Biography
Dika Newlin (November 22, 1923 β July 22, 2006) was a composer, pianist, professor, musicologist, and punk rock singer. She received a Ph.D. from Columbia University at the age of 22. She was one of the last living students of Arnold Schoenberg and was a Schoenberg scholar and a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond from 1978 to 2004. She performed as an Elvis impersonator and played punk rock while in her seventies in Richmond, Virginia.She was featured in the documentary Dika: Murder City.
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GenderFemale
Birthday1923-11-22
Deathday2006-07-22 (82 years old)
Birth PlacePortland, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsFulbright Program, Fulbright Scholarship
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