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Emil Hájek

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Emil Hájek, Serbian: Емил Хајек, Emil Hajek, Russian: Эми́ль Яросла́вович Га́ек (March 3, 1886 – March 17, 1974) was a Serbian pianist, composer (student of Antonín Dvořák) and music pedagogue of Czech descent.[1][2][3]

As a professor of piano at the Belgrade Music Academy, he was one of the founders of modern Serbian pianistic school. He was also a founding member and first president of the Association of Musical Artists of Serbia. From 1920 to 1921, he served as director of the Saratov Conservatory.[citation needed] His students included Serbian composer Darinka Simic-Mitrovic.[4]

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  1. ^ Pedeset godina Fakulteta muzičke umetnosti (Muzičke akademije) 1937-1987 (1988), Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu, Beograd
  2. ^ Mala enciklopedija Prosveta, III (1978), Prosveta, Beograd
  3. ^ "Bio". epta.org. Archived from the original on 3 October 2006.
  4. ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4.