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Kraft was born in Chicago, Illinois.He was awarded two Anton Seidl Fellowships at Columbia University, graduating with a bachelor's degree cum laude in 1951 and a master's degree in 1954.He studied composition with Jack Beeson and Henry Cowell, orchestration with Henry Brant, percussion with Morris Goldenberg, timpani from Saul Goodman, and conducting with Rudolph Thomas and Fritz Zweig.
Mar 23, 2022 · “He knew the pieces so well,” Mr. Mehta said in an interview. “It just came naturally.” Mr. Mehta elevated Mr. Kraft to the post of assistant conductor, which he held from 1969 to 1972.
Feb 18, 2022 · William Kraft at 87 conducting Heinrich Schütz’s “St. John Passion” at a Monday Evening Concert in the Zipper Concert Hall at the Colburn School in Los Angeles on March 28, 2011.
Sep 29, 2022 · On Saturday, October 1, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music will host a celebration of William Kraft. Kraft, who taught composition at UCLA in the 1980s after a thirty-year career in the Los Angeles Philharmonic, was an indispensable feature of Los Angeles’s vibrant new music scene in the post-World War II era. “Bill was
PAS Hall of Fame member William Kraft, former Principal Timpanist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Professor Emeritus, Composition Program, at the University of California Santa Barbera, died on February 12, 2022. Born on Sept. 23, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, Kraft grew up in San Diego and joined the United States Air Force for three...
William Kraft (1923- ) As a performer, teacher, conductor, award-winning composer, and Hollywood session player, William Kraft has probably had as remarkable career as any musician in the twentieth century.
Feb 18, 2022 · William Kraft, a percussionist, composer, conductor and educator who played a long and indispensable role in making Los Angeles a world capital of new music, died Saturday at USC Verdugo Hills ...
Feb 22, 2022 · William Kraft, a percussionist, composer, conductor and educator who played a long and indispensable role in making Los Angeles a world capital of new music, died Saturday,” writes Mark Swed in Thursday’s (2/17) Los Angeles Times. “His wife, composer Joan Huang, says the cause was heart failure. He was 98…. He took full advantage of... Read more »
Feb 25, 2022 · William Kraft, long time percussionist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, composer, conductor and teacher passed away on February 12, 2022. William Kraft was a member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for 26 seasons, 20 as principal timpanist.
Mar 8, 2022 · William Kraft, composer, Los Angeles Philharmonic. Born in Chicago but raised in Santa Barbara, William Kraft has been one of the West Coast’s most important musical voices for nearly four decades.
