Milan Novotny

Milan Novotny (born June 11, 1955 in Budweis ) is a Czech-Swiss music teacher , composer and accordionist .

Career

Novotny started playing the accordion when he was nine . At the age of 15 he passed the entrance examination for the Pilsen Conservatory . Novotny studied there for four years, majoring in accordion and minor subjects in piano, harmony, counterpoint, analysis, and music history. General subjects such as geography, history and languages ​​were also compulsory. He graduated from high school after four years. For another two years Novotny studied pedagogy, psychology, aesthetics, conducting and the like as the main subject. a. and completed the six-year course with the so-called "Absolutorium". During this training, the accordionist took part in various national and international competitions, where he also won several first prizes.

From 1976 to 1977 Novotny worked as a freelance musician either as a soloist or as an accompanist. In 1977 he passed the entrance examination to the Liszt School of Music in Weimar (Germany), where he was able to deepen his music studies for four years. Novotny received accordion lessons in the classes of Irmgard Krieg and Ivan Koval. He completed this university course in 1981 with a thesis and various exams.

From September 1981 Novotny taught the accordion at the Pilsen Conservatory. Novotny has lived in Switzerland since February 1982. Since the opening of the accordion class in Freiburg (September 1982) he taught this subject at the local conservatory until his retirement in 2015 and one day a week at the Saanenland-Obersimmental music school. In Switzerland, Novotny has taken part in various concerts as a soloist. Since 1990 he has devoted himself exclusively to teaching, composing and also writing pedagogical teaching aids for this instrument, especially for the accordion with baritone basses.

The State Archives of the Canton of Friborg lists him as one of the canton's most important contemporary composers. His compositions prompted accordionist Andreas Steiner to found accorda Musikverlag, a music publisher that is unique in Europe and specializes in accordion music.

Compositions

• In der Puszta - Hungarian Fantasy for accordion orchestra
• Ouverture romantique "for accordion orchestra
• Trois images - for accordion orchestra
• Espagnola - Paso Doble for accordion orchestra
• Fantasia classica - for accordion orchestra
• Everyone is dancing Cha-Cha-Cha - for accordion orchestra
• Funny reunion - for accordion orchestra
• La Escalona - Paso Doble for accordion orchestra
• Riggisberger-Polka - for accordion orchestra
• Among friends - March for accordion orchestra
• Sonatina (alla Mozart) - for accordion orchestra
• Illusion - concert tango for accordion orchestra
• In der Puszta - Hungarian Fantasy for accordion solo (standard)
• Balkan Suite - for accordion solo (standard)
• Valaisienne - Valse Musette for accordion solo (standard)
• Sur la tour Eiffel - Valse Musette for accordion solo (standard)
• Musette pour Julien - Valse Musette for accordion solo (standard)
• Little Prelude - for accordion solo (standard)
• Toccata - for accordion solo (standard)
• Suites No. 1 - 6 for accordion solo (standard)
• Suite No. 7 - for accordion solo (standard)
• Suite No. 8 (Castle Music) - for accordion solo (standard)
• Suite No. 9 - for accordion solo (standard)
• Suite No. 10 - for accordion solo (standard)
• Suite No. 11 - for accordion solo (standard)
• Suite No. 12 - for accordion solo (standard)
• Suite No. 13 - for accordion solo (standard)
• Suite No. 14 (Suite in F) - for accordion solo (standard)
• Suite No. 15 (Suite in G) - for accordion solo (standard)
• Prelude - for accordion solo (standard)
• Miniatures - for accordion solo (MIII)
• Musical Encounters - for accordion solo (MIII)
• Scenes from a Children's Day - for accordion solo (MIII)
• Fantasie et Tarentelle - for accordion solo (MIII)
• Russian impressions - for accordion solo (MIII)
• Fantasia classica - for accordion solo (MIII)
• Concertino - for accordion solo (MIII)
• Suite classique - for accordion solo (MIII)
• Thème et variations (alla Kabalevsky) - for accordion solo (MIII)
• Thème et variations - for accordion solo (MIII)
• Thème et variations en sol majeur - for accordion solo (MIII)
• Minuet pour Yves - for accordion solo (MIII)
• Children's games - for accordion solo (MIII)
• Animal Tales - for accordion solo (MIII)
• Get in - play with (Volume 1) - accordion school for MIII instruments

All works are published by accorda Musikverlag Schweiz.

Web links

• Biography on arteson.ch