Jana Obrovská

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Jana Obrovská (born September 13, 1930 in Prague ; † April 4, 1987 there ) was a Czechoslovak composer and music editor .

Life

Jana Obrovská was the daughter of the Czech painter and sculptor Jakub Obrovský . During her school days she received private piano lessons from Berta Kabeláčová-Rixová and in music theory from Jaroslav Řídký . After graduating from high school, she studied composition from 1949 at the Prague Conservatory with Emil Hlobil and Miroslav Krejčí. She successfully completed her studies in 1955 with her first piano concerto, for which she received great recognition in Czechoslovakia and the GDR . Then she worked as an editor at the music publisher Supraphon .

Influenced by the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók , she wrote works for orchestra and chamber music ensembles, and achieved fame mainly through her guitar compositions . She was the first woman to take part in the composition section of the international guitar competition of the French radio ( ORTF Concours International de Guitare ) and received there in 1972 the 2nd prize for her composition Passacaglia a toccata pro kytaru . Her homage à Béla Bartók pro kytaru later became a compulsory piece in this competition. In 1981 her concert for two guitars and orchestra ( Koncert pro dvě kytary a orchestr ) was released on record, recorded by the guitarists Milan Zelenka and Lubomír Brabec and the Pilsen Radio Orchestra ( Plzeňský rozhlasový orchestr ). Her compositions can be found in the programs and recordings of many guitarists.

Jana Obrovská was married to the guitarist Milan Zelenka (* 1939).

Works (selection)

Orchestral works

  • Concert per piano and orchestra č. 1 , 1955
  • Bulharská rapsodie, symf. báseň pro velký orchestr , 1958
  • Concert per piano and orchestra č. 2 , 1960
  • Na paměť Hirošimy, symf. báseň , 1962
  • Scherzino pro dechový orchestr , 1962
  • Concert per piano and orchestra č. 3 (Concerto da Tosca) , 1973
  • Fuga, interludium a toccata pro smyčce , 1961
  • Concerto facile pro (contra) alt, harpsichord a orchestr , 1966
  • Concerto meditativo pro kytaru a smyčce , 1971
  • Concert pro dvě kytary a orchestr , 1977
  • Due pro žestě a smyčce , 1979
  • Smutek sluší viole. Fragment per violu a kom. orchestr , 1978
  • Suita pro smyčce , 1979
  • Concertino pro housle, violu, kontrabas a smyčce , 1982
  • Concerto piccolo per flauto solo ed archi , 1984

Chamber music works

  • 5 písní na slova lidové poetry pro mezzosoprán a klavír , 1955
  • Podzimní preludia per housle a klavír , 1956
  • Sonáta pro housle a klavír , 1963
  • Arabesky pro clarinet a klavír , 1965
  • Trio pro flétnu, hoboj a violu , 1966
  • Symbiózy pro flétnu a harfu , 1967
  • Dechový kvintet , 1968
  • Preludia pro kytaru , 1969
  • Homage to Béla Bartók pro kytaru , 1970
  • Musica per tre pro housle, kytaru a accordion , 1970
  • Passacaglia a toccata pro kytaru , 1972
  • Due musici. Koncert pro dvě kytary , 1972
  • Suoni pro basklarinet a klavír , 1974
  • Pocta českému chorálu pro kytaru , 1975
  • Musica notturna pro flétnu, basklarinet a klavír , 1975
  • Smyčcový kvartet , 1975
  • Fanfárová suita pro 13 žesťových nástrojů , 1976
  • Japonské obrázky pro kytaru sólo , 1984
  • Z pohádek. Suita pro tři kytary , 1985
  • Tři kusy pro flétnu a klavír , 1986

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personal data
SURNAME Obrovská, Jana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech composer and music editor
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH April 4th 1987
Place of death Prague