František Kovaříček

František Kovaříček (born May 17, 1924 in Litětiny , † January 7, 2003 in Prague ) was a Czech composer and music teacher .

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Kovaříček was committed to forced labor after graduating from the classical high school in Hradec Králové in 1943. During this time he made his first attempts at composing and took private lessons from Karel Boleslav Jirák . From 1945 to 1949 he studied composition with Emil Hlobil at the Prague Conservatory . Until 1952 he continued his studies at the Music Academy with Jaroslav Řídký . His thesis was an overture for a large orchestra. At the same time, he studied eight semesters at Charles University .

From 1953 to 1957 he was music director of the Czechoslovak Radio in Prague, after which he was a freelance composer. From 1966 to 1985 he taught composition, counterpoint and instrumentation at the Prague Conservatory. His students included u. a. the composers Michal Novenko , Otomar Kvěch , Olga Ježková and Martin Smolka and the conductors Bohumil Kulínský , Tomáš Hála and Miriam Němcová . In addition, from 1971 to 1994 he was chairman and then honorary chairman of the Musical Youth (Hudební mládež) of the Czechoslovak Republic, for which he and his wife Hana Klimtová organized summer camps, music competitions, a music festival and youth broadcasts on the radio.

In addition to orchestral works and chamber music , Kovaříček composed the opera Ukradený měsíc , for which he was awarded a First Prize on the 50th anniversary of the Czechoslovak Republic in 1968. The work premiered on Czechoslovak Radio in 1971 and featured in the 1985 television series Česká soudobá hudba .

Works

Kvintet for two violins, two violas and cello, 1949
Písničky na slova lidové poezie , song cycle for low voice and piano, 1951
Overture for large orchestra, 1952
Funeral music (Smuteční hudba) for large orchestra, 1952
Čtyři kusy for violin and piano, 1953
Suita for orchestra, 1955
Concerto comaroso , musical joke on a theme by Věra Frühaufová , 1956
Hudba for 13 instruments, 1956–57
Zlatá vlna , song cycle for high voice and piano based on texts by Miroslav Florian , 1957
Sonáta for cello, 1958
Serenáda for nonet, 1958
Divertimento for strings, 1960
Concert for clarinet and orchestra, 1964
Ukradený měsíc , lyrical and comic scenes based on texts by Ludvík Aškenazy and Vladimír Mikeš , 1966–67
2. klavírní sonáta , 1968
Posmívánky , cycle for mixed choir and piano, 1968
Capriccio for chamber orchestra, 1971
Díkůvzdání for organ, 1997
Tři tváře lásky , 1997
Sonáta for violin and piano, 1998
Čtyři temperamenty for strings, 1998
Esercizi for cello solo, 2002

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SURNAME	Kovaříček, František
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Czech composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	May 17, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH	Litětiny
DATE OF DEATH	January 7, 2003
Place of death	Prague