Born in Split on 21 December 1940 and died in Cologne on 13 May 2024, Silvio Foretić was a Croatian composer, conductor, pianist and singer. He first studied composition in Zagreb with Milko Kelemen, continued his training after moving to Cologne with Bernd Alois Zimmermann and Herbert Eimert, and also worked with Mauricio Kagel. From 1974 to 2006 he taught at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen and Duisburg and in 1982 founded the ensemble Fin de siècle — fin de millénaire for contemporary music. Foretić’s work comprises concert music, music theatre and multimedia forms; as composer and performer he deliberately sought the friction between language, stage, electronics and musical gesture.
Silvio Foretic
Composer / Conductor / Pianist
