Ernest Ačkun

Ernest Ačkun

Ernest Ačkun (Ернест Ачкун) (1930 in Hrastnik, Slovenia, then Kingdom of Yugoslavia – August 2001 in Belgrade, Serbia) was a famous Yugoslav clarinetist.

Education

He completed his undergraduate and graduate studies at the Belgrade Academy of Music, under the tution of professor Bruno Brun, and pursued them at the Conservatoire superiéur de musique in Paris, with professor Ulysse Delécluse.

Awards

He won several important prizes, including the First Prize at the Competition of Yugoslav Performing Artists in Skopje and the Second Prize at the Munich International Competition ( both 1954).

Performance and Teaching Activities

Ačkun gave concerts as a soloist in nearly all great towns in Yugoslavia, as well as in France, West Germany, Austria, Italy and Bulgaria, playing under the leadership of such conductors as Zubin Mehta, Jean Martinon, Charles Bruck, Krešimir Baranović, Oskar Danon, Milan Horvat, Živojin Zdravković.As a member of the Belgrade Wind Quintet, he played several hundred concerts in Yugoslavia and abroad.Some Yugoslav composers dedicated their compositions to him. He also recorded for radio and television.Mr. Ačkun was principal clarinetist of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra and Professor of Chamber Music at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade.

Affiliations

Ačkun was a member and president of the Association of Musical Artists of Serbia.

External links

* [http://www.bgf.co.yu/ Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra]
* [http://www.umus.org.yu/html/en.htm Association of Musical Artists of Serbia]
* [http://www.google.com/search?q=ernest+ackun&hl=en&lr=&start=0&sa=N]

References

*Eberst, A. [1963] : "Klarinet i klarinetisti" , Forum, Novi Sad
*Maksimović, M. (1971): "Beogradska filharmonija 1951-1971" , Beogradska filharmonija, Beograd
*"Muzička enciklopedija", I (1971), Jugoslovenski leksikografski zavod, Zagreb
*"Muzika i muzičari u NOB - Zbornik sećanja" (1982), Grupa izdavača, Beograd
*"Pedeset godina Fakulteta muzičke umetnosti (Muzičke akademije) 1937-1987" (1988), Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu, Beograd
*Peričić, V. [1969] : "Muzički stvaraoci u Srbiji" , Prosveta, Beograd


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