Luna Alcalay
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Luna Alcalay is an Austrian
pianist, music educator and composer
.
, Croatia
. 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
. After completing her studies, she returned to Vienna
where she became a professor of piano at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts.
Alcalay's work has been recorded and issued on CD, including:
Austrians
Austrians are a nation and ethnic group, consisting of the population of the Republic of Austria and its historical predecessor states who share a common Austrian culture and Austrian descent....
pianist, music educator and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
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Biography
Luna Alcalay was born in ZagrebZagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
, Croatia
Croatia
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. She studied piano under Bruno Seidlhofer and composition under Alfred Uhl
Alfred Uhl
Alfred Uhl was an Austrian composer, violist, music teacher and conductor.-Biography:Uhl studied with Franz Schmidt at the Vienna Music Academy, receiving a diploma in composition with honours in 1932. He subsequently worked as Kapellmeister of the Swiss Festspielmusik in Zürich...
at the Vienna Academy of Music and received a scholarship in 1958 to continue her studies in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
. After completing her studies, she returned to Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
where she became a professor of piano at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts.
Composition prizes
- Darmstadt 1963 and 1964
- Gaudeamus competition 1967
- Berlin 1972
- International ISCM competition Italy 1973
- ORF Steiermark 1973
- "Preis der Stadt Wien" 1992
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)
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