Luna Alcalay

Luna Alcalay
Born (1928-10-21)21 October 1928
Zagreb, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, (now Croatia)
Died 9 October 2012(2012-10-09) (aged 83)
Vienna, Austria

Luna Alcalay (21 October 1928 – 9 October 2012)[1] was a Croatian-born Austrian pianist, music educator and composer.

Biography

Alcalay was born in Zagreb, Croatia to a Jewish family.[2] She studied piano under Bruno Seidlhofer and composition under Alfred Uhl at the Vienna Academy of Music and received a scholarship in 1958 to continue her studies in Rome.[3] After completing her studies, she returned to Vienna, where she became a professor of piano at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts.[4][5]

Composition prizes

Works

Selected works include:

Alcalay's work has been recorded and issued on CD, including:

References

  1. In Memoriam Luna Alcalay (in German) Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  2. Ognjen Kraus (1998, p. 242)
  3. 1 2 3 "Luna Alcalay". Retrieved 11 October 2010.
  4. "Luna Alcalay" (PDF). Retrieved 11 October 2010.
  5. Hixon, Donald L.; Hennessee, Don A. (1993). Women in music: an encyclopedic biobibliography, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-2769-1. Retrieved 11 November 2010.

Bibliography

  • Kraus, Ognjen (1998). Dva stoljeća povijesti i kulture Židova u Zagrebu i Hrvatskoj. Zagreb: Židovska općina Zagreb. ISBN 953-96836-2-9. 


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