Dubravko Detoni (born 22 February 1937
) is a
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and Defi ...
,
pianist and
writer. Although active since the early 1970s he is almost unknown internationally.
He was born in
Križevci,
Croatia, educated in
Zagreb, Sienna,
Warsaw and
Darmstadt
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, and studied with
John Cage
John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer and music theorist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading fi ...
in
Paris. He has written more than a hundred musical pieces, theatrical spectacles, multimedia and performance pieces, books of poetry, essays, commentaries, and radio and TV programs.
His son Danijel is a pianist.
As the founder and leader of the ensemble Acezantez, he has performed around
Europe,
Asia and
North America
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.
In 2000, the Paradigm Discs
record label released ''Dubravko Detoni'' a CD of pieces from 3 LPs that appeared on
Jugoton (today's
Croatia Records) in the mid 1970s.
References
External links
Information on ''Dubravko Detoni'' CD
1937 births
Living people
People from Križevci
20th-century classical composers
Croatian composers
Academy of Music, University of Zagreb alumni
Vladimir Nazor Award winners
Male classical composers
20th-century male musicians
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