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Roland Kayn

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German composer (1933–2011)

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Within Vinony's link graph, Roland Kayn is referenced by 9 other articles, and connects out to Finland, Netherlands and Rome.

It sits within the topics 1933 births, 2011 deaths and 20th-century classical composers.

Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.

Person · Open Library

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Netherlands
Active from
1933
Active to
2011
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Roland Kayn (3rd September 1933 in Reutlingen, Germany - 6th January 2011) was a composer of electro-acoustic music. Kayn studied in Stuttgart and Esslingen. He was also was a student of Boris Blacher in Berlin, Josef Rufer, Fritz Winckel, and Oskar Sala. In 1960 he was awarded the "Rompreis", after that he lived in Rome & Venice. In 1970 he started to work for the Goethe-Institute in Amsterdam. From 1995 until his death, he lived in a remote country house in the Netherlands. <a href="https://

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Instance of
human
Given name
Roland
Gender
male
Citizenship
Germany
Place of birth
Reutlingen
Place of death
Nieuwe Pekela
Occupation
composer
Languages spoken
German
Student of
Josef Rufer
Official website
kayn.nl
Residence
's-Graveland
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date of birth
1933-09-03
date of death
2011-01-05
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UbuWeb
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