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First name: Zdenek
Last name: Lukas
Dates: 1928-2007
Category: Quartet
Nationality: Czech
Opus name: Piano Quartet no 1, opus 151, Sonata di Danza (1980)
Publisher: CHF
Peculiarities: See:http://www.musicbase.cz/en/search/page/4/; and: http://www.musica.cz/skladatele/lukas-zdenek.html
Information: Zdeněk Lukáš (21 August 1928 in Prague – 13 July 2007 in Prague) was a prolific Czech composer having composed over 330 works. He graduated from a teachers' college and worked as a teacher from 1953 to 1963. He was a musical editor and program director at the National Broadcasting Company in Pilsen and conducted the Česká píseň, one of the most famous choirs in the Czechoslovakia. Between 1962 and 1970 he had regular consultations in composition with Miloslav Kabelac (1908–1979) who initiated him into the world of contemporary compositional techniques and the refinements of orchestration and instrumental colors. Lukáš has been strongly influenced by folk music and throughout his career had a strong focus on vocal music. His works, which include six symphonies, several operas, a number of oratorios and cantatas and dozens of choral works, have often received prizes abroad.