Bernhard Lewkovitch (born 28 May 1927) is a Danish composer, educated at the musical conservatories at Paris and København. He has worked as an organist and cantor at the Catholic St. Ansgar's Cathedral in Copenhagen. Lewkovitch is most widely recognized for his traditional catholic influenced choir music. Works His works include various pieces for instrumental ensembles, along with numerous compositions for mixed choir, e.g. Five Danish madrigals (op. 12) and Three Italian madrigals (op. 13), the latter set to poems by Torquato Tasso. Lewkovitch's style moved from modality to serialism in the 1950s, and he has also worked with avant-garde techniques. Key works include Tre Madrigali di Torquato Tasso (1955, Choir), Improperia (1961, Choir), and Songs of Solomon (1985, Tenor, Clarinet, Contrabassoon And Horn). Achievements 1949, Graduated as an organist from the Royal Danish Academy of Music 1963, Awarded the Carl Nielsen And Anne Marie Carl Nielsen grant 1972, Awarded an honorable diploma from the town of Assisi 1997, Awarded the Carl Nielsen And Anne Marie Carl Nielsen grant a second time References External links Conversation with Lewkovitch at his turning seventy-five 1927 births Possibly living people 20th-century Danish composers 20th-century Danish male musicians 21st-century composers 21st-century organists 21st-century male musicians Danish classical organists Danish Roman Catholics Danish people of Jewish descent Danish people of Ukrainian descent Male composers Male classical organists People from Copenhagen People of Ukrainian-Jewish descent