Jiří Gemrot
Jiří Gemrot (born 15 April 1957 in Prague) is a Czech composer, radio executive, and a record producer. Since 1990 he has been director in chief of Czech Radio in Prague. As a composer, his music has been performed by all of the Czech Republic's major orchestras.
Gemrot studied at the Prague Conservatory from 1972–1976 where he was a pupil of Ema Doležalová and Jan Zdeněk Bartoš. He then entered the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague where he studied under Jiří Pauer through 1981. From 1982–1986 he was a music director for Czech Radio and since 1986 he has been a record producer for Panton Records. He has also worked as a music director for Czechoslovak Television.
Selected works
- Orchestra
- Pocty (Hommages) (1983)
- Tance a reflexe (Dances and Reflections) (1987)
- Sentence (Maxims) for 15 stringed instruments (1986)
- Tři adagia (Three Adagios) (1989)
- Americká předehra (American Overture) (1996)
- Symfonie for chamber orchestra (2007)
- Concertante
- Concerto for cello and orchestra (1984)
- Concerto for violin and orchestra (1990)
- Concerto for flute and orchestra (1992)
- Concertino for harp and string orchestra (1998)
- Concertino for flute, timpani, bagpipes and orchestra (2002)
- Dvojkoncert (Double Concerto) for cello, piano and string orchestra (2002–2003)
- Concerto (Jednovětý; In One Movement) for piano and orchestra (2003)
- Concertino for cello, piano and orchestra (2004)
- Concerto for cello and chamber orchestra (2009)
- Chamber music
- Sonatina for flute and piano (1978)
- Sonata No.2 for viola and piano (1979)
- Sonata for harp (1980)
- Návraty a proměny (Returns and Metamorphoses) for piano and 9 wind instruments (1981)
- Invokace (Invocation) for violin and organ (1983)
- Sonata for clarinet and piano (1983)
- Fantazie for accordion solo (1984)
- Fantasy and Toccata for guitar solo (1984)
- Invence (Invention) for violin and viola (1984)
- Sonata for flute, alto flute and piano (1985)
- Momenty (Moments) for oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1985)
- Preludia (Preludes) for viola and piano (1986)
- Meditace (Meditation) for viola and organ (1986)
- Rapsódie for bassoon and piano (1986)
- Letní studie (Summer Studies) for saxophone quartet (1986)
- Bukolika (Bucolics) for string quartet (1987)
- Rapsódie č. 2 (Rhapsody No.2) for oboe and piano (1988)
- Hudba pro Kačku (Music for Ducky) for violin and piano (1991)
- Invence II (Invention II) for cello and double bass (1991)
- Šalmajana, Suite for 6 instruments of the oboe family (1996)
- Quintet for piano and string quartet (2001)
- Letní suita (Summer Suite) for violin and harpsichord (2002)
- Sapporiana for flute and guitar (2003)
- Romance for violin and piano (2004)
- String Quartet (2005)
- Piano Trio No.2 (2006)
- Quintet for clarinet and string quartet (2006)
- Sonatina for flute and harpsichord (2007)
- Keyboard
- Sonatina gaia for piano (1977)
- Sonata No.1 for piano (1981)
- Sonata No.2 for piano (1985)
- Freska (Fresco) for organ (1987)
- Sólo for harpsichord (1987)
- Sonata No.4 for piano (1996)
- Lacrymosa, Fantasy Variations for Piano 4-hands (2000)
- Hry (Games) for harpsichord (2003)
- Malá suita (Little Suite) for piano (2006)
- Z deníku (From the Dairy) for piano (2006)
- Pastorale a duplex (Pastorale and Duplex) for harpsichord (2007)
- Vocal
- Čtyři písně na básně Paula Verlaina (Four Songs to Poems by Paul Verlaine) for tenor and piano (1981)
- Pět lyrických písní na verše Ingeborg Bachmannové (Five Lyrical Songs to Poems by Ingeborg Bachmann) for soprano and piano (1984)
- Lauda, Sion, Cantata for baritone and wind orchestra (1993)
- Olžiny písně (Olga's Songs), 5-Part Song Cycle for mezzo-soprano and cello (1993)
- Ukolébavka (Lullaby) for mezzo-soprano, cello and piano (2002)
- Choral
- Kantáta beze slov (Cantata without Words) for vocal ensemble (1982)
- Psalmus 146 for chorus and orchestra (1992)
- Mše in C (Mass in C) for mixed chorus (1994)
- Bachmannlieder for chorus and orchestra (1998)
- Milostná ronda (Love Rondos), Melodrama Cycle with piano (2000)
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