Czech Music articles from January 2003

Czech Music archives from January 2003

Editorial.(Editorial)
January 1, 2003... Dear Readers, Someone once said to me in an interview that he thought the 20th century was the century of performance. If we compare the situation today with the 19th century, for example, the view would seem to be justified. At that...

From the land of amber and song to Prague.(composer Giedre Luksaite-Mrazkova interviewed)(Interview)
January 1, 2003... Giedre Luksaite-Mrazkova was born and grew up in "the land of amber and folk songs," as Lithuania is sometimes called. After studies in Vilnius and Moscow, fate brought her to Prague in 1970s, and she still lives and works here. Today she has a...

New music meeting + and the international conference Musica Nova V.(Musica Nova V)
January 1, 2003... 7 concerts, 5 operas, a series of lectures and seminars, 5 papers from 5 countries at the conference Musica Nova V, guests (composers and performers) -- from the USA (the most numerous), France, Portugal, Germany, Austria and The Ukraine... it...

Petr Kotik's umbilical cord.(Interview)
January 1, 2003... If I wanted to be caustic, I could say that Petr Kotik had taken a patent out on John Cage. Still--as he points out himself--he is Cage's second oldest living collaborator, has devoted himself systematically to the interpretation of Cage and...

Juliette x 2--Bregenz and Paris.(Opera Review)
January 1, 2003... It would be hard to imagine two more opposite interpretations of Bohuslav Martinu's opera Juliette or The Book of Dreams [Snar] than this year's productions in Bregenz and Paris. While In Paris in the Gamier Palace the Surrealist opera was...

Up to the mountain? To Berg!(Interview)
January 1, 2003... For me Berg is an unconquered mountain. And so is an orchestra formed of young musicians who vehemently deny that it is just a student affair. Certainly it has an unusual repertoire and, last but not least, it's a group that opens every concert...

Interview with Mario Mary (winner of the musica nova 2002 competition).(Interview)
January 1, 2003... MARIO MARY (born 1961, Argentina), graduated in composing and conducting at the National University in La Plata. In 1992 he continued his studies in Paris in GRM, the Paris Conservatoire, and IRCAM. In 2001 he obtained a PhD at the University...

East European Music for Clarinet.(Sound Recording Review)
January 1, 2003... Karel Dohnal Czech Radio 2002 In the twentieth century the clarinet became a very popular instrument thanks to its technical and expressive range. In the countries of Eastern Europe the clarinet was also one of the traditional...

Haydn Haba Janacek.(Sound Recording Review)
January 1, 2003... Haba Quartett Zuk Records 2002 The saying that no man is a prophet in his own land is one that certainly applies to Alois Haba. While we don't often hear his music in this country, abroad his legacy attracts great attention, and...

Pisne kratke i dlouhe.(Songs Short and Long)(Sound Recording Review)
January 1, 2003... [Songs Short and Long] Traxleri Etnologicky ustav AVCR [Ethnological Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences] 2002 While today musicologists are devoting ever more attention to contemporary popular music, its earlier past...