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FOSS, Lukas

Born in Berlin, Germany, Aug 15, 1922
Died in New York, NY, Feb 1, 2009

  • Foss was a German-born American conductor, pianist and composer who had a distinguished career conducting several major American orchestras.1
  • Foss began composing at the age of 7, and throughout his career he was honored with a New York Music Critics’ Circle Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship (he was the youngest composer ever to win one), a Fullbright grant and a Library of Congress Gold Medal for Music (2000)2
  • Foss’s teachers included Randall Thompson, Paul Hindemith, and Serge Koussevitsky.3

Biography

Sources

  1. “Lukas Foss,” Encyclopædia Brittanica (August 11, 2019), accessed October 1, 2019, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lukas-Foss.
  2. Gilbert Chase, David Wright, and Lars Helgert, “Foss [Fuchs], Lukas,” Grove Music Online (October 16, 2013), accessed October 1, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-1002249582.
  3. “Lukas Foss,” Encyclopædia Brittanica (August 11, 2019), accessed October 1, 2019, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lukas-Foss.

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