Karel Paukert
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Karel Paukert (* 1935 in Skuteč
Skutec
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 in the Czech Republic
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).

He graduated from the Prague Conservatory
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, and the Ghent Conservatory, Belgium
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. He studied under organists Jan Bedrich Krajs and Gabriel Verschraegen. Paukert immigrated to the United States and gained citizenship in 1972.

He taught at several universities, and became curator of the music department at the Cleveland Museum of Art
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 in Cleveland, Ohio
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. He has made recordings for Azica Records.

Paukert is currently organist and choirmaster at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and is curator Emeritus of the music department of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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