Michael Graubart (26 November 1930 – 10 June 2024) was an Austrian-born British conductor, composer and academic, born in Vienna and exiled after the Anschluss.
Following the murder of his uncle Richard Graubart in 1938[1] the family escaped to the UK by train.
[3] After studying composition with Mátyás Seiber, flute with Geoffrey Gilbert and conducting with Lawrence Leonard, Graubart became a teacher and conductor at Morley College and was appointed head of department in 1969 when John Gardner retired, staying there until 1991.
He retired from full-time teaching in 1996 but continued to lecture and to compose orchestral, chamber, instrumental and choral music.
[9] As a composer he adopted the Viennese 12-note tradition using clear motifs and themes, sometimes incorporating electronics.