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) 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) Ich bin in sehnsucht eingehüllt ("I'm wrapped in longing"), Scenic reflections on love poems by Selma Meerbaum (1984), written for Gunda König and Dieter Kaufmann's K&K Experimental Studio for their series of performances called "Music and Eroticism – Amor, Terror, Psyche"

Alcalay's work has been recorded and issued on CD, including: Der Tod des Trompeters/Heiligenlegende (Audio CD, December 1, 1995) Vienna Modern Masters VMM3020