Milko Kelemen

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Milko Kelemen (born 1924) is a Croatian composer.

[edit] Life

Milko Kelemen studied under Olivier Messiaen in Paris and Wolfgang Fortner in Freiburg amongst others.

In 1959 Kelemen founded the Zagreb Biennale, an international contemporary music festival and has served as its president since the early 1960s.

He also worked at the Electronic Siemens Studio in Munich and was invited to Berlin as Composer in Residence.

Kelemen is a recipient of many awards, most notably the Great Federal Cross of Service, the prize of the ISCM, the Great Yugoslav State Prize, and the French order Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.

He lives in Stuttgart, Germany. His works are published by Hans Sikorski Music Publishers.