Yehoshua Lakner

Yehoshua Lakner (b. Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 24 April 1924; d. Zürich, Switzerland, 5 December 2003) (Hebrew: יהושוע לקנר) was a composer of contemporary classical music. He settled in Palestine in 1941, and relocated to Zürich in 1963.

He studied with the American composer Aaron Copland at Tanglewood in 1952.

Awards

 * Engel Prize of the city of Tel-Aviv (1958)
 * Salomon David Steinberg Foundation
 * City of Zurich Sabbatical year for composition (1987)