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Jeronimas Kačinskas (or Kacinskas; 17 April 1907 – 15 September 2005[1][2]) was a Lithuanian-born American composer.

Kačinskas was born in Viduklė, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire, to the family of a church organist. He studied music at the National Conservatory of Lithuania in Klaipėda and at the Prague Conservatory. He later taught at the State Conservatory in Vilnius. His Nonet was premiered in London in 1938, and he married Elena Šlevaitė in 1941. In 1944, they escaped from Lithuania and travelled through Poland into Germany, where they were finally rescued by American troops.

In 1949, they arrived in the United States, and Kačinskas became a church organist and choirmaster in Boston, Massachusetts. From 1967 to 1986, he taught at Berklee College of Music.

In 1991 he was awarded Lithuanian National Prize.


Works


Opera
Orchestral
Concertante
Chamber music
Organ
Piano
Vocal
Choral

References


  1. The Boston Globe, Jeronimas Kacinskas, 98; teacher at Berklee, Lithuanian composer, 19 September 2005
  2. However, Social Security Death Index"Social Security Death Index Interactive Search". Archived from the original on 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2010-12-09. lists 12 June 2003 as date of death



На других языках


- [en] Jeronimas Kačinskas

[ru] Качинскас, Иеронимас

Иеронимас Качинскас (лит. Jeronimas Kačinskas; 17 апреля 1907, Видукле, ныне Каунасский уезд Литвы — 15 сентября 2005, Бостон) — литовско-американский композитор и органист. Лауреат Национальной премии Литвы по культуре и искусству (1991).



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