Luna Alcalay

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

Luna Alcalay
Born(1928-10-21)21 October 1928
Zagreb, Yugoslavia, (now Croatia)
Died9 October 2012(2012-10-09) (aged 83)
Vienna, Austria

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
  • Darmstadt 1963 and 1964
  • Gaudeamus competition 1967
  • Berlin 1972
  • International ISCM competition Italy 1973
  • ORF Steiermark 1973
  • "Preis der Stadt Wien" 1992[3]

Works

Selected works include:

  • Apostroph (violin solo)
  • Apostrophen (violoncello solo)
  • Gyroskop for viola solo (1998)
  • un sogno à tre for flute, viola and harp (1990)
  • relatif à la sonorité (string trio)
  • Touches (two pianos)
  • conversations à trois (woodwind trio)
  • L'intérieur des pensées (string quartet)
  • Applications (for sixteen strings)
  • Pas de deux (two clarinets)
  • Trio (alto saxophone, drums, double bass)
  • Syntax (percussion)
  • En circuit · Der alte Friedhof in Prag (mezzo-soprano and ensemble)
  • Bagatellen (piano solo)
  • Transparenzen(piano trio)
  • Sentenzen (violin concerto)
  • Quasi una Fantasia (violin and piano)
  • Touches (piano concerto)
  • Der übergangene Mensch (Music drama)
  • A Game for Two (percussion (2 players))
  • Due sentenze (mezzo-soprano, oboe d'amore, piano)
  • 3 poems (marimba)
  • En passant (flute solo)[3]

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

  • Der Tod Des Trompeters/Heiligenlegende (Audio CD - Dec 1, 1995)
  • Vienna Modern Masters VMM3020

References
  1. In Memoriam Luna Alcalay (in German) Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  2. Ognjen Kraus (1998, p. 242)
  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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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