Miljenko Prohaska
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Born | Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | 17 September 1925
Died | 29 May 2014 Zagreb, Croatia | (aged 88)
Occupation(s) | Composer, music arranger, orchestra conductor |
Years active | 1950s–2014 |
Miljenko Prohaska (17 September 1925 – 29 May 2014) was a Croatian composer, music arranger and orchestra conductor.
He was mainly known for founding a number of prominent Croatian orchestras and for his longtime service as the conductor of the Radio Zagreb Dance Orchestra (the present-day
Biography
Prohaska was born in Zagreb and he first began learning the violin at a children's music school in Zagreb. He went on to enroll at a secondary music school where he was educated as a contrabass player and graduated in 1951, before continuing his studies at the Zagreb Music Academy and graduating in 1956 from the music teaching department. Since the mid-1950s until the late 1980s Prohaska was a contrabass player with the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, the Radio Zagreb Symphony Orchestra, the Yugoslav Radio Orchestra, the Zagreb Jazz Quartet and many other musical ensembles.[1] He was also the director of the Zagreb Festival of Popular Music (Zagrebfest) from 1967 to 1969.
In 1989 he retired from playing and became the
Works
As a composer he is mainly known for his jazz music, but he also made a number of compositions for symphony orchestras, as well as music arrangements for popular Croatian singers such as
Prohaska was a longtime member of the Croatian Composers' Society and had served as its president twice (1967–1968 and 1988–1990).[1] Prohaska won numerous awards for his work, including the Golden Arena for Best Film Music (1968),[3] the Vladimir Nazor Award for Life Achievement (1988) and the Porin Award for Life Achievement (1995).[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Miljenko Prohaska" (in Croatian). Croatian Musicians Union. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
- ^ "Miljenko Prohaska diskografija" (in Croatian). Diskografija.com. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
- ^ "15. Festival igranog filma u Puli" (in Croatian). Pula Film Festival. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
External links
- Miljenko Prohaska at IMDb
- Miljenko Prohaska biography at the Croatian Musicians Union website (in Croatian)
- Miljenko Prohaska discography at Diskografija.com (in Croatian)