Smorfia (Grimace) for Clarinet & Piano

Mateju, Zbynek

£7.00
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Mateju Smorfia (Grimace) for Clarinet & Piano

Czech composer Zbyněk Matějů (born 1958) is a graduate of the Prague Conservatoire, where he attended a class led by Jindřich Feld, and the Academy of Performing and Dramatic Arts, having studied under Jiří Pauer. On finishing his studies, Matějů received a scholarship from the Czech Music Fund, his tutors being Jiří Dvoracek and Svatopluk Havelka.

It is no exaggeration to say that there is hardly any other young Czech composer who can match Matějů's successful career both in terms of awards bestowed on him or his truly wide-ranging musical production. He received his first prize at the age of 15, when he won a Czechoslovak radio competition and during his relatively short career as a composer Matějů has managed to carry away as many as 15 major Czechoslovak and international awards (eg. in the Competition of Young Composers of the Czech Socialist Republic, the 1986 Intervision International Prize for his share in the staging of "Hands", the Voya Toncitch award in Paris in the same year for his "Self-Portrait" etc.).

The composer's lively interest in musical theatre is manifested in his intense colaboration with several leading stage directors, choreographers and script-writers. In 1991, Matějů became Professor of the Prague Conservatory. He has received commissions from the Fractal Ensemble, the Holland Dance Festival, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie and National Theatre in Brno among others.

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20th Century
Clarinet