Milko Kelemen

Milko Kelemen was a Croatian composer.

Life

Milko Kelemen was born in Slatina, Croatia. He studied under Stjepan Šulek in Zagreb, under Olivier Messiaen in Paris and Wolfgang Fortner in Freiburg amongst others.
Kelemen founded the Music Biennale Zagreb, an international contemporary music festival and served as its president from 1961 to 1979.
He also worked at the Electronic Siemens Studio in Munich and was invited to Berlin as composer in residence.
Kelemen was a recipient of many awards, most notably the Federal Cross of Merit, the prize of the ISCM, the Great Socialist [Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav] State Prize, and the French order Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.
Kelemen taught composition at many prestigious schools and universities, including
Zagreb University, Academy of Music, Croatia,
The Robert Schumann Institute in Düsseldorf, Germany,
Stuttgart Academy of Music, Germany,
Yale University, USA,
and Montreal University, Canada.
Since 1973, he lived in Stuttgart, Germany, where he died. His works are published by Hans Sikorski Music Publishers.