Thomas Kakuska

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Thomas Kakuska (born Vienna; August 25, 1940 – July 4, 2005) was an Austrian viola player, best known as the violist of the Alban Berg Quartett from 1981 until his death in Vienna in 2005.

Kakuska was a professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna from 1971, and a visiting professor at the University of Cologne in Germany from 1993.

Following his death, Kakuska's close friend, the composer Hilda Paredes, wrote In Memoriam Thomas Kakuska for solo violin, which was given its premiere performance by her husband, Irvine Arditti, at a memorial concert in Vienna in 2006.^[1]

References

↑ Remarks of Irvine Arditti on BBC Radio 3's Hear and Now program, January 30, 2010

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 19874650 LCCN: no92016736 ISNI: 0000 0001 1488 4714 GND: 134720504

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Name	Kakuska,Thomas
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Short description	Austrian musician
Date of birth	August 25, 1940
Place of birth
Date of death	July 4, 2005
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