Otto Zykan

Composer

1935 – 2006

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Who was Otto Zykan?

Otto Matthäus Zykan was an Austrian composer and pianist.

He studied at the Vienna Music Academy, where his teachers included Karl Schiske, Bruno Seidlhofer and Josef Dichler. He also attended the Darmstadt summer courses, winning the Kranichstein Music Prize of the international piano competition on his first visit. Zykan's most characteristic works are his ‘total art productions’, in which processes of permutation extend to movement, sounds and linguistic elements alike, sometimes producing compromise and sometimes distortion, and often reducing critical comment to the absurd. As his creative work has been conceived entirely in relation to the present, a number of his works exist only in a sketch-like draft form. He has mostly dispensed with publication, since the majority of his works depend on his personal interpretation. As a result, a number of compositions have been lost. He has also created TV advertisements for well-known firms. Among his works are two operas, 1980's Kunst kommt von Gönnen and Auszählreim of 1986.

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Born
Apr 29, 1935
Vienna
Also known as
  • Otto M. Zykan
  • Otto Matthäus Zykan
Nationality
  • Austria
Profession
Lived in
  • Vienna
Died
May 25, 2006
Burgschleinitz-Kühnring

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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