Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1911
- Died
- 1989
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Das Spiel von Liebe und Tod
- Pod sluncem této země
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 37
- Total plays
- 632
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Ján Cikker (29 July 1911 – 21 December 1989) was a Slovak composer, a leading exponent of modern Slovak classical music. He was awarded the title National Artist in Slovakia, the Herder Prize (1966) and the IMC-UNESCO International Music Prize (1979). Cikker was born in former Austria-Hungary, today Slovakia, in Banská Bystrica. His first music teachers were his mother, Mária Psotková, and Viliam Figuš-Bystrý. After he graduated from the high school <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/J%C3%A1n+
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ján
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Slovakia
- Place of birth
- Banská Bystrica
- Place of death
- Bratislava
- Occupation
- pedagogue
- Educated at
- Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava
- Genre
- opera
- Image
- Ján Cikker (c. 1968).png
- Work location
- Bratislava
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- date of birth
- 1911-07-29
- date of death
- 1989-12-21
- member of
- Academy of Arts of the GDR
- name in native language
- Ján Cikker
- place of burial
- Slávičie údolie cemetery
- Commons category
- Ján Cikker
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