Milan Slavický
Milan Slavický (born on May 7, 1947 in Prague) is Czech composer of contemp… Read Full Bio ↴Milan Slavický (born on May 7, 1947 in Prague) is Czech composer of contemporary classical music.
He studied musicology at the Faculty of Philosophy of Charles University in Prague (1965-1970, doctorate in 1972) and composition at the Janáček Academy of Arts in Brno (1968-1973). Afterwards he completed a post-graduate course in the theory of music at the Academy of Arts in Prague 1970-1972) and an extramural research project at the department of musical science at the Institute af Art History and Theory of Czechoslovakia's Academy of Sciences (1974-1979). He worked as a recording producer in the Supraphon Records (1973-81), later as a free-lance composer, recording producer, music editor and musicologist. From 1990 he teaches musicology at the Charles University and from 1994 composition at the Prague Academy of Perfoming Arts.
Instrumental music predominates in the works of Milan Slavický. Following a period, marked by a whalehearted quest for his own specific style, since the beginning of the 1970s the composer has been consistently applying the method of fixed interval selection coupled with the principle af thematic sequentiality within musical structure. He is also noted for endeavours to achieve a maximum emotional effect of his compositions.
His compositions were played by many domestic and foreign orchestras (Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Solistes europeens Luxembourg, Camerata Zurich, Philharmonisches Orchester Erfurt, RTV Ljubljana, SOCR Bratislava etc. with conductors: V.Neumann, J.Belohlavek, V.Valek, S.Baudo, V.Smetacek, A.Dimitrijev, U.Nissen, J.M.Haendler etc.), chamber ensembles (BBC Singers, Brodsky Quartet, Musica lirica, Duo Boemi di Praga, Synchronia St.Louis, Trio a clavier Namur, Prague Madrigalists, Gruppe Konfrontation Halle, Trio Deslogeres Paris, Prague Percussion Ensemble, percussion ensembles of many American universities etc.) and soloists (S.Landale, L.Antonioni, I.Klansky, P.Toperczer, Ch.Taylor, D.Appelton, A.L.Barber, J.Mihule, C.Levin, G.Ittzes etc.). Many of his compositions arised from order of the festivals and soloists (Berliner Festwochen-Porta coeli, Synthese Bourges - Adventus, Contrapunctus I, Prague Spring Competition - Tre pezzi, Synergie for Camerata Zurich, Veni Sancte Spiritus for Composers Ensembles London,'Ich dien' for a galaconcert SEL Luxembourg to 75th birthday of Grand Duke Jean, Two Chapters from the Apocalypse for centenery of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra etc.).
Milan Slavicky was awarded many domestic and international prizes:
He studied musicology at the Faculty of Philosophy of Charles University in Prague (1965-1970, doctorate in 1972) and composition at the Janáček Academy of Arts in Brno (1968-1973). Afterwards he completed a post-graduate course in the theory of music at the Academy of Arts in Prague 1970-1972) and an extramural research project at the department of musical science at the Institute af Art History and Theory of Czechoslovakia's Academy of Sciences (1974-1979). He worked as a recording producer in the Supraphon Records (1973-81), later as a free-lance composer, recording producer, music editor and musicologist. From 1990 he teaches musicology at the Charles University and from 1994 composition at the Prague Academy of Perfoming Arts.
Instrumental music predominates in the works of Milan Slavický. Following a period, marked by a whalehearted quest for his own specific style, since the beginning of the 1970s the composer has been consistently applying the method of fixed interval selection coupled with the principle af thematic sequentiality within musical structure. He is also noted for endeavours to achieve a maximum emotional effect of his compositions.
His compositions were played by many domestic and foreign orchestras (Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Solistes europeens Luxembourg, Camerata Zurich, Philharmonisches Orchester Erfurt, RTV Ljubljana, SOCR Bratislava etc. with conductors: V.Neumann, J.Belohlavek, V.Valek, S.Baudo, V.Smetacek, A.Dimitrijev, U.Nissen, J.M.Haendler etc.), chamber ensembles (BBC Singers, Brodsky Quartet, Musica lirica, Duo Boemi di Praga, Synchronia St.Louis, Trio a clavier Namur, Prague Madrigalists, Gruppe Konfrontation Halle, Trio Deslogeres Paris, Prague Percussion Ensemble, percussion ensembles of many American universities etc.) and soloists (S.Landale, L.Antonioni, I.Klansky, P.Toperczer, Ch.Taylor, D.Appelton, A.L.Barber, J.Mihule, C.Levin, G.Ittzes etc.). Many of his compositions arised from order of the festivals and soloists (Berliner Festwochen-Porta coeli, Synthese Bourges - Adventus, Contrapunctus I, Prague Spring Competition - Tre pezzi, Synergie for Camerata Zurich, Veni Sancte Spiritus for Composers Ensembles London,'Ich dien' for a galaconcert SEL Luxembourg to 75th birthday of Grand Duke Jean, Two Chapters from the Apocalypse for centenery of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra etc.).
Milan Slavicky was awarded many domestic and international prizes:
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