Jan Klusák

Jan Klusák ( born April 18, 1934 in Prague) is a Czech composer, actor and writer.

Life

Klusák studied at the Academy of Performing Arts in Jaroslav Řídký and Pavel Bořkovec and lived since then as a freelance composer, actor and writer. After 1989, he also held various public functions in Czech musical life, including as President of the Music Department of the Art Society, Vice- President of the Czech Music Council and committee member of the Prague Spring Music Festival.

To his extensive work includes symphonies, concertos, film scores and other orchestral works, chamber music, opera, theater music, ballets, choral works and songs.

Works

  • Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra, 1955
  • Four Madrigals for mixed chorus, 1956
  • Symphony No. 1, 1956
  • Converto grosso, 1957
  • Symphony No. 2, 1959
  • Symphony No. 3, 1960
  • Variations on a Theme by Gustav Mahler, 1962
  • Fourteen Variations on an Original Theme, 1965
  • Fantaisie lyrique. Homage to Grieg, 1965
  • The harmonious blacksmith. Variations on the aria from Handel, 1966
  • O sacrum convivium! , Motet for electro-acoustic instruments, 1968
  • The success of a Czech engineer in India, opera pasticcio, 1973
  • Hamburger Doppelinvention, 1974
  • Small color theory. Tribute to Goethe, 1975
  • Princess Dandelion, Ballet, 1975
  • Jonas, cantata for children's chorus and piano, 1982
  • "Before your throne I 'll kick hereby " Six Little Preludes for Orchestra, 1984
  • What do you want, opera by William Shakespeare, 1985
  • The story of Aucassin and Nicolett, Singspiel, 1986
  • The king with the golden mask, Ballet, 1986
  • Hero and Leandros, Ballet, 1988
  • The malicious Hirsch, Singspiel, 1989
  • Tetragrammaton immersive nouns eius, 1992
  • The Count of Monte Cristo, music for the silent film by Henri Fescourt 1928, 1993
  • Zpráva per Akademii ( Report for the Academy ), chamber opera based on Franz Kafka, 1993-97
  • Piano Concerto, 1994-95
  • Dybbuk, or a wandering soul, play with songs, 1995
  • Bertram and Mescalina or the punishing loyalty Einstein's enchanted violin or Giant's gift, opera pasticcio, 2002
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