Eugen Suchoň
Slovak composer
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Eugen Suchoň was one of the most important Slovak composers of the 20th century. Early life Eugen Suchoň was born on September 25, 1908, in Pezinok, . His father, Ladislav Suchoň, was an organist and teacher. His mother, Serafína Suchoňová, was a piano teacher, and it was from her that he received his first piano tuition. The house was always filled with music and, as a small child, he would listen from under the piano when his father rehearsed at home with other musicians. In 1920, at the age of twelve, he started taking piano lessons at the Bratislava School of Music with the distinguished musician Frico Kafenda. Later, from 1927 to 1931, he continued his studies with the same teacher at the newly established Academy of Music in Bratislava. His early works include several piano compositions and a choral work Veľky Pôst . He graduated from his composition classes with the Sonata in A-flat for Violin and Piano and a String Quartet . His two-year studies at the Prague Conservatoire under Vítězslav Novák set the seal on the thorough training he had received from Kafenda.
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