Ilya Hurník
Ilja Hurník (born November 25, 1922 in Poruba ; † September 7, 2013 ) was a Czech composer and pianist .
Life
Hurník studied piano with Vilém Kurz and composition with Vítězslav Novák at the Prague Conservatory and at the Prague Art Academy with Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová . In the 1960s he performed increasingly as a concert pianist. From 1970 he taught at the Prague Conservatory and from 1974 to 1979 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava .
He composed five operas and two ballets , a symphony , a string concerto, a concerto for wind instruments and timpani, an oboe concerto, a concerto for oboe, harpsichord and strings, chamber music works, three organ sonatas, piano works, songs and song cycles, an oratorio , a mass and several cantatas .
He also appeared as a librettist and writer of short stories and an autobiography. His son Lukáš Hurník is also a composer.
literature
- Ilya Hurník: Dětství ve Slezsku . Československý spisovatel, Prague 1979.
- Jan Klusák : Hurník aneb O pokorné hře . In: Hudební rozhledy 17, 1964, ISSN 0018-6996 , pp. 1003-1005.
- Jaroslav Malina (Ed.): Ilja Hurník . Albert et al., Brünn et al. 1995, ISBN 80-8583403-0 , ( Universitas Masarykiana - Edice Osobnosti ).
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Ilja Hurník in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Works by and about Ilja Hurník in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hurník, Ilya |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech composer and pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Poruba |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 2013 |