About Ferdinand Deda
Lived 1941 – 2003 (aged 62). Ferdinand Deda was an Albanian composer.
Ferdinand Deda (; 5 February 194122 August 2003) was an Albanian composer, conductor and instrumentalist.
Life and career Ferdinand Deda was born in Peqin in 1941 during the Italian occupation of Albania. His first lessons in music started when he was 6 and later studying in the Jordan Misja Artistic Lyceum in Tirana. After finishing his studies in 1959 he worked as a music teacher in Gjirokastër until 1960. Some time later he enrolled in the Prague Conservatory, but would stop shortly thereafter due to the Albanian–Soviet split, finishing school as a conductor in Albania instead. He would then specialize in Italy in composition and conducting from 1991 to 1992.
Starting from 1964, he would compose over 300 concertos both in Albania and abroad. Deda was also the founder of Festivali i Pranverës (Spring Festival).
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Who was Ferdinand Deda?
Albanian composer (1941–2003)
When was Ferdinand Deda born?
Ferdinand Deda was born on 5 February 1941 in Albania.
When did Ferdinand Deda die?
Ferdinand Deda died on 24 August 2003 in Turkey.
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Ferdinand Deda was a composer.
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Ferdinand Deda was Albanian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Ferdinand Deda. https://biography.guide/ferdinand-deda/
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