Yehoshua Lakner
Appearance
Yehoshua Lakner | |
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יהושוע לקנר | |
Born | Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | 24 April 1924
Died | 5 December 2003 Zürich, Switzerland | (aged 79)
Nationality | Israel Switzerland |
Education | Studied with Aaron Copland at Tanglewood |
Occupation | Composer |
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Musical career | |
Genres | Contemporary classical |
Yehoshua Lakner (b. Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 24 April 1924; d. Zürich, Switzerland, 5 December 2003) (Hebrew: יהושוע לקנר) was a composer of contemporary classical music. He settled in Palestine in 1941, and relocated to Zürich in 1963.
He studied with the American composer Aaron Copland at Tanglewood in 1952.
Awards
[edit]- Engel Prize of the city of Tel-Aviv (1958)[1]
- Salomon David Steinberg Foundation[1]
- City of Zurich Sabbatical year for composition (1987)[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Swiss Music Edition". Archived from the original on 2018-09-04. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
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