Jiří Gemrot
Jiří Gemrot (born 15 April 1957 in Prague) is a Czech composer, radio executive, and a record producer. Since 1990 he has been director in chief of Czech Radio in Prague. Gemrot studied at the Prague Conservatory from 1972 to 1976 where he was a pupil of Ema Doležalová and Jan Zdeněk Bartoš.
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Jiří Gemrot
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- 1957 · Prague.
- Nationality
- Czech Republic
- Occupation
- composer · pedagogue · editor
- Fields
- classical
- Education
- Academy of Performing Arts · Prague Conservatory
- Languages
- Czech
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Jiří Gemrot (born 15 April 1957 in Prague) is a Czech composer, radio executive, and a record producer. Since 1990 he has been director in chief of Czech Radio in Prague. Gemrot studied at the Prague Conservatory from 1972 to 1976 where he was a pupil of Ema Doležalová and Jan Zdeněk Bartoš.
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He then entered the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague where he studied under Jiří Pauer through 1981. From 1982 to 1986 he was a music director for Czech Radio and since 1986 he has been a record producer for Panton Records. He has also worked as a music director for Czechoslovak Television. His best known composition internationally is his work for chorus and orchestra Psalm 146 (1992).
• Orchestra • Pocty (Hommages) (1983) • Tance a reflexe (Dances and Reflections) (1987) • Sentence (Maxims) for 15 stringed instruments (1986) • Tři adagia (Three Adagios) (1989) • Americká předehra (American Overture) (1996) • Sympohony No. 1 for chamber orchestra (2007) • Sympohony No. 2 for symphonic orchestra (2012-13) • Concertante • Concerto for cello and orchestra (1984) • Concerto for violin and orchestra (1990) • Concerto for flute and orchestra (1992) • Concertino for harp and string orchestra (1998) • Concertino for flute, timpani, bagpipes and orchestra (2002) • Dvojkoncert (Double Concerto) for cello, piano and string orchestra (2002–2003) • Concerto (Jednovětý; In One Movement) for piano and orchestra (2003) • Concertino for cello, piano and orchestra (2004) • Concerto for cello and chamber orchestra (2009) • Chamber music • Sonatina for flute and piano (1978) • Sonata No.2 for viola and piano (1979) • Sonata for harp (1980) • Návraty a proměny (Returns and Metamorphoses) for piano and 9 wind instruments (1981) • Invokace (Invocation) for violin and organ (1983) • Sonata for clarinet and piano (1983) • Fantazie for accordion solo (1984) • Fantasy and Toccata for guitar solo (1984) • Invence (Invention) for violin and viola (1984) • Sonata for flute, alto flute and piano (1985) • Momenty (Moments) for oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1985) • Preludia (Preludes) for viola and piano (1986) • Meditace (Meditation) for viola and organ (1986) • Rapsódie for bassoon and piano (1986) • Letní studie (Summer Studies) for saxophone quartet (1986) • Bukolika (Bucolics) for string quartet (1987) • Rapsódie č. 2 (Rhapsody No.2) for oboe and piano (1988) • Hudba pro Kačku (Music for Ducky) for violin and piano (1991) • Invence II (Invention II) for cello and double bass (1991) • Šalmajana, Suite for 6 instruments of the oboe family (1996) • Quintet for piano and string quartet (2001) • Letní suita (Summer Suite) for violin and harpsichord (2002) • Sapporiana for flute and guitar (2003) • Romance for violin and piano (2004) • String Quartet (2005) • Piano Trio No.2 (2006) • Quintet for clarinet and string quartet (2006) • Sonatina for flute and harpsichord (2007) • Keyboard • Sonatina gaia for piano (1977) • Sonata No.1 for piano (1981) • Sonata No.2 for piano (1985) • Freska (Fresco) for organ (1987) • Sólo for harpsichord (1987) • Sonata No.4 for piano (1996) • Lacrymosa, Fantasy Variations for Piano 4-hands (2000) • Hry (Games) for harpsichord (2003) • Malá suita (Little Suite) for piano (2006) • Z deníku (From the Dairy) for piano (2006) • Pastorale a duplex (Pastorale and Duplex) for harpsichord (2007) • Vocal • Čtyři písně na básně Paula Verlaina (Four Songs to Poems by Paul Verlaine) for tenor and piano (1981) • Pět lyrických písní na verše Ingeborg Bachmannové (Five Lyrical Songs to Poems by Ingeborg Bachmann) for soprano and piano (1984) • Lauda, Sion, Cantata for baritone and wind orchestra (1993) • Olžiny písně (Olga's Songs), 5-Part Song Cycle for mezzo-soprano and cello (1993) • Ukolébavka (Lullaby) for mezzo-soprano, cello and piano (2002) • Choral • Kantáta beze slov (Cantata without Words) for vocal ensemble (1982) • Psalmus 146 for chorus and orchestra (1992) • Mše in C (Mass in C) for mixed chorus (1994) • Bachmannlieder for chorus and orchestra (1998) • Milostná ronda (Love Rondos), Melodrama Cycle with piano (2000)
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Jiří Gemrot was born on 15 April 1957.
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