Henry Doktorski

Quick Facts

Full Name	Henry Doktorski
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	Jan 30, 1956(1956-01-30)
Age	68
Birthplace	New Brunswick
Country	United States
Birth City	New Jersey
Horoscope	Capricorn

Henry Doktorski Biography

Henry Doktorski is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on January 30, 1956 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States. Gramophone magazine praised his two-disc set of historical original accordion works from the 1910s & 1920s, released by Bridge Records-Vaudeville. Accordion Classics.

He was elected to Who’s Who Among Students at American Universities and Colleges between 1976 and 1978 and was also nominated for the 1977 Harvest Festival King post. Doktorski received summa cumlaude from Park College in 1978 a Bachelor’s degree in Arts with a double major music performance and music education.

Doktorski began following the principles and practices of Gaudiya Vaishnavism as delineated by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896–1977), the Indian guru and Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). He accepted initiation on March 13, 1979 from Kirtanananda Swami Bhaktipada (1937–2011), the ISKCON guru and founder of New Vrindaban, and was awarded the Sanskrit name “Hrishikesh dasa” (“Servant of Krishna, who is master of the senses”).

During his time in the New Vrindaban Community, Doktorski helped build Prabhupada’s Palace of Gold and briefly taught at the gurukula (grade school). In 1985 he helped establish the first office for the publication and distribution for Bhaktipada’s books (Bhakti Books, later to be known as Palace Publishing). He traveled to India four times, including one trip to Mayapur, near Navadvipa in West Bengal, for the 1986 festival commemorating the quincentennial of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s appearance.

He was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout by Boy Scouts of America (Troop 28, East Brunswick) and a Good Citizen Award by The American Legion on June 7, 1971.

Henry Doktorski Net Worth

Henry Doktorski is one of the richest Composer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Henry Doktorski 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Henry Doktorski III, born January 30, 1956, is an American accordionist and organist. He performed accordion with Mstislav Rostropovich and the violinists Gil Shaham, Itzhak Perlman, during concert recordings and concerts with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Lorin Maazel and John Williams.

He was a preteen in the mid-1960s, playing ethnic music and jazz standards (inspired from Myron Floren of the Lawrence Welk television series). But as a teenager, his musical tastes changed and he started playing the accordion with a band that performed The Beatles, Grand Funk Railroad and Carlos Santana’s music.

In August 1978, hardly three months after finishing college, Doktorski’s life changed dramatically when he joined the Hare Krishna movement at the rural New Vrindaban Community in Marshall County, West Virginia. He explained that he was unhappy with his life, and wanted to develop his spiritual side: “In college, I discovered music; the answer to my search for happiness. . . . But I was miserable. . . . If I wanted to compose, conduct and perform music which would awaken suffering humanity to the platform of love of God, first I would have to become a pure devotee [of God]. Only then would my talent have any value.”

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Doktorski left the community in April 1994, and moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he was awarded a Graduate Assistantship at Duquesne University. He received a Master of Music degree with a major in composition in 1997. From 1997 to 2015 he served on the faculty of the City Music Center of Duquesne University Mary Pappert School of Music.

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Henry Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Henry Doktorski celebrates birthday on January 30 of every year.

Doktorski also played accordion with Itzhak Perlman and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under the direction of John Williams on the 1997 Sony Classical Records CD (SK 63005) Cinema Serenade which appeared on the Billboard Classical Crossover Chart for 92 weeks, where it reached number one.