Luna Alcalay

Luna Alcalay (21 October 1928 – 9 October 2012) was a Croatian-born Austrian pianist, music educator and composer, described as “one of the most internationally renowned Austrian composers.” Biography Alcalay was born in Zagreb, Croatia, to a Jewish family. 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. She attended the Darmstadt Summer Course. After completing her studies, Alcalay returned to Vienna, where she became a professor of piano at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts. She died in 2012, at the age of 83, in Vienna. 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) *