Franz Lukasovsky (born 8 November 1940) is an Austrian operatic tenor and

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Life and career

Lukasovsky was born in Vienna. From the age of 6, Lukasovsky, who was a member of the

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from 1948 to 1954, began his musical education. In 1958 he graduated from the gymnasium in Vienna, and began studies at the

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and at the

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in the fields of

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, history and

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. In 1962 he passed the teacher's examination for music teaching at grammar schools. Two years later, he passed the state examination with teaching qualification for solo singing and in 1967 he received the diploma for "solo singing" and graduated with distinction in "song and oratorio". In the same year he accepted a teaching position for voice projection at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz and since then has participated in concerts of old, classical, romantic and

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. His opera debuts in

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and Vienna followed in 1973 before a

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with

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took him to Tokyo and Osaka. He made his opera debut in Germany in the 1974/75 season when he accepted a year's engagement at the

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. Since then he has fulfilled guest contracts for stage and concert in Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Austria. In 1976 he was appointed head of a class for solo singing at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Graz and in 1980 he was appointed extraordinary university professor. He was appointed full professor at the

in 1984 and from 1986 to 1991 was deputy head of department and chairman of the study commission of the department for solo singing and since 1994 again deputy head of department. In 1998 he was appointed head of department before being appointed head of the institute and member of the senate of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in 2002. In 2006 Lukasovsky together with the pianist István Bonyhádi was invited to Bangkok to create a song recital on the occasion of the upcoming sixtieth anniversary of the government of

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. Lukasovsky leads guest and

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Prizes

* 1973: First Prize of the Teatro alla scala di Milano at the International Contemporary Music Competition of the Società Italiana Musica Contempororanea. * 1973: Interpretation Prize of the Società Italiana Musica Contemporanea for the best interpretation of a contemporary vocal work.

Awards

* 2009: Gold Medal of Merit of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna * 2010: Great Silver

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* Honorary membership of the

External links

Franz Lukasovsky auf der Website club-carriere.com
accessdate 17 March 2019 *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lukasovsky, Franz 1940 births Living people Singers from Vienna Austrian operatic tenors Austrian music educators Academic staff of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna University of Vienna alumni