Yehoshua Lakner

( b Bratislava, 24 April 1924). Israeli composer. He settled in Palestine in 1941 and studied with Partos and Boskovich; in 1959-60 he studied in Germany with Stockhausen and Zimmermann. He moved to Zürich in 1963, and has written much electronic music for plays.

Yehoshua Lakner (b. Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, April 24, 1924; d. Zurich, Switzerland, December 5, 2003) was a composer of contemporary classical music. He settled in Palestine in 1941, and relocated to Zürich, Switzerland in 1963.

He studied with the American composer Aaron Copland at Tanglewood in 1952.

Awards

• 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

1. ^ ^{a b c} Swiss Music Edition

External links

• Yehoshua Lakner official site

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