Yehoshua Lakner (b. Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 24 April 1924; d. Zürich, Switzerland, 5 December 2003) (Hebrew: יהושוע לקנר) was a composer of contemporary classical music. He settled in Palestine in 1941, and relocated to Zürich in 1963.

He studied with the American composer Aaron Copland at Tanglewood in 1952.

Awards

• Engel Prize of the city of Tel-Aviv (1958)^[1]
• Salomon David Steinberg Foundation^[1]
• City of Zurich Sabbatical year for composition (1987)^[1]