Miroslav Srnka

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Miroslav Srnka (born March 23, 1975 in Prague ) is a Czech composer and musicologist .

Life

Srnka studied musicology at the Charles University in Prague from 1993 to 1999 , and from 1995 also composition with Milan Slavický at the Prague Academy of Performing Arts. He continued his studies from 1995 to 1996 at the Humboldt University in Berlin and in 2001 at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris. He also completed composition courses with Ivan Fedele and Philippe Manoury in 2002 and at IRCAM Paris in 2004 . He was awarded the Gideon Klein Award and the Generace Award in 2001 and the Leoš Janáček Anniversary Prize in 2004. In 2006/2007 he was “Composer for Heidelberg” at the Heidelberg Theater & Orchestra . In 2009 Miroslav Srnka was awarded the Siemens Music Prize by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation. Also in 2009 he received the Wilfried Steinbrenner Foundation Prize .

His compositions were performed by the Arditti Quartet and Ensemble Modern at Klangspuren Schwaz, New Music Days Ostrava, Musica Strasbourg and Avanti! Summer Sounds premiered in Porvoo , Finland.

His chamber opera Make No Noise premiered at the Munich Opera Festival in July 2011 and was re-staged at the Bregenz Festival in August 2016 . In December 2011, Srnka's fairytale opera Jakub Flügelbunt premiered at the Junge Szene of the Semperoper in Dresden . The work was commissioned by the Semperoper. For 2014 this opera was included in the regular program of the young scene.

The opera South Pole , which Srnka composed as a commission for the Bavarian State Opera , was premiered there on January 31, 2016.

In 2019 Srnka was appointed professor of composition at the Cologne University of Music and Dance , which he will take up in the 2019/20 winter semester.

Works

  • 2016: South Pole . A double opera in two parts , libretto: Tom Holloway; Premiere: January 31, 2016, Bavarian State Opera
  • 2014: docudrama01 - Orph & Eury for wind trio
  • 2014: No Night No Land No Sky for chamber orchestra
  • 2014: Tracks 01 for violin and piano
  • 2014: Tracks 02 for piano
  • 2008/2013: My Life Without Me for soprano and ensemble, based on a script by Isabel Coixet
  • 2012: piano concert
  • 2012: Eighteen Agents for 19 strings
  • 2012: Listening Eyes an installation by Kateřina Vincourová with sounds by Miroslav Srnka
  • 2011: Jakub Flügelbunt… and Magdalena Rotenband or: How deeply a bird can sing Comics for three singers and orchestra, children's opera, premier: December 15th, 2011, Junge Szene der Semperoper , Dresden
  • 2011: Make No Noise Chamber Opera, Libretto: Tom Holloway; Premiere: June 28, 2011, Munich Opera Festival
  • 2011: Engrams for string quartet
  • 2011: Assembly for ensemble
  • 2010: A variation for violoncello
  • 2010: Escape Routines for clarinet, violin, viola, cello and harp
  • 2010: Tree of Heaven for violin, viola and violoncello
  • 2010: Coronae for horn
  • 2009: Fan Faire for brass and drums
  • 2008: Pouhou vlnou / Qu'une vague for piano quintet
  • 2007: Thirteen songs for medium voice and piano on texts by Jurek Becker
  • 2007: Reservoirs for Ensemble
  • 2007: Fictitious Hum for oboe, clarinet, piano and string quartet
  • 2007: Reading Lessons for Orchestra
  • 2007: Kráter Brahms for solo violoncello and string orchestra
  • 2004/2007: Les Adieux for ensemble
  • 2006: Prostý prostor / Simple Space for solo violoncello and a harmony instrument
  • 2006: Maria's Choice for flute, clarinet, 2 saxophones and drums
  • 2006: Když mne stará matka, Struna naladěna (instrumentation of Dvořák songs) for soprano, piano and orchestra
  • 2006: ta větší variation on the final scene by Jenůfa for piano
  • 2005: Wall short chamber opera, libretto: Jonathan Safran Foer
  • 2005: Magnitudo 9.0 for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello and percussion
  • 2005: Do you want to take a look? for ensemble (interlude to Franz Schubert's winter journey )
  • 2005: Moldau Remixed for oboe, viola and harp
  • 2003/2005: Tak klid. / Quiet Now. for orchestra
  • 2004: that long town of White to cross for violin
  • 2004: Emily's Bees for soprano, clarinet and piano
  • 2004: Smyčcový kvartet string quartet
  • 2003: Rodíme! / We Are Giving Birth! Sound art
  • 2002: Surprises in the Dark for flute, clarinet, violin, alto, violoncello and piano
  • 2002: A Prima Mad for alto saxophone or flute
  • 2002: Psát tvoje oči / To Write Your Eyes for soprano and chamber orchestra on texts by Petr Borkovec
  • 2001: Collapsing for bass flute solo, soprano saxophone solo and two alto flutes, two flutes in C and piccolo flute
  • 1999: Ranní hajahu / The Morning Hajahu for nine percussion
  • 1998: Podvrhy / The Falsifications for male vocal ensemble

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Winner of the composer's prize - Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation. Retrieved February 9, 2016 .
  2. ↑ 2006 - Klangspuren Festival 1994-2009. Retrieved February 9, 2016 .
  3. ^ Festival Program 2007 - Ostrava Center for New Music. Retrieved February 9, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Miroslav Srnka chez Festival Musica. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 9, 2016 ; Retrieved February 9, 2016 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.festivalmusica.org
  5. ↑ How high a little bird can fly and how low it can sing: World premiere of the comic opera “Jakub Flügelbunt” at the Semperoper in Dresden. Retrieved February 9, 2016 .
  6. ^ "South Pole" in Munich: The sound of cold (review). Retrieved February 9, 2016 .
  7. ↑ What Amundsen and Scott dream of in FAZ of February 2, 2016, page 9
  8. ^ Cologne - Miroslav Srnka takes over the composition professorship. Retrieved August 13, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Srnka, Miroslav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague