Milko Kelemen

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Milko Kelemen (March 30, 1924, Podravska Slatina – March 8, 2018, Stuttgart) was a Croatian composer. Milko Kelemen was born in Slatina, Croatia (then Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes). He studied under Stjepan Šulek in Zagreb, under Olivier Messiaen in Paris and Wolfgang Fortner in Freiburg amongst others. Kelemen founded the Music Biennale Zagreb, an international contemporary music festival and served as its president from 1961 to 1979. He also worked at the Electronic Siemens Studio in Munich and was invited to Berlin as Composer in Residence. Kelemen is a recipient of many awards, most notably the Federal Cross of Merit, the prize of the ISCM, the Great Yugoslav State Prize, and the French order Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. He lived in Stuttgart, Germany. His works are published by Hans Sikorski Music Publishers. Selected works Three Dances for viola and string orchestra (1958) Composé for two pianos and orchestral group (1967) Phantasmen for viola and orchestra (1985) Archetypon II - Für Anton for large orchestra (1995) User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Siemens-Studio fur elektronische Musik

Kelemen: Archetypon Ii / Nonet / Die Richter

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Siemens-Studio Für Electronische Musik

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U Potrazi Za Novim Zvukom 1956-1984: Antologija Elektroakustičke Glazbe Hrvatskih Kompozitora

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Lost in Space

Kelemen: Portrait of A Composer

Stuttgart Compositions

Opera Bestial

20th Century String Quartets

Siemens-Studio Für Elektronische Musik

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Apocalyptica

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