- Ernest Ačkun
Ernest Ačkun (Ернест Ачкун) (1930 in
Hrastnik ,Slovenia , thenKingdom of Yugoslavia – August 2001 inBelgrade ,Serbia ) was a famous Yugoslavclarinetist .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 inParis , with professorUlysse Delécluse .Awards
He won several important
prize s, including the First Prize at the Competition of Yugoslav Performing Artists inSkopje and the Second Prize at theMunich International Competition ( both 1954).Performance and Teaching Activities
Ačkun gave concerts as a soloist in nearly all great towns in
Yugoslavia , as well as inFrance , WestGermany ,Austria ,Italy andBulgaria , playing under the leadership of such conductors asZubin Mehta ,Jean Martinon ,Charles Bruck ,Krešimir Baranović ,Oskar Danon ,Milan Horvat ,Živojin Zdravković .As a member of theBelgrade Wind Quintet , he played several hundred concerts in Yugoslavia and abroad.Some Yugoslav composers dedicated their compositions to him. He also recorded forradio andtelevision .Mr. Ačkun was principal clarinetist of theBelgrade Philharmonic Orchestra and Professor ofChamber 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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