Vojtěch Saudek

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Vojtěch Saudek (born February 11, 1951 in Prague , † September 13, 2003 in Paris ) was a Czech composer .

Life

At the Charles University in Prague, Saudek first studied philology from 1974 . From 1977 to 1983 he studied piano with Anna Machová, conducting with Jiri Chvala and composition with Jiří Dvořáček at the Prague National Music Academy . His diploma thesis was dedicated to the work of Svatopluk Havelka .

He lived in Prague and Paris , studied composition and electroacoustic music with Guy Reibel at the Paris Conservatory and electronic and computer music with Tristan Murail at IRCAM in Paris . Most of Saudek's works were commissions from Czech and foreign institutions, soloists and ensembles.

He was awarded the Leoš Janáček Prize of the Czech Music Society for his opera Memnon . For the Festival de L Ile-de-France, Saudek created Ausflug im Gebirge in 1986 (for 11 instruments, mezzo-soprano, to a text by Franz Kafka), which was successfully premiered by the Camerata de Versailles ensemble. For his work Shakespeare's Gestalten Saudek received the second prize in the Ostrava competition "Generation". He also received a second prize in the Young Composers Competition of the Czech Socialist Republic in 1986 for his symphony. He received a first prize for his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra In Memory of Gideon Klein (Saudek is the editor of Gideon Klein's work). Research on a dog , commissioned and often performed by the French ensemble L'Itinéraire, was part of the 1990 program of the Sienna New Music Festival.

Saudek's compositional focus is on orchestral, chamber and vocal music. He has a special connection to texts by Shakespeare and Kafka, which was established by his parents - the father Erik Adolf Saudek was a translator of Shakespeare works into Czech, the mother was Kafka's niece (daughter of Ottla Kafka ).

Works

Orchestral works

  • Sinfonietta for orchestra (1980)
  • Sinfonia (1982)
  • Concerto for piano and orchestra In Memory of Gideon Klein (1985)
  • Concertino for two trumpets, organ and percussion (1998)

Chamber music

  • String Quartet No. 1 (1979)
  • Fantasy for violin and chamber orchestra (1981)
  • Fantasy for flute and piano (1982)
  • Concertino for flute and string quartet (1983)
  • Quintet for clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello and synthesizer DX7II (1988)
  • Lullaby for clarinet, violin and piano (1989)
  • Arc-en-ciel a quatre voix for ballet, singer and live electronics (1990)
  • Research of a Dog for Violin and Electroacoustic Instruments (1990)
  • String Quartet No. 2 (1990)
  • A community of villains Cantata for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra with texts by Franz Kafka and Ottla Davidova-Kafka (1994). Premiere by Ensemble 2e2m, DE 1997 by Stephanie Haas and Ensemble sur scène.
  • Trio for violin, viola and violoncello (1997)
  • The great Lalula and other gallows songs , based on Ch. Morgenstern , for mezzo-soprano and percussion (1999) (WP 1999 by Stephanie and Christoph Haas )
  • Elegy for violoncello and synthesizer DX 7 II
  • All the World for solo voice (2001) (premiere by Stephanie Haas).

Vocal music

  • What does not pass stage design and singing with texts by William Shakespeare, for soprano and orchestra (1981)
  • Shakespeare's Characters for mezzo-soprano and piano (1983). DE 1993 by Stephanie Haas and Susan Wenckus
  • Excursion into the mountains for 11 instruments, mezzo-soprano and speaking voice with texts by Franz Kafka (1986)

Operas

  • Memnon or The Human Wisdom Chamber Opera based on a short story by Voltaire. (1987)
  • Diptyque Aristophane-les Acharniens / Lysistrata , théatre musical (1993)
  • The Ugly Duckling Children's opera based on a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen (1994)
  • Sappho , théatre musical (1996)
  • Die Heidebraut , Spéctacle musical based on A. Stramm (1999)

Web links

credentials

  1. ↑ http://www.novinky.cz/kultura/73669-kafka-byl-jemny-empaticky-krasny-clovek-rika-reditelka-kafkova-centra.html
personal data
SURNAME Saudek, Vojtěch
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 2003
Place of death Paris