Luna Alcalay

• Name — Luna Alcalay • Born — 21 October 1928 • Birthplace — Zagreb, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes • Died — 9 October 2012 • Place of death — Vienna, Austria

Alcalay was born in Zagreb, Croatia, to a Jewish family. She studied piano under Bruno Seidlhofer and composition under Alfred Uhl at the Vienna Academy of Music and received a scholarship in 1958 to continue her studies in Rome. She attended the Darmstadt Summer Course. After completing her studies, Alcalay returned to Vienna, where she became a professor of piano at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts. She died in 2012, at the age of 83, in Vienna.

Selected works include: • Apostroph (violin solo) • Apostrophen (violoncello solo) • Gyroskop for viola solo (1998) • un sogno à tre for flute, viola and harp (1990) • relatif à la sonorité (string trio) • Touches (two pianos) • conversations à trois (woodwind trio) • L'intérieur des pensées (string quartet) • Applications (for sixteen strings) • Pas de deux (two clarinets) • Trio (alto saxophone, drums, double bass) • Syntax (percussion) • En circuit · Der alte Friedhof in Prag (mezzo-soprano and ensemble) • Bagatellen (piano solo) • Transparenzen(piano trio) • Sentenzen (violin concerto) • Quasi una Fantasia (violin and piano) • Touches (piano concerto) • Der übergangene Mensch (Music drama) • A Game for Two (percussion (2 players)) • Due sentenze (mezzo-soprano, oboe d'amore, piano) • 3 poems (marimba) • En passant (flute solo) • Ich bin in sehnsucht eingehüllt ("I'm wrapped in longing"), Scenic reflections on love poems by Selma Meerbaum (1984), written for Gunda König and Dieter Kaufmann's K&K Experimental Studio for their series of performances called "Music and Eroticism – Amor, Terror, Psyche" Alcalay's work has been recorded and issued on CD, including: • Der Tod des Trompeters/Heiligenlegende (Audio CD, December 1, 1995) • Vienna Modern Masters VMM3020