Ivana Loudová

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Ivana Loudová (born March 8, 1941 in Chlumec nad Cidlinou in Moravia , † July 25, 2017 in Prague ) was a Czech composer .

Life

Loudová took violin lessons from the age of eight. From 1958 to 1961 she studied at the Conservatory in Prague with Miloslav Kabeláč and then at the Music Academy with Emil Hlobil . She continued her training with Olivier Messiaen and André Jolivet at the Conservatoire de Paris and with Pierre Schaeffer at the Center Bourdan for experimental music of the ORTF.

Since 1972 she has lived as a freelance composer. From 1992 she taught at the Academy of Arts in Prague, where she was professor of composition since 2006. She composed more than a hundred works that have received numerous awards at music festivals. In 1993 she received the Heidelberg City Art Prize for her compositional work .

Works

  • Suita for flute (1959)
  • 1st symphony , (1964)
  • 1st string quartet (1964)
  • 2nd symphony (1965)
  • Rhapsody in Black , ballet music, (1966)
  • Stabat mater (1966)
  • Pet studií for trumpet (1969)
  • Gnómai , Trio for soprano, flute and harp (1970)
  • Hymn for brass and percussion (1972)
  • Sólo pro krále Davida for harp (1972)
  • Chorál pro orchestr (1973)
  • Agamemnón . Suita for percussion (1973)
  • Concert for percussion, organ and wind instruments (1974)
  • Hukvaldská suita for string quartet ( dedicated to the memory of Leoš Janáček ) (1974)
  • Partita for flute, harpsichord and strings (1975)
  • Magic concerto for xylophone, marimba, vibraphone and symphonic wind orchestra (1976)
  • Aulos for bass clarinet (1976)
  • 2nd string quartet (in memory of Bedřich Smetana ) (1976)
  • Malá vánocní kantáta (Small Christmas Cantata , 1977)
  • Dramatic concerto for percussion solo and wind instruments (1979)
  • Kyticka pro Emanuela for chamber jazz ensemble (1981)
  • Tango music for piano (1984)
  • Monumento per organo solo (1984)
  • Spící krajina for ten brass instruments and percussion (1985)
  • Zárivý hlas , Concerto for English horn, woodwinds and percussion (1986)
  • Dvojkoncert for violin, percussion and strings (1989)
  • Sen Dona Giovanniho , Fantasy per Woodwind Octet (1989)
  • Planeta ptáku I., II., III. Meditace pro elektroakustickou stopu (in memory of Olivier Messiaen) (1998–2009)
  • Sonata angelica for trombone and piano (1999)
  • 3rd string quartet "Renaissance" (2001)
  • Canto solitario for violin solo (2003)
  • Concerto pompeiano for clarinet and chamber orchestra (2004)
  • Hlasy pošte for two percussion musicians (2004)
  • Duo fluido for flute and percussion (2004)
  • Sinfonia numerica (2006)
  • Setkání s láskou , three male choirs based on Italian renaissance poems
  • Kurošio , dramatic fresco for soprano and mixed choir
  • Dva hlasy for mixed choir a cappella based on texts by Karel Hlaváček
  • Živote, postuj Male choir a cappella based on František Hrubín
  • Mudrosloví , cantata for vocal quartet, children's choir, flute and percussion
  • Ad celestem harmoniam (for the 900th birthday of Hildegard von Bingen ) for nine cellos and voice
  • Malý princ , children's cantata after Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  • Zpevy o ruži , four children's choirs

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Death report (Czech), accessed on July 27, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Loudová, Ivana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Chlumec nad Cidlinou
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 2017
Place of death Prague