Lukáš Hurník
Lukáš Hurník (born July 12, 1967 in Prague ) is a Czech composer.
Life
Hurník received composition lessons from his father Ilja Hurník . He studied music at the Charles University in Prague and then worked for the cultural channel of the Czech Radio Český rozhlas 3 - Vltava as a program director for musical educational programs. In 2006 he became President of the Czech Music Council.
He gained his first experience as a musician as the bass player in the rock group Biwoy of the drummer Claudius Kryšpín . He later implemented this in the Hot Suite for piano four hands, with which he won first prize in the 1990 International Piano Duo Association Tokyo competition. He also composed church music (including a Magnificat ), orchestral pieces (including variations on a theme by Frank Zappa ) and chamber music. In 2007 he was awarded the Cena Rudolfa II (Rudolf II Prize) by the Masaryk Academy .
Works
- Hot suite for piano four hands
- Toccata for piano
- Three Sentences for violin and piano
- Fusion Music for oboe, clarinet, bassoon and piano
- Upside-down Variations on Mozart's theme for string quartet
- Pas de deux for string quartet
- Toccata for percussions
- Sonatina for soprano instrument and piano
- Dumka for oboe, clarinet, bassoon and piano
- Depository for harp
- Ninna nanna , sonata for flute and piano
- Shimmy for two harpsichords
- Trio Sonata Homage to JDZelenka for flute, violin, harpsichord and cello
- Small Prelude and Even Smaller Fugue for three basset horns
- Kafka's Meditation for baritone, cello and piano
- Magnificat for mixed choir and organ
- God Is Calling for mixed choir and organ
- Tea cantata for mixed choir, two violins, cello, organ or harp
- St. Adalbert Cantata for soprano, mixed choir, organ, harps and bells
- Quis credidit? for baritone, children's choir and organ
- Pasticcio for mixed choir and organ
- Three madrigals for three female voices
- Stories for mixed choir
- Time's Scyth , three melodramas for tape, flute, violin, cello and piano
- Dances of the Dead for tape, flute, harpsichord and cello
- Three Czech Carols for mixed choir, two violins and organ
- Bethlehem's Music - Czech Christmas carols for soprano, two violins and cello
- Serenade for Strings - Constellations
- Variations on Frank Zappa's theme for two saxophones and chamber orchestra
- Globus Symphony for percussion and symphony orchestra
- Girl and Machine. Symphony for flute solo and chamber orchestra
- Girl and Machine - Overture for orchestra
- Variations on the Chopin's theme for chamber orchestra and harp
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Lukáš Hurník in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Lukáš Hurník's website
- L. Hurník on aura-pont.cz
- CV (DOC; 33 kB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hurník, Lukáš |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |