Yehoshua Lakner

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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.

[edit] 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]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Swiss Music Edition

[edit] External links

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