Ivan Brkanović
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Ivan Brkanović | |
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| Born | 27 December 1906 |
| Died | 20 February 1987 (aged 80) |
| Era | 20th century |
| Works | http://quercus.mic.hr/quercus/person/215 |
Ivan Brkanović (27 December 1906 – 20 February 1987) was a Croatian composer. He was a choir conductor, high school teacher, dramaturge at the Zagreb Opera, director of the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra and a professor at the Sarajevo Music Academy. He worked intensively as a music publicist and was a president of the Croatian Composers' Society. Father of the Croatian composer Željko Brkanović.[1][2]
He was born in Škaljari into Croatian family. In 1927 he came to Zagreb to study music.[2] In his first years in Zagreb he works in a factory and attends a music school. In 1932 he started writing for magazines Evolucija, Hrvatski dnevnik, Sv. Cecilija and Novosti.[2] After that he enrolled to Zagreb Music Academy where he was taught by Blagoje Bersa. Because of Bersa's death he finished Music Academy in the class of Fran Lhotka.[2] After graduation in 1935 he started working as a music teacher in Zagreb's comprehensive school.[3] Later he spent four months on specialization at Schola Cantorum de Paris.[2]
In 1951 he was appointed as a music counselor at Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb and from 1954 as a director of the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra. He was a president of Bosnian Composers' Society (1950–1951) and of Croatian Composers' Society (1953–1955). He taught at the Music Academy in Sarajevo.[4] After returning to Zagreb he retires and continues to compose. In 1983 he became a member of Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He died 20 December 1987.
