Stasys Šimkus
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 81 years ago |
Date of birth | February 4,1887 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Motiskiai |
Lithuania | |
Date of died | October 15,1943 |
Died | Kaunas |
Lithuania | |
Spouse | Sofija Šimkienė |
Children | Algis Šimkus |
Education | St. Petersburg Conservatory named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov |
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ID | 1251377 |
Stasys Šimkus Life story
Stasys Šimkus was a Lithuanian composer. Šimkus studied in Vilnius and Warsaw and later became the pupil of Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov, Jāzeps Vītols, and Maximilian Steinberg. After visiting the United States, he went to Leipzig for further studies with Paul Graener and Sigfrid Karg-Elert.