandhausorchester.de/fileadmin/intern/Pressemitteilungen/Pressemitteilung_Press_Release_2017_2018.pdf |url-status=live }}

Widmann's oratorio ARCHE had its world premiere on 13 January 2017 on the occasion of the opening festivities of the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. It was performed by the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra under Kent Nagano.{{Cite web |last=Koch |first=Juan Martin |date=14 January 2017 |title=Mehrheitsfähiges aus dem Schiffsbauch: Zur Uraufführung von Jörg Widmanns Oratorium "Arche" in der Elbphilharmonie |url=https://www.nmz.de/online/mehrheitsfaehiges-aus-dem-schiffsbauch-zur-urauffuehrung-von-joerg-widmanns-oratorium-arche-i |access-date=23 July 2017 |website=nmz online |publisher=neue musikzeitung |language=de |archive-date=6 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006235455/https://www.nmz.de/online/mehrheitsfaehiges-aus-dem-schiffsbauch-zur-urauffuehrung-von-joerg-widmanns-oratorium-arche-i |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Thiel |first=Markus |date=15 January 2017 |title=Stapellauf fürs Themenfrachtschiff |language=de |work=Münchner Merkur |location=München |url=https://www.merkur.de/kultur/urauffuehrung-oratoriums-arche-von-joerg-widmann-in-hamburger-elbphilharmonie-7292024.html |access-date=21 July 2017 |archive-date=7 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807024517/https://www.merkur.de/kultur/urauffuehrung-oratoriums-arche-von-joerg-widmann-in-hamburger-elbphilharmonie-7292024.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Spinola |first=Julia |date=15 January 2017 |title=Materialschlacht an der Elbe |language=de |work=Süddeutsche Zeitung |location=München |url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/elbphilharmionie-im-weinberg-des-klangs-1.3333715 |access-date=7 August 2017 |archive-date=7 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807023106/http://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/elbphilharmionie-im-weinberg-des-klangs-1.3333715 |url-status=live }} A concert with Widmann, Daniel Barenboim, and Anna Prohaska opened the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin on 4 March 2017.{{Cite news |last=Swed |first=Mark |date=5 March 2017 |title=New Gehry concert hall in Berlin thrills with its sound – and its symbolism |work=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-boulez-saal-review-20170305-htmlstory.html |access-date=16 November 2017 |archive-date=17 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117003010/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-boulez-saal-review-20170305-htmlstory.html |url-status=live }}{{cite book|last1=Hausmann|first1=Jörg|title=Jahrbuch für Kulturpolitik 2019/20|chapter=Chronik kulturpolitischer und kultureller Ereignisse in den Jahren 2017 bis 2019|year=2020|volume=17|pages=397–419|doi=10.14361/9783839444917-055|isbn=978-3-8394-4491-7|s2cid=241013469}}

File:HagenQuartet.jpg with clarinetist Jörg Widmann on 27 January 2018]]

On 27 January 2018, Widmann and the Hagen Quartet performed his Clarinet Quintet, as part of a European tour, at Amsterdam's Muziekgebouw aan het IJ.{{Cite news |last=Stapel |first=Joep |date=28 January 2018 |title=Eerste Strijkkwartetbiënnale opent opwindend |language=nl |work=NRC Handelsblad |location=Amsterdam |url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2018/01/28/eerste-strijkkwartetbiennale-opent-opwindend-a1590075 |access-date=29 January 2018 |archive-date=6 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806205457/https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2018/01/28/eerste-strijkkwartetbiennale-opent-opwindend-a1590075 |url-status=live }} Partita, five reminiscences for large orchestra, commissioned by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, was premiered in Leipzig on 8 March 2018 with Andris Nelsons conducting.{{Cite news |last=Korfmacher |first=Peter |date=9 March 2018 |title=Widmanns Partita uraufgeführt |language=de |work=Leipziger Volkszeitung |location=Leipzig |url=http://www.lvz.de/Nachrichten/Kultur/Kultur-Regional/Widmanns-Partita-uraufgefuehrt |access-date=9 March 2018 |archive-date=9 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309185817/http://www.lvz.de/Nachrichten/Kultur/Kultur-Regional/Widmanns-Partita-uraufgefuehrt |url-status=live }}

After the world premiere in 2012 at the Bavarian State Opera, in 2019 a new Berlin version of his opera Babylon was performed at the Berlin State Opera on Unter den Linden under the musical direction of Christopher Ward.{{Cite news |last=Pachl |first=Peter P. |date=11 March 2019 |title=Alle sieben Jahre: "Babylon"-Uraufführung von Jörg Widmann: Neufassung an der Staatsoper Unter den Linden |language=German |work=neue musikzeitung |location=Regensburg |url=https://www.nmz.de/online/alle-sieben-jahre-babylon-urauffuehrung-von-joerg-widmann-neufassung-an-der-staatsoper-unter- |access-date=13 March 2019 |archive-date=22 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122214141/https://www.nmz.de/online/alle-sieben-jahre-babylon-urauffuehrung-von-joerg-widmann-neufassung-an-der-staatsoper-unter- |url-status=live }}

Anne-Sophie Mutter is the dedicatee of String Quartet No. 6 (Study on Beethoven, 2019).{{Cite web |year=2019 |title=Study on Beethoven |url=https://en.schott-music.com/shop/studie-uber-beethoven-no346722.html |access-date=5 February 2020 |website=Schott Music |location=Mainz |archive-date=5 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205171931/https://en.schott-music.com/shop/studie-uber-beethoven-no346722.html |url-status=live }} With this piece, Widmann began a new series of works in the genre for the Beethoven anniversary year 2020. The series comprises five quartets.

Widmann held the 2019–20 Richard and Barbara Debs Composer's Chair at Carnegie Hall.{{Cite web |date=January 2019 |title=Jörg Widmann, 2019–2020 Richard and Barbara Debs Composer's Chair |url=https://www.carnegiehall.org/events/season-highlights/jorg-widmann |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418183742/https://www.carnegiehall.org/events/season-highlights/jorg-widmann |archive-date=18 April 2020 |access-date=2 February 2019 |website=Carnegie Hall |location=New York City}}{{Cite news |last=Cooper |first=Michael |date=30 January 2019 |title=Carnegie Hall's New Season: Here's What Our Critics Want to Hear |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/30/arts/music/carnegie-hall-beethoven.html |access-date=2 February 2019 |archive-date=1 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201165831/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/30/arts/music/carnegie-hall-beethoven.html |url-status=live }} During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, he contributed to the online Festival of New Music with his composition empty space.{{Cite web |title=BOULEZ, RIVET, WIDMANN – A FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSIC |url=https://boulezsaal.de/event/boulez-rivet-widmann/2020_07_12_1800 |access-date=13 July 2020 |website=Pierre Boulez Saal |archive-date=13 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713235242/https://boulezsaal.de/event/boulez-rivet-widmann/2020_07_12_1800 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Schreiber |first=Wolfgang |date=13 July 2020 |title=Intime Distanz |language=de |work=Süddeutsche Zeitung |location=Munich |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/klassik-intime-distanz-1.4965483 |access-date=13 July 2020 |archive-date=13 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713172215/https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/klassik-intime-distanz-1.4965483 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Drees |first=Stefan |date=14 July 2020 |title=Digitales 'Festival of New Music' in Berlin als Talkshow mit Musikeinspielungen |language=de |work=neue musikzeitung |location=Regensburg |url=https://www.nmz.de/online/digitales-festival-of-new-music-in-berlin-als-talkshow-mit-musikeinspielungen |access-date=14 July 2020 |archive-date=14 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714140436/https://www.nmz.de/online/digitales-festival-of-new-music-in-berlin-als-talkshow-mit-musikeinspielungen |url-status=live }} Barenboim and Emanuel Pahud curated the festival in the empty Pierre Boulez Saal.{{Cite news |last=Dervan |first=Michael |date=25 July 2020 |title=Jörg Widmann: Conductor of the Irish Chamber Orchestra, trying to fill the space |newspaper=The Irish Times |location=Dublin |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/jörg-widmann-conductor-of-the-irish-chamber-orchestra-trying-to-fill-the-space-1.4309667 |access-date=29 July 2020 |archive-date=25 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725162040/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/j%C3%B6rg-widmann-conductor-of-the-irish-chamber-orchestra-trying-to-fill-the-space-1.4309667 |url-status=live }} Another commission from Leipzig and Boston is the lyrical trumpet concerto Toward Paradise.{{cite web | title=Towards Paradise (Labyrinth VI) | website=Schott Music | url=https://www.schott-music.com/de/towards-paradise-labyrinth-vi-no446055.html | language=de | access-date=14 June 2023 | archive-date=26 July 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726175129/https://www.schott-music.com/de/towards-paradise-labyrinth-vi-no446055.html | url-status=live }} It was premiered on 23 September 2021 at Gewandhaus with Håkan Hardenberger playing trumpet and Andris Nelsons conducting the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. This work refers to Miles Davis.{{cite web | last=Kirzinger | first=Robert | title=Towards Paradise (Labyrinth VI), for trumpet and orchestra | website=BSO | url=https://www.bso.org/works/towards-paradise-labyrinth-vi-for-trumpet-and-orchestra-american-premiere-bso-co-commission | access-date=14 June 2023 | archive-date=26 July 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726182756/https://www.bso.org/works/towards-paradise-labyrinth-vi-for-trumpet-and-orchestra-american-premiere-bso-co-commission | url-status=live }} On 8 June 2023, Kantate for soli, choir, organ and orchestra was premiered by Andreas Reize conducting Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and Thomanerchor in Leipzig, Thomaskirche, on occasion of the 300th anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach taking office as Thomaskantor.{{cite web | title=Kantate | website=Schott Music | url=https://www.schott-music.com/de/kantate-no569641.html | language=de | access-date=3 June 2023 | archive-date=3 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603153130/https://www.schott-music.com/de/kantate-no569641.html | url-status=live }}

Since 2022, he has been Associated Conductor of the Munich Chamber Orchestra for three years.{{cite web | last=Tholl | first=Egbert | title=Das Münchener Kammerorchester hat nun drei "Associated Conductors" | website=Süddeutsche.de | date=1 July 2022 | url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/mko-muenchener-kammerorchester-joerg-widmann-enrico-onofri-bas-wiegers-1.5613324 | language=de | access-date=2 July 2022 | archive-date=1 July 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701193953/https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/mko-muenchener-kammerorchester-joerg-widmann-enrico-onofri-bas-wiegers-1.5613324 | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=Associated Conductors | website=Münchener Kammerorchester | date=29 March 2023 | url=https://www.m-k-o.eu/en/associated-conductors/ | access-date=3 August 2023 | archive-date=27 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327030911/https://www.m-k-o.eu/en/associated-conductors/ | url-status=live }} He is guest conductor of the Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg.{{cite web | title=Ständiger Gastdirigent | website=Mozarteumorchester Salzburg seit 1841 | url=https://www.mozarteumorchester.at/orchester/dirigenten/ | language=de | access-date=9 June 2023 | archive-date=9 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609080226/https://www.mozarteumorchester.at/orchester/dirigenten/ | url-status=live }} From the 2023–24 season, Widmann has been principal guest conductor of the NDR Radiophilharmonie for three years.{{cite web | title=Jörg Widmann wird Erster Gastdirigent der NDR Radiophilharmonie – neue musikzeitung | website=nmz | date=11 May 2023 | url=https://www.nmz.de/kiz/nachrichten/joerg-widmann-wird-erster-gastdirigent-der-ndr-radiophilharmonie | language=de | access-date=12 May 2023 | archive-date=11 May 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511182403/https://www.nmz.de/kiz/nachrichten/joerg-widmann-wird-erster-gastdirigent-der-ndr-radiophilharmonie | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=Der Erste Gastdirigent der RPH: Jörg Widmann im Porträt | website=NDR.de | url=https://www.ndr.de/kultur/sendungen/neue_musik/Der-Erste-Gastdirigent-der-RPH-Joerg-Widmann-im-Portraet,sendung1396144.html | language=de | access-date=25 November 2023 | archive-date=25 November 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125120806/https://www.ndr.de/kultur/sendungen/neue_musik/Der-Erste-Gastdirigent-der-RPH-Joerg-Widmann-im-Portraet,sendung1396144.html | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=Jörg Widmann dirigiert die NDR Radiophilharmonie | website=ARD Audiothek | date=4 December 2023 | url=https://www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/ndr-kultur-a-la-carte/joerg-widmann-dirigiert-die-ndr-radiophilharmonie/ndr-kultur/12963935/ | language=de | access-date=5 December 2023 | archive-date=5 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205005140/https://www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/ndr-kultur-a-la-carte/joerg-widmann-dirigiert-die-ndr-radiophilharmonie/ndr-kultur/12963935/ | url-status=live }} In the 2023–24 season, Widmann was Berlin Philharmonic's Composer in Residence and made his debut conducting the orchestra.{{cite web | title=In Search of the Uncertain | website=Berliner Philharmoniker | date=9 May 2023 | url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/about-us/composer-in-residence/joerg-widmann/ | access-date=30 May 2023 | archive-date=30 May 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530192140/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/about-us/composer-in-residence/joerg-widmann/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web |first=Tobias |last=Möller | title=Surprise and freedom. An interview with Jörg Widmann | website=Berliner Philharmoniker | url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/stories/interview-joerg-widmann/ | access-date=3 February 2024 | archive-date=4 November 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104100954/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/stories/interview-joerg-widmann/ | url-status=live }} Widmann composed a concerto for the orchestras principle horn Stefan Dohr.{{cite web | last=Peter | first=Christopher | title=Berlin Philharmonic with new Horn Concerto by Joerg Widmann | website=Schott Music Shop | date=27 May 2024 | url=https://www.schott-music.com/en/blog/joerg-widmann-hornkonzert/ | access-date=30 June 2024 | archive-date=30 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630104846/https://www.schott-music.com/en/blog/joerg-widmann-hornkonzert/ | url-status=live }}

Widmann will be the judge for the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award 2026.{{cite web | title=Toru Takemitsu Composition Award | website=Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall | url=https://www.operacity.jp/en/concert/award/judge/profile2026/ | access-date=30 June 2024 | archive-date=30 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630130447/https://www.operacity.jp/en/concert/award/judge/profile2026/ | url-status=live }}

Widmann lives and works in Berlin and Munich.{{Cite news |last=Rudiger |first=Georg |date=13 October 2017 |title=Es war einmal... |language=de |work=Badische Zeitung |location=Freiburg |url=http://www.badische-zeitung.de/klassik-2/es-war-einmal-x7x--143323199.html |access-date=13 October 2017 |archive-date=6 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006195102/https://www.badische-zeitung.de/klassik-2/es-war-einmal-x7x--143323199.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite book |last=Widmann |first=Jörg |url=https://en.schott-music.com/shop/joerg-widmann-no128882.html |title=List of Published Works |orig-date=September 2012 |date=February 2022 |publisher=Schott Music |location=Mainz |ismn=979-0-001-18462-5 |access-date=23 August 2017 |archive-date=23 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823120555/https://en.schott-music.com/shop/joerg-widmann-no128882.html |url-status=live }}

According to Bachtrack, Widmann was in 2023 the third most performed living contemporary composer in the world, behind John Williams and Arvo Pärt.{{efn|2018: 3rd place,{{Cite web |year=2019 |title=Classical Music in 2018 – The year in statistics |url=https://bachtrack.com/files/96739-EN-Classical-music-statistics-2018.pdf |access-date=10 January 2019 |website=Bachtrack |archive-date=29 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329182507/https://bachtrack.com/files/96739-EN-Classical-music-statistics-2018.pdf |url-status=live }} 2022: 6th place,{{cite web | title=On the up: Bachtrack's Classical Music Statistics 2022 | website=Bachtrack | date=5 January 2023 | url=https://bachtrack.com/classical-music-statistics-2022 | access-date=28 July 2023 | archive-date=7 April 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407080009/https://bachtrack.com/classical-music-statistics-2022 | url-status=live }} 2024: 6th place.{{cite web | title=All in the balance: Classical Music Statistics 2024 | website=Bachtrack | date=27 January 2025 | url=https://bachtrack.com/classical-music-statistics-january-2024 | access-date=31 January 2025 | archive-date=29 January 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250129164539/https://bachtrack.com/classical-music-statistics-january-2024 | url-status=live }}}}{{Cite web |year=2024 |title=Classical Music in 2023 – The year in statistics |url=https://cdn.bachtrack.com/files/350970-Annual%20classical%20music%20statistics%202023.pdf |access-date=13 January 2024 |website=Bachtrack |archive-date=13 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240113162830/https://cdn.bachtrack.com/files/350970-Annual%20classical%20music%20statistics%202023.pdf |url-status=live }}

Widmann cannot be pinned down to a specific personal style or composition school. His music has been described as varied and imaginative.{{cite web | title=International Composer Festival Opening | website=Konserthuset Stockholm | date=9 November 2023 | url=https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2023/composer-festival-opening/ | access-date=3 February 2024 | archive-date=3 February 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203180345/https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2023/composer-festival-opening/ | url-status=live }} In his experimental and technically demanding early work,{{cite web | title=Solist, Komponist, Dirigent: Jörg Widmann ist eine Ausnahmeerscheinung der Musik | website=Der Tagesspiegel | date=16 October 2020 | url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/jorg-widmann-ist-eine-ausnahmeerscheinung-der-musik-6600397.html | language=de | access-date=3 August 2023 | archive-date=9 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609081241/https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/jorg-widmann-ist-eine-ausnahmeerscheinung-der-musik-6600397.html | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Theurich | first=Werner | title=Jörg Widmann: Mut zum Absurden | website=Der Spiegel | date=1 May 2016 | url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/joerg-widmann-mut-zum-absurden-a-1089637.html | language=de | access-date=3 August 2023 | archive-date=7 April 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407204227/https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/joerg-widmann-mut-zum-absurden-a-1089637.html | url-status=live }}{{cite book | last=Besthorn | first=Florian Henri | title=Musik und Klangkultur | chapter=Ein Blick des Minotaurus |trans-chapter=A glimpse of the Minotaur – On the change in Jörg Widmann's understanding of virtuosity | publisher=transcript Verlag | publication-place=Bielefeld, Germany | date=2023-02-06 | volume=55 | isbn=978-3-8376-5891-0 | issn=2703-1004 | doi=10.14361/9783839458914-008 | pages=119–138}} Widmann integrates serialism and noise in traditional sources. He focuses on sounds, not tones.{{sfn|Besthorn|2014|p=75}} Widmann has written pieces without pitches and also purely tonal pieces with exaggerated familiar gestures.{{Cite news |last=Reider |first=Maxim |date=21 August 2019 |title=I write music that I have to write |work=The Jerusalem Post |location=Jerusalem |url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/I-write-music-that-I-have-to-write-599279 |access-date=22 August 2019 |archive-date=21 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821220024/https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/I-write-music-that-I-have-to-write-599279 |url-status=live }}{{cite encyclopedia |last=MacDonald |first=Malcolm |author-link=Malcolm MacDonald (music critic) |chapter-url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199579037.001.0001/acref-9780199579037-e-8241 |title=Jörg Widmann |chapter=Widmann, Jörg |encyclopedia=The Oxford Companion to Music |year=2011 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-957903-7 |access-date=20 March 2021 |archive-date=6 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806205458/https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199579037.001.0001/acref-9780199579037-e-8241 |url-status=live }}{{subscription required}} In many of his compositions, Widmann is in a musical "dialogue" with Classical and Romantic composers such as Mozart,{{cite web | title=Sonatina facile | website=Schott Music | date=18 January 2017 | url=https://www.schott-music.com/en/sonatina-facile-noc314708.html | access-date=10 June 2023 | archive-date=10 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610144452/https://www.schott-music.com/en/sonatina-facile-noc314708.html | url-status=live }} Beethoven,{{sfn|Bruhn|2013|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=wWi8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA24 24]}}{{cite web | last=Besthorn | first=Florian Henri | title=Compositions on Composing: Reflective Music by Jörg Widmann and Ludwig van Beethoven – Revista Sonograma Magazine | website=Revista Sonograma Magazine – Revista de pensament crític | date=29 June 2020 | url=https://sonograma.org/2020/06/reflective-music-by-jorg-widmann-and-ludwig-van-beethoven/ | access-date=15 August 2024 | archive-date=18 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418091725/http://sonograma.org/2020/06/reflective-music-by-jorg-widmann-and-ludwig-van-beethoven/ | url-status=live }} Schumann,{{cite journal |last1=Krause |first1=Andreas |last2=Widmann |first2=Jörg |year=2010 |title="Schumanns Musik ist 'heutige' Musik": Andreas Krause im Gespräch mit Jörg Widmann |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/23994151 |journal=Neue Zeitschrift für Musik |volume=171 |issue=4 |pages=32–35 |jstor=23994151 |access-date=6 March 2021 |archive-date=11 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211194631/https://www.jstor.org/stable/23994151 |url-status=live }}{{subscription required}}{{cite web | last=Widmann | first=Jörg | title=Jörg Widmann im Interview | website=Elbphilharmonie Mediathek | url=https://www.elbphilharmonie.de/de/mediathek/jorg-widmann-im-interview/913 | language=de | access-date=30 January 2024 | archive-date=30 January 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130153926/https://www.elbphilharmonie.de/de/mediathek/jorg-widmann-im-interview/913 | url-status=live }} Mendelssohn,{{cite web | title=Jörg Widmann im Interview zu Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy | website=Gewandhaus Leipzig | date=1 February 2024 | url=https://www.gewandhausorchester.de/artikel/joerg-widmann-zu-felix-mendelssohn-bartholday-388/ | language=de | access-date=2 February 2024 | archive-date=2 February 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202135449/https://www.gewandhausorchester.de/artikel/joerg-widmann-zu-felix-mendelssohn-bartholday-388/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=Widmann/Mendelssohn: Andante | website=Schott Music Shop | date=14 March 2016 | url=https://www.schott-music.com/de/blog/werk-der-woche-widmannmendelssohn-andante/ | language=de | access-date=2 February 2024 | archive-date=2 February 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202135258/https://www.schott-music.com/de/blog/werk-der-woche-widmannmendelssohn-andante/ | url-status=live }} Schubert{{cite web | last=Kayser | first=Sybille | title=Hommage an Schuberts "unendliche Melodie": Sibylle Kayser im Gespräch mit Jörg Widmann über sein "Lied" | website=BR-KLASSIK | date=16 November 2015 | url=https://www.br-klassik.de/themen/klassik-entdecken/widmann-interview-lied100.html | language=de | access-date=4 February 2024 | archive-date=4 February 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204091038/https://www.br-klassik.de/themen/klassik-entdecken/widmann-interview-lied100.html | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=Widmann: Idyll und Abgrund | website=YellowBarn | url=https://www.yellowbarn.org/page/widmann-idyll-und-abgrund | access-date=10 June 2023 | archive-date=10 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610144232/https://www.yellowbarn.org/page/widmann-idyll-und-abgrund | url-status=live }} and Brahms.{{Cite web |year=2010 |title=Fleurs du mal |url=https://en.schott-music.com/shop/fleurs-du-mal-no261750.html |access-date=8 March 2019 |website=Schott Music |location=Mainz |archive-date=30 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330154635/https://en.schott-music.com/shop/fleurs-du-mal-no261750.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Jörg Widmann |encyclopedia=KDG Online |publisher=Komponisten der Gegenwart |last=Besthorn |first=Florian Henri |year=2019}} He wrote musical tributes to these composers.

Widmann's scores show extremely precise, well-considered structures and instructions.{{Cite news |last=Kaiserkern |first=Babette |date=16 October 2020 |title=Jörg Widmann ist eine Ausnahmeerscheinung der Musik |language=de |work=Der Tagesspiegel |location=Berlin |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/solist-komponist-dirigent-joerg-widmann-ist-eine-ausnahmeerscheinung-der-musik/26278706.html |access-date=16 October 2020 |archive-date=16 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016151300/https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/solist-komponist-dirigent-joerg-widmann-ist-eine-ausnahmeerscheinung-der-musik/26278706.html |url-status=live }} A common instruction is, that the soloist moves around the stage, for example in Viola Concerto, Towards Paradise and Kantate.{{cite web | title=Widmann: Viola Concerto | website=harmonia mundi | date=19 January 2023 | url=https://www.harmoniamundi.com/en/albums/widmann-viola-concerto/ | access-date=10 June 2023 | archive-date=10 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610120654/https://www.harmoniamundi.com/en/albums/widmann-viola-concerto/ | url-status=live }} Widmann integrates the soloist of his concertos into the creative process.{{cite web | first=Inge | last=Kjemtrup | title=Violist Antoine Tamestit on His Career as a Solo Violist—and the Dangers Posed by 12 Pages of Pizzicato | website=Strings Magazine | date=26 February 2018 | url=https://stringsmagazine.com/violist-antoine-tamestit-on-his-career-as-a-solo-violist-and-the-dangers-posed-by-12-pages-of-pizzicato/ | access-date=30 July 2023 | archive-date=26 September 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926130454/https://stringsmagazine.com/violist-antoine-tamestit-on-his-career-as-a-solo-violist-and-the-dangers-posed-by-12-pages-of-pizzicato/ | url-status=live }} He uses extended techniques in many compositions, such as Con brio.{{sfn|Bruhn|2013|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=wWi8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA24 24]}} Beside the influence of his musical idols, Widmann finds inspiration in literature, poems, paintings and sculptures.{{Cite web |last=Schwarz |first=Elisabeth |date=23 May 2018 |title=Jörg Widmann über sein Leben als Klarinettist und Komponist |url=https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/interview-joerg-widmann-clarinet-composing-weber-may-2018 |access-date=24 October 2020 |website=Bachtrack |language=de |archive-date=27 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027050816/https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/interview-joerg-widmann-clarinet-composing-weber-may-2018 |url-status=live }} He frequently uses literary sources for his compositions, like Matthias Claudius, Klabund, Heinrich Heine, Peter Sloterdijk, Clemens Brentano and Friedrich Schiller in his oratorio ARCHE.{{Cite web |year=2016 |title=ARCHE (Score) |url=https://en.schott-music.com/shop/arche-no324347.html |access-date=3 September 2017 |website=Schott Music |archive-date=4 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904151825/https://en.schott-music.com/shop/arche-no324347.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=12 December 2019 |title=Das heiße Herz |url=https://en.schott-music.com/shop/das-heisse-herz-no329958.html |access-date=24 October 2020 |website=Schott Music |archive-date=6 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806205459/https://en.schott-music.com/shop/das-heisse-herz-no329958.html |url-status=live }} In his 2023 Bach-homage Kantate (called: "{{lang|de|Friedenskantate}}", peace cantata),{{cite web | last=Boutsko | first=Anastassia | title=Bachfest 2023: Gruß aus dem Weltall und Friedensappell | website=Deutsche Welle | date=9 June 2023 | url=https://www.dw.com/de/bachfest-2023-gru%C3%9F-aus-dem-weltall-und-friedensappell/a-65870502 | language=de | access-date=10 June 2023 | archive-date=10 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610073840/https://www.dw.com/de/bachfest-2023-gru%C3%9F-aus-dem-weltall-und-friedensappell/a-65870502 | url-status=live }} he used texts by Matthias Claudius, Jean Paul, Bertolt Brecht, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Paul Gerhardt and from the Bible.{{cite web | title=Commission Jörg Widmann | website=Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung | url=https://www.evs-musikstiftung.ch/en/funding-projects/commissions/commission-jorg-widmann | access-date=3 June 2023 | archive-date=3 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603155337/https://www.evs-musikstiftung.ch/en/funding-projects/commissions/commission-jorg-widmann | url-status=live }}

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• 1985, 1987 Jugend musiziert
• 1996 {{ill|Förderpreis Musik der Landeshauptstadt München|de}}{{sfn|Bruhn|2013|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=wWi8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA10 10]}}{{cite web | title=Förderpreise Musik | website=Landeshauptstadt München | date=10 December 2019 | url=https://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/Stadtverwaltung/Kulturreferat/Musik/Auszeichnungen/Foerderpreis_Musik.html | language=de | access-date=19 October 2021 | archive-date=19 October 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019094943/https://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/Stadtverwaltung/Kulturreferat/Musik/Auszeichnungen/Foerderpreis_Musik.html | url-status=live }}
• 1997 Bayerischer Staatspreis für junge Künstler{{sfn|Bruhn|2013|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=wWi8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA10 10]}}
• 1999 Belmont Prize for Contemporary Music from the Forberg-Schneider Foundation{{cite web | title=1999 Jörg Widmann | website=Forberg-Schneider-Stiftung | url=https://www.forberg-schneider.de/index.php?id=15&L=1 | access-date=11 August 2023 | archive-date=11 August 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811152900/https://www.forberg-schneider.de/index.php?id=15&L=1 | url-status=live }}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=adXn88h7f1IC |title=Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, Jahrbuch 21 |date=2007 |publisher=Wallstein Verlag |isbn=978-3-8353-0247-1 |page=245 |language=de |access-date=14 July 2020 |archive-date=9 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809171027/https://books.google.com/books?id=adXn88h7f1IC |url-status=live }}
• 2002 Hindemith Prize of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
• 2002 Schneider-Schott Music Prize
• 2003 Ernst von Siemens Composer Prize{{cite journal |last1=Forster |first1=Meret |last2=Widmann |first2=Jörg |year=2003 |title=Musik Als Obsession: Jörg Widmann Im Porträt |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/23991248 |journal=Neue Zeitschrift für Musik |volume=164 |issue=3 |pages=72–74 |jstor=23991248 |access-date=6 March 2021 |archive-date=12 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212013114/https://www.jstor.org/stable/23991248 |url-status=live }}{{subscription required}}
• 2003–2004 award of the magazine Opernwelt: "most important premiere of the season: Das Gesicht im Spiegel"{{sfn|Balk|2007|p=15}}
• 2004 Arnold Schönberg Prize
• 2006 Kompositionspreis of the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg for Second Labyrinth{{sfn|Bruhn|2013|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=wWi8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA10 10]}}
• 2006 Claudio-Abbado-Kompositionspreis of the Orchester-Akademie of the Berlin Philharmonic for Quintet for oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano{{Cite web |year=2017 |title=Claudio Abbado Composition Prize |url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/academy/claudio-abbado-composition-prize/ |access-date=24 October 2017 |website=berliner-philharmoniker.de |location=Berlin |archive-date=21 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121220303/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/academy/claudio-abbado-composition-prize/ |url-status=live }}
• 2007 Prize of the Christoph and Stephan Kaske Foundation{{sfn|Bruhn|2013|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=wWi8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA10 10]}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.kaske-stiftung.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Preisverleihung_2007.pdf |title=Kaske Stiftung Preisverleihung 2007 |access-date=19 October 2021 |archive-date=20 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420031303/http://www.kaske-stiftung.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Preisverleihung_2007.pdf |url-status=live }}
• 2009 Stoeger Prize of the New York Chamber Music Society{{Cite news |date=22 December 2009 |title=Jörg Widmann mit Stoeger Prize ausgezeichnet |language=de |work=neue musikzeitung |location=Regensburg |url=https://www.nmz.de/kiz/nachrichten/joerg-widmann-mit-stoeger-prize-ausgezeichnet |access-date=28 July 2018 |archive-date=28 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728101414/https://www.nmz.de/kiz/nachrichten/joerg-widmann-mit-stoeger-prize-ausgezeichnet |url-status=live }}
• 2010 Marsilius Medal of the Heidelberg University{{Cite web |last=Watzke |first=Christian |date=30 June 2010 |title=Marsilius Lecture: Tradition and Innovation in Music – Communications and Marketing |url=https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/presse/news2010/pm20100630_marsilius_vorlesung_en.html |access-date=13 December 2020 |publisher=Heidelberg University |archive-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806131306/https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/presse/news2010/pm20100630_marsilius_vorlesung_en.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Skipper |first=Caroline |title=University of Heidelberg |url=https://www.marsilius-kolleg.uni-heidelberg.de/public_activities/lectures.html |access-date=13 December 2020 |website=Marsilius-Lectures |language=de |archive-date=7 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807215804/https://www.marsilius-kolleg.uni-heidelberg.de/public_activities/lectures.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Jörg Widmann, Chronologie |url=https://en.schott-music.com/shop/autoren/joerg-widmann |access-date=13 December 2020 |website=Schott Music |archive-date=25 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125215204/https://en.schott-music.com/shop/autoren/joerg-widmann |url-status=live }}
• 2013 Heidelberger Frühling Music Award{{Cite web |year=2017 |title=musikpreis des heidelberger frühling |url=https://www.heidelberger-fruehling.de/heidelberger-fruehling/programm/musikpreis/ |access-date=27 October 2017 |website=heidelberger-fruehling.de |location=Heidelberg |language=de |archive-date=1 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701151507/http://www.heidelberger-fruehling.de/heidelberger-fruehling/programm/musikpreis/ |url-status=live }}
• 2013 German Music Authors' Prize (Composition Symphonic){{Cite news |date=26 April 2013 |title=Musikautorenpreis für Klaus Huber, Jörg Widmann, Deichkind und die Toten Hosen |work=neue musikzeitung |location=Regensburg |url=https://www.nmz.de/kiz/nachrichten/musikautorenpreis-fuer-klaus-huber-joerg-widmann-deichkind-und-die-toten-hosen |access-date=21 September 2019 |archive-date=21 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921080012/https://www.nmz.de/kiz/nachrichten/musikautorenpreis-fuer-klaus-huber-joerg-widmann-deichkind-und-die-toten-hosen |url-status=live }}
• 2018 Robert Schumann Prize for Poetry and Music Mainz{{Cite news |date=21 September 2018 |title=Jörg Widmann erhält den Robert Schumann-Preis für Dichtung und Musik 2018 |language=de |work=neue musikzeitung |location=Regensburg |url=https://www.nmz.de/kiz/nachrichten/joerg-widmann-erhaelt-den-robert-schumann-preis-fuer-dichtung-und-musik-2018 |access-date=21 September 2018 |archive-date=21 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921153503/https://www.nmz.de/kiz/nachrichten/joerg-widmann-erhaelt-den-robert-schumann-preis-fuer-dichtung-und-musik-2018 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Wenda |first=Manuel |date=10 November 2018 |title=Robert Schumann-Preis für Dichtung und Musik an Jörg Widmann |language=de |work=Lampertheimer Zeitung |location=Mainz |url=https://www.lampertheimer-zeitung.de/freizeit/kunst-und-kultur/musik/robert-schumann-preis-fur-dichtung-und-musik-an-jorg-widmann_19174354 |access-date=16 November 2018 |archive-date=17 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117022156/https://www.lampertheimer-zeitung.de/freizeit/kunst-und-kultur/musik/robert-schumann-preis-fur-dichtung-und-musik-an-jorg-widmann_19174354 |url-status=live }}
• 2018 Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art{{Cite press release |title=Terminhinweis: Ministerpräsident Dr. Markus Söder verleiht Bayerischen Maximiliansorden |date=11 December 2018 |publisher=Bayerische Staatsregierung |location=Munich |url=http://www.bayern.de/112019-2/ |language=de |access-date=11 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026083719/http://bayern.de/112019-2/ |archive-date=26 October 2019 |url-status=dead}}
• 2019 {{ill|Opus Klassik|de}}, "Composer of the year" for ARCHE{{Cite web |date=3 September 2019 |title=ECHO-Nachfolge-Preis vergeben |url=https://fonoforum.de/artikel/echo-nachfolge-preis-vergeben |access-date=4 September 2019 |website=fonoforum.de |publisher=Fono Forum |location=Euskirchen |language=de |archive-date=4 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904082956/https://fonoforum.de/artikel/echo-nachfolge-preis-vergeben |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=O'Reilly |first=Chris |date=3 September 2019 |title=Opus Klassik Awards 2019 |url=https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/articles/2844--awards-opus-klassik-awards-2019 |access-date=4 September 2019 |website=prestomusic.com |publisher=Presto Classical |location=Leamington Spa |archive-date=6 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806205505/https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/articles/2844--awards-opus-klassik-awards-2019 |url-status=live }}
• 2021 Musikpreis der Landeshauptstadt München{{cite news | last=Hermanski | first=Susanne | title=Münchner Musikpreis geht an Komponisten Jörg Widmann. | newspaper=Süddeutsche Zeitung | date=27 July 2021 | url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/musik-preis-muenchen-joerg-widmann-1.5365323 | language=de | access-date=28 July 2021 | archive-date=27 July 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727184952/https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/musik-preis-muenchen-joerg-widmann-1.5365323 | url-status=live }}{{cite news |date=11 March 2021 |title=Ein universaler Musiker |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/auszeichnung-ein-universaler-musiker-1.5232529 |work=Süddeutsche Zeitung |location=München |language=German |access-date=12 March 2021 |archive-date=12 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312081141/https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/auszeichnung-ein-universaler-musiker-1.5232529 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Braunmüller |first=Robert |date=11 March 2021 |title=Jörg Widmann: Das musikalische Sonntagskind |url=https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/kultur/musik/das-musikalische-sonntagskind-art-712568 |work=Abendzeitung |location=München |language=German |access-date=12 March 2021 |archive-date=6 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806205504/https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/kultur/musik/das-musikalische-sonntagskind-art-712568 |url-status=live }}
• 2021 Würth Prize of Jeunesses Musicales Germany{{cite news | title=Widmann erhält Preis der Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland | website=Die Zeit | date=September 2021 | url=https://www.zeit.de/news/2021-09/01/widmann-erhaelt-preis-der-jeunesses-musicales-deutschland | language=de | access-date=1 September 2021 | archive-date=1 September 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901174436/https://www.zeit.de/news/2021-09/01/widmann-erhaelt-preis-der-jeunesses-musicales-deutschland | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=Clarinetist Jörg Widmann Awarded 2021 Würth Prize | website=theviolinchannel.com, The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009. | date=7 September 2021 | url=https://theviolinchannel.com/jorg-widmann-awarded-2021-wurth-prize/ | access-date=8 September 2021 | archive-date=7 September 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907175543/https://theviolinchannel.com/jorg-widmann-awarded-2021-wurth-prize/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Bildstein | first=Käthe | title=Jörg Widmann | website=jmd | url=https://www.jmd.info/jmd/wuerth-preis-der-jmd/preistraeger-des-wuerth-preises/joerg-widmann | language=de | access-date=10 August 2024 | archive-date=10 August 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240810205719/https://www.jmd.info/jmd/wuerth-preis-der-jmd/preistraeger-des-wuerth-preises/joerg-widmann | url-status=live }}
• 2023 Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg{{cite web | title=Zwei große Ehrungen an einem Abend in der Elbphilharmonie | website=hamburg.de | url=https://www.hamburg.de/pressearchiv-fhh/17085802/verleihung-bach-preis-und-ehrendirigentenwuerde/ | language=de | access-date=1 May 2023 | archive-date=1 May 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501120430/https://www.hamburg.de/pressearchiv-fhh/17085802/verleihung-bach-preis-und-ehrendirigentenwuerde/ | url-status=live }}

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• 2023 Honorary doctorate University of Limerick{{cite web | last=Doherty | first=Cathal | title=Renowned composer receives honorary doctorate from University of Limerick | website=Limerick Live | date=11 February 2023 | url=https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/1034128/renowned-composer-receives-honorary-doctorate-from-university-of-limerick.html | access-date=11 February 2023 | archive-date=11 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211172018/https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/1034128/renowned-composer-receives-honorary-doctorate-from-university-of-limerick.html | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=Jörg Widmann | website=University of Limerick | date=13 February 2023 | url=https://www.ul.ie/ceremonies/jorg-widmann | access-date=6 February 2024 | archive-date=8 February 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208102332/https://www.ul.ie/ceremonies/jorg-widmann | url-status=live }}

• 2003 Fellow of the Berlin Institute for Advanced Study{{cite web | title=Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin: Jörg Widmann | website=Jörg Widmann | url=https://www.wiko-berlin.de/en/fellows/academic-year/2003/widmann-joerg | access-date=19 March 2025}}
• 2005 Member of the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste{{cite web | title=Jörg Widmann | website=Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste | url=https://www.badsk.de/bayerische-akademie-der-sch%C3%B6nen-k%C3%BCnste/mitglieder/j%C3%B6rg-widmann | language=de | access-date=19 March 2025}}
• 2007 Member of the Freie Akademie der Künste Hamburg{{cite web | title=Jörg Widmann | website=Freie Akademie der Künste Hamburg | date=3 October 2021 | url=https://www.akademie-der-kuenste.de/die-akademie/mitglieder/joerg-widmann/ | language=de | access-date=19 March 2025}}
• 2007 Member of the Deutsche Akademie der Darstellenden Künste{{Cite web |title=Mitglieder |url=https://www.darstellendekuenste.de/mitglieder-satzung.html |access-date=9 September 2018 |website=darstellendekuenste.de |publisher=Deutsche Akademie der Darstellenden Künste |location=Bensheim |archive-date=31 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331142630/https://www.darstellendekuenste.de/mitglieder-satzung.html |url-status=dead }}
• 2016 Member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz{{Cite web |year=2018 |title=Prof. Jörg Widmann |url=http://www.adwmainz.de/mitglieder/profil/prof-joerg-widmann.html |access-date=22 September 2018 |website=Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur |location=Mainz |archive-date=6 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806205506/https://www.adwmainz.de/mitglieder/profil/prof-joerg-widmann.html |url-status=live }}
• 2024 Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music{{cite web | title=Jörg Widmann in die Königlich Schwedischen Musikakademie aufgenommen : Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur | website=Mainz | date=10 July 2024 | url=https://www.adwmainz.de/nachrichten/artikel/joerg-widmann-in-die-koeniglich-schwedischen-musikakademie-aufgenommen.html | language=de | access-date=13 July 2024}}

{{Main|List of compositions by Jörg Widmann}}

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• Das Gesicht im Spiegel (2003)
• Babylon (2012)
• Arche (2016)
• Kantate (2023)
• Con brio (2008)
• Partita (2018)
• Viola Concerto (2015)
• Violin Concerto No. 2 (2018)
• Towards Paradise (Labyrinth VI) (2021, trumpet concerto)
• Horn Concerto (2023–24)
• Clarinet Quintet (2017)
• Fantasie for Solo Clarinet (1993)

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{{Asof|2024}}, Widmann composed a series of seven Labyrinth pieces.

• {{Cite book |last=Widmann |first=Jörg |title=Beethoven 250. Unter der Oberfläche / Beneath the Surface. Essays zum Beethovenjahr / Essays for the Beethoven Year |date=2019 |publisher=Pierre Boulez-Saal |location=Berlin |chapter=Utopian Music? The Exception as the Quintessence |access-date=29 June 2020 |chapter-url=https://issuu.com/barenboim-said-akademie/docs/191205_beethoven_essays_kern_issuu/28 |ref=no }}
• {{cite news | last=Widmann | first=Jörg |author-mask=2 | title=Musikpreis des "Heidelberger Frühlings": Man muss das Feuer einfach weitergeben | work=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung | date=14 April 2014 | url=https://www.faz.net/1.2895548 | language=de | access-date=18 April 2021 |ref=no }}

• {{citation | last1=Widmann | first1=Jörg | last2=Kiefer | first2=Anselm | last3=Missler-Morell |author-link2=Anselm Kiefer | first3=Andreas | title=... und es wird Klang – der Komponist Jörg Widmann | publisher=ZDF | publication-place=[Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] | year=2009 | oclc=916866277 | language=de | ref=none }}
• {{citation | last1=Faltin | first1=Sigrid | last2=Mutter | first2=Anne-Sophie | author3=SWR Classic (Firm) | author4=SWR Media GmbH | title=Anne-Sophie Mutter – Vivace | publisher=SWR Classic | publication-place=[Deutschland] | year=2023 | oclc=1390093297 | language=de | ref=none }}
• {{citation |last=Preuße |first=Holger | title=Im Labyrinth – Der Musiker Jörg Widmann – Die ganze Doku | publisher=Arte |trans-title=In the Maze – The Musician Jörg Widmann |url=https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/br-klassik-im-tv/im-labyrinth-der-musiker-joerg-widmann/ard-alpha/Y3JpZDovL2JyLmRlL2Jyb2FkY2FzdC9GMjAyM1dPMDE4MTE5QTA | date=28 May 2023 | language=de | quote=Aired: 18 June 2023, 23:50 | ref=none }}{{cite web | title=In the Maze – The Musician Jörg Widmann | website=IMZ International Music + Media Centre | date=8 November 2022 | url=https://news.imz.at/industry-news/news/in-the-maze-joerg-widmann-10710452/ | access-date=14 February 2023 | archive-date=28 December 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228203141/https://news.imz.at/industry-news/news/in-the-maze-joerg-widmann-10710452/ | url-status=live |ref=no }} {{YouTube|rObncd6xU20|Video English translation}}, {{ill|Deutscher Kamerapreis|de}} (German Camera Prize) 2023{{cite web | title=Deutscher Kamerapreis für BR-Koproduktion: "Im Labyrinth – Der Musiker Jörg Widmann" | website=BR-Klassik | date=30 May 2023 | url=https://www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news-kritik/dokumentarfilm-im-labyrinth-joerg-widmann-auszeichnung-deutscher-kamerapreis-100.html | language=de | access-date=30 May 2023 | archive-date=30 May 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530195040/https://www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news-kritik/dokumentarfilm-im-labyrinth-joerg-widmann-auszeichnung-deutscher-kamerapreis-100.html | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=Medienpreise 2023 Der Bayerische Rundfunk hat gewonnen! | website=BR.de | date=2 July 2023 | url=https://www.br.de/unternehmen/inhalt/public-value/medienpreise/br-medienpreise100.html | language=de | access-date=8 July 2023 | archive-date=8 July 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708140028/https://www.br.de/unternehmen/inhalt/public-value/medienpreise/br-medienpreise100.html | url-status=live }}

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• {{Cite book |last=Balk |first=Georgine Maria-Magdalena |title=Zwischen Tradition und Innovation – "Das Gesicht im Spiegel" von Jörg Widmann und Roland Schimmelpfennig |date=2007 |publisher=GRIN Verlag |isbn=978-3-638-72776-1 |location=München |language=de}}
• {{Cite book |last=Besthorn |first=Florian Henri |title=Geräusch – das Andere der Musik: Untersuchungen an den Grenzen des Musikalischen |date=2014 |publisher=transcript Verlag |isbn=978-3-8376-2868-5 |location=Bielefeld |pages=75–90 |language=de |chapter=Geräusch- und Klangwelten bei Jörg Widmann: zwei Einblicke |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7sPWBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA75}}
• {{Cite book |last=Besthorn |first=Florian Henri |title=Echo, Spiegel, Labyrinth: Der musikalische Körper im Werk Jörg Widmanns (Klangfiguren) |date=1 March 2018 |publisher=Königshausen & Neumann |isbn=978-3-8260-6299-5 |volume=1 |language=de}}
• {{Cite book |last=Bruhn |first=Siglind |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wWi8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1 |title=Die Musik von Jörg Widmann |date=2013 |publisher=Edition Gorz |isbn=978-3-938095-16-4 |location=Waldkirch |language=de |author-link=Siglind Bruhn}}
• {{Cite thesis |last=Dierickx |first=Zachary |title=The Clarinet Works of Jörg Widmann: A Performance Guide to Fantasie for Clarinet Solo with a Survey of Unaccompanied Clarinet Repertoire and Guide to Contemporary Techniques |year=2018 |publisher=Ohio State University |url=https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_olink/r/1501/10?p10_etd_subid=164143&clear=10 |type=DMA |access-date=8 February 2021 |archive-date=28 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528120420/https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_olink/r/1501/10?p10_etd_subid=164143&clear=10 |url-status=dead }}
• {{Cite book |last=Fein |first=Markus |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R8x9DAAAQBAJ&pg=PT0 |title=Im Sog der Klänge – Gespräche mit dem Komponisten Jörg Widmann |date=2005 |publisher=Edition Neue Zeitschrift für Musik |isbn=978-3-7957-0535-0 |location=Mainz |language=de}}
• {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i8p9DAAAQBAJ&pg=PT0 |title=Spuren – Der Komponist Jörg Widmann |date=2013 |publisher=Edition Neue Zeitschrift für Musik |isbn=978-3-7957-0847-4 |editor-last=Jungheinrich |editor-first=Hans-Klaus |location=Mainz |language=de}}
• {{Cite book |title=Jörg Widmann, Musik-Konzepte 166 |date=2014 |publisher=edition text+kritik |isbn=978-3-86916-355-0 |editor-last=Tadday |editor-first=Ulrich |editor-link=Ulrich Tadday |location=München |language=de}}
• {{Cite book |last=Widmann |first=Jörg |url=https://en.schott-music.com/shop/joerg-widmann-no128882.html |title=List of Published Works |date=September 2012 |publisher=Schott Music |location=Mainz |ismn=979-0-001-18462-5}}

• {{Cite news |last=Mischke |first=Joachim |date=13 January 2021 |title=Jörg Widmann: Ich hatte immer zu viele Ideen |url=https://www.abendblatt.de/podcast/erstklassisch/article231322616/Joerg-Widmann-Ich-hatte-immer-zu-viele-Ideen.html |access-date=13 January 2021 |work=Hamburger Abendblatt |language=de}}
• {{cite journal |last=Lack |first=Graham |year=2005 |title=At Fever Pitch: The Music of Jörg Widmann |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/3878766 |journal=Tempo |volume=59 |issue=231 |pages=29–35 |doi= 10.1017/S0040298205000045 |jstor=3878766 |s2cid=145080739 |access-date=6 March 2021}} {{subscription required}}
• {{cite news |last=Stallknecht |first=Michael |date=2 April 2021 |title=Ein Mann für alle Fälle |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/zur-person-ein-mann-fuer-alle-faelle-1.5253683 |work=Süddeutsche Zeitung |location=Munich |language=German |access-date=7 April 2021}}
• {{cite book | last=Schmidt | first=Felix | title=Gotteskinder und Störenfriede | publisher=Schwabe Verlagsgruppe AG | date=30 November 2020 | isbn=978-3-7965-4157-5 | language=de | page=239}}
• {{cite book | title=The Courage of Composers and the Tyranny of Taste | chapter=JÖRG WIDMANN (B. 1973) | publisher=Boydell & Brewer | date=1 May 2017 | doi=10.2307/j.ctvc16nd6.36}}
• {{cite web |first=David |last=Moliner | title=En los 50 años de Jörg Widmann | website=Scherzo | date=19 June 2023 | url=https://scherzo.es/en-los-50-anos-de-jorg-widmann/ | language=es | access-date=3 August 2023}}
• {{cite web |first=Tobias |last=Möller | title=Jörg Widmann im Interview | website=Berliner Philharmoniker | date=6 September 2023 | url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/stories/interview-joerg-widmann/ | language=de | access-date=4 November 2023}}
• {{cite news | last=Granzin | first=Katharina | title=Räume zwischen Atem und Klang | website=taz.de | date=30 November 2023 | page=28 | url=https://taz.de/!5972630/ | language=de | access-date=2 December 2023}}
• {{cite web | last=Braunmüller | first=Robert | title=Jörg Widmann dirgiert das MKO | website=Abendzeitung München | date=9 February 2024 | url=https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/kultur/musik/joerg-widmann-dirgiert-das-mko-art-958668 | language=de | access-date=10 February 2024}}
• {{cite web | last=Welscher | first=Alexander | title=Outstanding debut for Jörg Widmann at Sinfonietta Rīga | website=Public broadcasting of Latvia | date=12 February 2024 | url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/music/12.02.2024-outstanding-debut-for-jorg-widmann-at-sinfonietta-riga.a542631/ | access-date=12 February 2024}}
• {{cite web | last=Bahners | first=Patrick | title=Bonner Beethoven-Haus kauft Quartett-Autograph op. 130 | website=FAZ.NET | date=8 January 2025 | url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/buehne-und-konzert/bonner-beethoven-haus-kauft-quartett-autograph-op-130-110218911.html | language=de | access-date=9 January 2025}}

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• [https://en.schott-music.com/shop/autoren/joerg-widmann Jörg Widmann] at Schott Music
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• [https://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at/en/a/joerg-widmann Jörg Widmann] Salzburg Festival
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• {{YouTube|xwC384Qn9Y0|Interview with Jörg Widmann}}
• {{cite web | title=Widmann on Music III: Zu Besuch bei Widmann in Berlin |trans-title=Visiting Widmann in Berlin | website=NDR Mediathek | date=7 November 2024 | url=https://www.ndr.de/orchester_chor/radiophilharmonie/audio_video/Widmann-on-Music-%2Cwidmannonmusic118.html | language=de | access-date=8 November 2024}}

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