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Ernest Ačkun (Ернест Ачкун) (March 27, 1930 – September 28, 2001) was a Yugoslav clarinetist.

[edit] Early life

Ernest Ačkun was born in Hrastnik, Slovenia, which was then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

He completed his undergraduate and graduate studies at the Belgrade Academy of Music, under the tuition of professor Bruno Brun, and pursued them at the Conservatoire superiéur de musique in Paris, with professor Ulysse Delécluse.

He won several important prizes, including the First Prize at the Competition of Yugoslav Performing Artists in Skopje and the Second Prize at the Munich International Competition (both 1954). He was also rewarded the UMUS award for the best music performance achievement in the previous concert season (1984).

[edit] Performance and teaching activities

Ačkun gave concerts as a soloist in nearly all great towns in Yugoslavia, as well as in France, West Germany, Austria, Italy and Bulgaria, playing under the leadership of such conductors as Zubin Mehta, Jean Martinon, Charles Bruck, Krešimir Baranović, Oskar Danon, Milan Horvat, Živojin Zdravković. Distinguished Yugoslav composers, such as Stjepan Šulek and Zlatan Vauda, dedicated their compositions to him. He also recorded for radio and television. Ačkun was principal clarinetist of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra and Professor of Chamber Music at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade.

[edit] Affiliations

Ačkun was a member and president of the Association of Musical Artists of Serbia.

[edit] Later life

Ernest Ačkun died in Belgrade, Serbia.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

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