According to the Internet source given below, Norbert Linke is a German composer born in Steinau, Lower Silesia. He studied composition with Ernst Gernot Klussmann and music with Heinrich Husmann in Hamburg. His most important mentors include Pierre Boulez, György Ligeti und Karlheinz Stockhausen. He has held various positions at music schools in Lübeck, Darmstadt and Duisberg. He interests range from folksongs to live electronic music.