20 May 2020, 8pm, live from the Janáček theatre, webpage of the Prague Spring festival Prague Spring Jan Ryant Dřízal: Wild at Heart (world premiere on the Prague Spring’s commission) Brno Contemporary Orchestra, cond. Pavel Šnajdr
26 Novemeber 2019, Church of St Lawrence, Prague Jan Ryant Dřízal: Me and You (world premiere) Trio Helix (Tereza Horáková – violin, Ondřej Štochl – viola, Egli Prifti – piano)
1 November 2018, Chamber Music Hall, Faculty of Music, Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts, Brno Meetings of New Music Plus Miroslav Pudlák: Intuitiva III (world premiere) Kamil Doležal: 44 (world premiere) Jan Ryant Dřízal: Lone objects (world premiere) Monika Knoblochová – harpsichord, MoEns (Kamil Doležal – clarinet, Roman Hranička – violin, Balázs Adorján – violoncello, Hanuš Bartoň – piano, Miroslav Pudlák – conductor)
18 June 2018, Archa Theatre, Prague International Shakuhachi Festival Prague Jan Ryant Dřízal: Shadows of the Forgotten Ancestors (world premiere) Hidejiro Honjō – shamisen, Akihito Obama – shakuhachi
15 June 2018, Castle Courtyard, Litomyšl Smetana’s Litomyšl A Bohemian Pilgrim, Cantata for narrator, baritone, children’s choir, mixed choir and orchestra to a libretto by Vojtěch Stříteský and poems by František Hrubín, Jiří Orten, Josef Václav Sládek, Josef Kainar, Karel Hlaváček, Josef Hora and Jaroslav Seifert (world premiere to a commission from the 60th year of the Smetana’s Litomyšl National Festival on … Read more
7 May 2018, Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague Jan Ryant Dřízal: Narcissus for cello and orchestra (world premiere) Tomáš Jamník – cello, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Marek Šedivý
The BERG orchestra gave world premiere to a new piece by one of the most successful Czech composers of the young generation, Jan Ryant Dřízal. Lekce Váchal for countertenor and orchestra was performed on September 25 at the hall of the Masaryk Dormitory in Dejvice, Prague. The title refers to the composition’s two main sources of inspiration: Lekce Faust, … Read more
At the fifth of eight concerts of Podkrkonošské hudební léto festival, world premiere was given to Mosaics, a piece for violin, clarinet and piano by composer Kateřina Horká (*1993). A young student of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague wrote it in autumn 2016, encouraged by the festival’s directress, violinist Ludmila Pavlová. The 15-minute-long piece in 3 movements was … Read more
One of the goals the Contempuls festival has been working towards is to support Czech composers and to give them the opportunity to present themselves in an international context. At this year’s last two concerts, premiere was given to three pieces by Czech authors of the young generation – Jakub Rataj, Jan Ryant Dřízal and Jiří Kadeřábek. … Read more
It has become a custom for the Orthodox music festival Archaion Kallos to annually present new pieces by young Czech composers. Last year it was music by Jan Dušek and Petr Koronthály, this time by Slavomír Hořínka and Jan Ryant Dřízal. The chamber music concert was held on 18 October at the Gallery of the Academy … Read more
