Bruno Brun (1910–1978) was a Yugoslav

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and professor at the Belgrade Music Academy.

Education

Brun was born in Hrastnik, Austro-Hungary, now Slovenia. He graduated from the Belgrade Music Academy in 1945 and continued his education in Paris.Blagojevic, Andrija. "Bruno Brun (1910-1978) - Founder of the Yugoslav clarinet school." ''The Clarinet'', Vol. 41/3 (June 2014), pp. 46–51.

Career and awards

As a soloist, Brun had performed throughout Yugoslavia as well as abroad. He also performed as a principal clarinetist with the

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and National Theatre in Belgrade. He was one of the founders of the

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and its vice-president, and the

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of the

. He was awarded "7 July" Prize (1969), the highest

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prize for the arts, as well as ''Decoration of Work''. In 1973 he was a jury member at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich, along with Heinrich Sutermeister (Switzerland), Günter Bialas (Federal Republic of Germany), Ulysse Delécluse (France),

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(United States), Robert Gugolz (Switzerland),

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(Austria),

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(Federal Republic of Germany), Gerd Starke (Federal Republic of Germany). In 1977 he was a jury member at the Munich Competition, along with Hans-Peter Schmitz (Germany),

Eduard Brunner Eduard Brunner (14 July 1939 – 27 April 2017) was a classical clarinetist. He began his musical education in Basel (Switzerland) where he was born, continuing his studies at the Paris Conservatoire with Louis Cahuzac. For thirty years he was ...

(Switzerland),

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(Federal Republic of Germany), Guy Deplus (France),

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(Federal Republic of Germany),

Victor Petrov Viktor Platonovych Petrov ( uk, Віктор Платонович Петров, pen names V. Domontovych ( uk, В. Домонтович), Viktor Ber ( uk, Віктор Бер); 10 October 1894 – 8 June 1969) was a prominent Ukrainians, Ukraini ...

(U.S.S.R.) and Heinrich Sutermeister (Switzerland).

Teaching career

Bruno Brun was a

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of clarinet at the Belgrade Music Academy from 1945 to 1975 and a

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of the

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(1965–1971). His most famous

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s include Milenko Stefanović,

Ernest Ačkun Ernest Ačkun (Ернест Ачкун) (March 27, 1930 – September 28, 2001) was a Yugoslav clarinetist. Early life Ernest Ačkun was born in Hrastnik, Slovenia, which was then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He completed his studies at t ...

Ante Grgin Ante Grgin (born 1945) is a Croatian clarinetist and composer. Education Ante Grgin was born in Kaštel Novi, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia, and started his early training at the School of Music in Split. He completed his undergraduate (1969) and ...

and

Nikola Srdić Nikola Srdić (born 1952 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian clarinetist and Professor of Clarinet at the University of Novi Sad Academy of Arts, Serbia and University of Banja Luka Academy of Arts, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was a student of ...

(all of them were or are principal clarinetists and

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s). Brun wrote several

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s for clarinet students. He died in Belgrade,

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, now

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References

External links

BiographyBruno Brun as a Rector of the University of Arts in Belgrade
*Brun's Four Miniatures (complete scor

and clarinet par

free for download from the website of the Jeunesses Musicales, International Jeunesses Musicales Competition, Retrieved on July 18, 2011 {{DEFAULTSORT:Brun, Bruno Yugoslav musicians Serbian classical clarinetists Academic staff of the University of Arts in Belgrade University of Arts in Belgrade alumni Rectors of the University of Arts in Belgrade 1910 births 1978 deaths 20th-century classical musicians

Education

Career and awards

Teaching career

References

Further reading

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