Background
Mikhashoff, Yvar Emilian was born on March 8, 1944 in Troy, New York, United States. Son of Emil and Ethel (Choros) MacKay.
Mikhashoff, Yvar Emilian was born on March 8, 1944 in Troy, New York, United States. Son of Emil and Ethel (Choros) MacKay.
Bachelor of Music, University Houston, 1967. Master of Music, University Houston, 1968. Doctor of Music in Arts, University Texas, Austin, 1973.
Regional dance director Fred Astaire Dance Studios, 1962—1964. Assistant professor State University of New York, Buffalo, 1973—1979. Associate professor, since 1979.
Associate director De IJSBREKER International Music Center, since 1989. Summer faculty American Institute Musical Studies, Graz, Austria, 1973—1977. Co-founder, director North America New Music Festival, since 1983.
Associate director Almeida Festival, London, since 1986. Guest pianist Arthur Fiedler and Houston Symphony Orchestra, 1971. Recordings for principal radio stations, since 1977, World Music Days, 1983—1988.
Specialist in 20th century music. Arbeiter Kammerpreis Austrian Government, 1989.
Member American Musicol. Society, Mensa.