Abelis Klenickis
General Context
Lithuanian composer, conductor and violinist was born on 14 July, 1904 in Tauragė. Studied at the Kaunas Conservatory in the classes of Juozas Gruodis and Jurgis Karnavičius. In 1953 Klenickis graduated (composition) at the Lithuanian Conservatory, he also took postgraduate cources at the Moscow Conservatory (conducting) in the class of L. Ginzburg. Klenickis served as president of the Lithuanian Composers’ Union. He died on 14 May 1990 in Vilnius.
Sources
XXa. Lietuvos žydų enciklopedinis žinynas, compiled by Virgilijus Liauška, Vilnius, 2007. http://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abelis_Klenickis