Milko Kelemen

Milko Kelemen was born in Slatina, Croatia (then Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes).

[1] He studied under Stjepan Šulek in Zagreb, under Olivier Messiaen in Paris and Wolfgang Fortner in Freiburg amongst others.

[2] 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,[1] the prize of the ISCM, the Great 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 (1955-58), The Robert Schumann Institute in Düsseldorf, Germany (1970-72), Stuttgart Academy of Music, Germany (1973-89), Yale University, USA (1975-77), and Montreal University, Canada (1977-78).