Willy Focke
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Willy Focke (born 1949) is a German composer.
In 1973, Focke received a 3rd prize at the Dresden Weber Competition.[1] In 1976, he was awarded the Hanns Eisler Prize by Radio DDR.[2] In the same year, he received the 1st prize at the Chamber Music Competition of the GDR Music Days.[3] His works are published by Edition Peters and have been performed among others by the String Quartet of the Komische Oper Berlin[4] and at chamber music evenings of the Staatskapelle Dresden.[5] In addition, he received commissions from the Konzerthalle Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Frankfurt (Oder).[6]
