Henri Lazarof

Henri Lazarof (April 12, 1932) Bulgarian composer.

Born in Sofia, Bulgaria his formal musical training began in Israel under Paul Ben-Haim. After a short stint in Rome, Lazarof settled in the United States, studying with Harold Shapero and Arthur Berger at Brandeis University. Earning a master's degree in 1959, Lazarof began teaching composition at UCLA and was active in promoting the music of his contemporaries. In 19?? he was given the title Professor Emeritus at UCLA.

Lazarof has written seven symphonies, five string quartets, concerti for clarinet, violin and cello, a string octet, various chamber music. But perhaps he's best known for his "Tableaux" for piano and orchestra. His music has been recorded on the Composers Recordings, Inc., Naxos Records and Delos labels.

In December 2007, Janice and Henri Lazarof gave the Los Angeles County Museum of Art 130 mostly Modernist works estimated to be worth more than $100 million.Citation | last = Wyatt | first = Edward | author-link = Edward Wyatt | title = An Art Donor Opts to Hold On to His Collection | newspaper = New York Times | year = 2008 | date = January 8, 2008 | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/arts/design/08muse.html?scp=1&sq=broad+lacma] The collection includes 20 works by Picasso, watercolors and paintings by Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky and a considerable number of sculptures by Alberto Giacometti, Constantin Brancusi, Henry Moore. William de Kooning, Joan Miró, Louise Nevelson, Archipenko and Arp.Citation | last = Wyatt | first = Edward | author-link = Edward Wyatt | title = For Los Angeles Museum, a 'Transformative' Gift of Modernists | newspaper = New York Times | year = 2007 | date = December 13, 2007 | url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9907E7D71339F930A25751C1A9619C8B63&scp=1&sq=lazarof+lacma] Citation | last = Muchnic | first = Suzanne | author-link = Suzanne Muchnic | title = Huge gift helps LACMA enter the modern age | newspaper = Los Angeles Times | year = 2007 | date = December 12, 2007 | url = http://www.calendarlive.com/la-et-lacma12dec12,0,3227885.story]

References

* Back cover blurb for Octet for Strings, "La Laurenziana" published by Merion Music, Inc., Theodor Presser Co., Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

External links

* [http://www.presser.com/Composers/info.cfm?Name=HENRILAZAROF Biography, works and recording lists] from Theodor Presser Co.
* [http://www.arts.ucla.edu/press/pdf/Music.pdf PDF] from UCLA