Portrait of the composer Petr Kotík. CD / Digital download / Free streaming (*1942) The composer, conductor and flutist Petr Kotík was educated in Prague and Vienna. In 1961, while at the Prague Conservatory, he founded the ensemble Musica viva pragensis (with which he performed until 1964) and, after returning from Vienna, the QUaX Ensemble … Read more
Portrait of the composer Ivana Loudová. CD / Digital download / Free streaming (*1941) Ivana Loudová studied composition at the Prague Conservatory with Miloslav Kabeláč and at the Faculty of Music of the Academy of Performing arts (HAMU) with Emil Hlobil, where she continued as a postgraduate, again with Kabeláč. In 1971 she received a scholarship from the French … Read more
Portrait of the composer Michal Rataj. CD / Digital download / Free streaming (*1975) The composer, producer and pedagogue Michal Rataj graduated in musicology from the Faculty of Arts of Charles University (1999) and in composition from the Music Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (2003), having studied with Ivan Kurz and … Read more
Portrait of the composer Jiří Kadeřábek. CD / Digital download / Free streaming (*1978) Jiří Kadeřábek was born in Zlín, Czech Republic into an arts-loving family. At the beginning, he was also significantly influenced by the strong and living Moravian folk tradition. He played, sang and, later on, composed jazz, rock and pop music, and … Read more
Portrait of the composer Hanuš Bartoň. CD / Digital download / Free streaming (*1960) The composer, pianist and pedagogue Hanuš Bartoň enrolled in 1975 at the Prague Conservatory to study composition (with Ilja Hurník) and piano (with Emil Leichner). From 1981 to 1986 he attended the Music Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts (HAMU) … Read more
Portrait of the composer Petr Kofroň. CD / Digital download / Free streaming (*1955) Titan Symphony (2005) …… 74:30 1. I ….. 21:26 2. II ….. 24:24 3. III ….. 28:36 Agon Orchestra, cond. Petr Kofroň Live performance at the Archa theatre, Prague, 17 November 2005 (recording edited by Petr Kofroň) CD is available with CMQ 2015/4
Portrait of the composer Michal Nejtek. CD / Digital download / Free streaming (*1977) Born in Litoměřice, studied composition and the piano at the Teplice Conservatory, from which he graduated with George Gershwin’s Concerto in F, accompanied by the North Bohemia Philharmonic Orchestra Teplice. He continued to study composition at the Faculty of Music of … Read more
