Lukas Foss AKA Lukas Fuchs Born: 15-Aug-1922 [1] Birthplace: Berlin, Germany Died: 1-Feb-2009 Location of death: Manhattan, NY Cause of death: Heart Failure
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Conductor, Composer Nationality: United States Executive summary: Director, Buffalo Philharmonic, 1963-71 [1] To the New York Times, 1997: "I have no birth certificate. I have a passport, but the birth date on it was the result of guesswork."
Brother: Oliver Wife: Cornelia Brendel Foss (until his death, one son, one daughter) Son: Christopher Daughter: Eliza
High School: Lycee Pasteur, Paris (1932-37) University: Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia (1937-39) University: Yale University (special instruction, 1939-40) Professor: Music, University of California at Los Angeles (1953-62) Professor: SUNY Buffalo (1963-) Professor: Music, Theory, and Composition, Boston University (1991-)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Music Director (1981-86) Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra Music Director (1972-76) Brooklyn Philharmonic Music Director (1971-88) Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Music Director (1963-71) American Academy of Arts and Letters 1983 Naturalized US Citizen 1942 Fulbright (1950-52) Guggenheim Fellowship 1945 Guggenheim Fellowship 1960 Rome Prize 1950
Risk Factors: Parkinson's
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