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Leif Kayser

Born: 13th June 1919, Denmark

Died: 15th June 2001, Copenhagen, Denmark

Nationality: Danish

Leif Kayser was a Danish composer and organist.

He was born in Copenhagen, the son of geographer Olaf Ivar Monrad Kayser (1893–1928) and Hedwig Martha Nick (1877–1972).

Kayser began studies at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in 1936, where he was a student of Poul Schierbeck. In Stockholm, he studied composition with Hilding Rosenberg and orchestral conducting with Thurs Mann. Kayser debuted 1941 as pianist in Copenhagen and as conductor in Gothenburg.

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