Vladimir Kranjčević
Vladimir Kranjčević (born November 22, 1936 in Zagreb , Kingdom of Yugoslavia ; † February 9, 2020 in Zagreb, Croatia ) was a Yugoslav and Croatian conductor and professor at the Zagreb Music Academy.
Life
Kranjčević studied piano with Ladislav Šaban at the Zagreb Music Academy . After an injury to the hand prevented him from playing the piano, he studied conducting with Slavko Zlatić and Igor Markevitch . In 1980 he obtained a master's degree in conducting with Vojislav Ilić at the Music Faculty of the University of Arts in Belgrade .
In the 1980s he conducted the mixed choir and the radio symphony orchestra of Radiotelevizija Zagreb and for the music production of Radiotelevizija Beograd . Later he conducted the chamber opera of the Croatian National Theater in Zagreb .
From 1995 he was associate professor and from 2000 full professor at the Zagreb Music Academy, which has been part of the University of Zagreb since 1979 .
literature
- Hrvatska Enciklopedija , Volume 6, 2004
Web links
- Obituary article on hrt.hr, February 9, 2020 (Croatian)
- Article about the concert on the occasion of Kranjčević's 75th birthday, with biographical information (Croatian): klasika.hr , vjesnik.hr
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kranjčević, Vladimir |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav and Croatian conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zagreb |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 2020 |
| Place of death | Zagreb |