Jiří Strejc
Jiří Strejc (born April 17, 1932 in Prague ; † December 8, 2010 there ) was a Czech composer, organist, choir director and music teacher.
Strejc became organist and choirmaster of St. Mary's Church in Prague-Lhotka in 1943 at the age of eleven, after the organist of his home parish had been drafted to Germany for labor service. He took private piano lessons from Marie Vojtěchová and lessons in harmony, counterpoint and music theory from Vojtěch Říhovský . He later studied organ with Miroslav Kampelsheimer and Bedřich Antonín Wiedermann and composition with Otto Albert Tichý at the Conservatory and Music Academy . Strejc worked as a concert organist, choir director, organ teacher and composer. In the 1970s he founded the professional chamber choir Cantores Artis Antique . From 1993 he was organ teacher at the Episcopal School in Hradec Králové. For his choral work Hirsadcany , which he dedicated to the Czech President Václav Havel , he was awarded the Jan Masaryk Society Prize. His son Martin Strejc is also known as an organist and choir director.
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Jiří Strejc in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Works by and about Jiří Strejc in the catalog of the German National Library
- Alliance Publications - S - Strejc, Jiri
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strejc, Jiří |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech composer, organist, choir director and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 8, 2010 |
| Place of death | Prague |