Ignace Lilien
1897 - 1964
For a full biography and a complet list of works with links to scores and recordings, visit www.forbiddenmusicregained.org
His hometown Lemberg, in the Ukraine known as Lviv, and in Poland as Lwów, has a history of occupation by shifting powers. This is why the Germans had trouble figuring out Ignace Lilien's real identity; he survived the war with forged documents. He worked as a chemical engineer, but that didn’t stop him from composing a large oeuvre. His life was as varied as his music, with influences ranging from Polish modernism to South American rhythms and timbres.
Ignace Lilien was born on May 29, 1897, in multi-cultural Lemberg, at that time an Austrian city where Poles, Ukrainians and Jews were the largest communities. At the end of the nineteenth century it was a bustling metropolis; with its elegant new opera house, it was often referred to as “Little Vienna.” Around 1890, some Zionist organizations … Continue
Selected works
Modern Times Sonate 1935 violin and piano
Divertimento 1950 flute and piano
Liederen not dated voice en piano
Great Catherine 1932 opera
For a complete list of works by Ignace Liliën visit our website Forbidden Music Regained.
More information: www.ignacelilien.nl (in Dutch)
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