Sylvie Bodorová
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Sylvie Bodorová is a Czech composer.
in Brno
and as a post-graduate later on at the Music Academy in Prague
. She continued her studies in Gdansk
and Siena
(with Professor Franco Donatoni
at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana
) and from 1987 she regularly attended Professor Ton de Leeuw's composition courses in Amsterdam
. She taught at the Janáček Academy in Brno and, in the 90s, at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
, where she was composer in residence for the 1994 and 1995 school years.
Her works have since the early 80s been performed in all the continents, even in the Antarctic where her "Homage to Columbus" for guitar was heard in 1997. She has received several competition prizes (Mannheim
, Czech Radio Prague) and many prestigious commissions from the Warwick Festival in the 90th Megiddo - Piano Trio - 2001, for the same festival -Terezin Ghetto Requiem - Škampa Quartet - 1998, „Ama me“ for Baritone and Piano - 1999 and Vertumnus - Brass Quintet in 2005.
She wrote also compositions for Buenos Aires
–"Concierto de Estío" for Guitar and Orchestra – 1999 and for Bochum
in Germany - Saturnalia for Orchestra – 1999. After the great success of Terezín Ghetto Requiem the Prague Spring International Music Festival commissioned oratorio Juda Maccabeus for the performance in St. Vitus Cathedral
in May 2002 and then in Litomyšl
International Festival in June 2002. Concerto dei fiori for Violin and Strings was premiered at Prague Spring Festival 1997, then performed in United States
/1998/ and in PONTES Festival Prague /1998/.
Terezin Ghetto Requiem for Baritone and String Quartet was performed at Warwick
and Leamington Festival in July 1998, Wigmore Hall in London in October 1998, again in Warwick in July 1999, other festivals in UK, in Berlin 8.XI. 1999, in , Terezín
, at the Prague Spring Festival 2000, Coventry and Huddersfield /UK, November 2000/. In 2003 Sylvie Bodorová finished the commission of Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival/USA/ - composition for Harp and Strings Mysterium druidum.
She finished the commission for Camerata Bern
(Bern Concerto, Silberwolke) - Concerto for Violin, Viola and Strings, which has been performed in Bern and Germany in August /September 2005. She wrote Piano concerto Come d´accordo for Prague Philharmonia
and pianist Martin Kasík, premiered in February 2006, Song Cycle Slovak Songs for Štefan Margita
and Gabriela Beňačková
/the cycle was recorded in 2006/ and Amor tenet omnia – cycle of choruses on the texts from Carmina Burana
premiered in Luxembourg
and France
in August 2007.
The oratorio Moses was commissioned by the International Litomyšl Smetana Festival and premiered in 2008. In 2009 she wrote Carmina lucemburgiana for strings. It was commissioned by the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and its Embassy in Prague.
Sylvie Bodorová was member of Quattro (Group of prestigious Czech composers) – Otmar Mácha (1922–2006), Luboš Fišer
(1935–1999) and Zdeněk Lukáš
(1928–2007), she is involved in the project of Gustav Mahler
birthplace restoration in Kaliště
near Humpolec in the Czech Republic
, she has also composed and arranged many compositions for children. Her attention is often drawn by Johann Sebastian Bach
´s music (quotation of his choral "Schmücke dich o liebe Seele" at the end of Concerto dei fiori and transcriptions of Preludium C moll from Wohl Temperiertes Klavier, Toccata D minor), by Gypsy and East European Rhythms (ancestors from Hungary
).
The struggle with an Angel, Melodram for male voice and strings /also version for voice and string quartet/ to the text of poem by Jaroslav Seifert
(1982), durata 10'
Pontem video, Concerto for organ, strings and timpani (1983), durata 15'
Jubiloso, Festive music for chamber orchestra (1984), durata 8´
Tre canzoni da suonare for guitar and strings (1985), durata 17'
Panamody for flute and strings (1986), durata 8´
Magikon for oboe and strings (1987), durata 10´
Messaggio, Concerto for violin and orchestra (1989), durata 16'
Dona nobis lucem, Concerto for soprano, violin, guitar and strings (1994), durata 11'
Concerto dei fiori, Concerto for violin and strings /or piano/ (1996), durata 17´
Concierto de Estío for guitar and strings /also version for guitar and string quartet/, durata 16´
Canzonetta d´amore for saxophon and strings (1999), durata 4´
Saturnalia for large orchestra (1999), durata 17´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Cantabile Amadeo for string orchestra (2001), durata 6´
Juda Maccabeus, Oratorio for soprano, tenor, baritone, three speakers, children choir, mixed choir and big symphony orchestra (2002), durata 73´, score and parts Prague Spring Festival
Mysterium druidum, Concerto for harp and strings /also version for harp and string quartet/, dedicated to the harpist Kateřina Englichová (2003), durata 20´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Ave Noëlle - Christmas song for tenor /soprano/ and large orchestra (2003), durata 7 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Bern Concerto "Silberwolke", Concerto for violin, viola and strings (2005), commissioned and premiered by CAMERATA BERN,
durata 18, score and parts ArcoDiva
Terezín Ghetto Requiem for baritone and strings (2005), durata 17´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Come d´accordo, Concerto for piano and orchestra (2006), commissioned by Prague Philharmonia, durata 21´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Vivat Mozart ! Hommage á Mozart for the Chateau Litomyšl for brass and percussion, commissioned by 48th International Music Festival Smetana's Litomyšl, durata 9 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Moses, Oratorio for soprano, tenor, baritone, two speakers, percussion, children and mixed choir and big symphony orchestra (2008), commissioned and premiered by International Music Festival Litomyšl to the 50th anniversary, durata 78´, score and parts International Music Festival Litomyšl and ArcoDiva
Karslbader Ouverture for symphony orchestra (2008), commissioned by Dvořák's Autumn Festival in Karlsbad to the 50th anniversary, durata 11 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Carmina lucemburgiana for Strings - To the memory of John the Blind (2009), commissioned by the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and its Embassy in Prague, durata 16´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Kafkas Träume for Baritone and Orchestra (2010), commissioned by the Luxembourg Sinfonietta
, score and parts ArcoDiva, durata 11´,
Babadag Concertino for clarinet, percussion and strings (2010)
score and parts ArcoDiva, durata 8´
Trebbia - Avanti Ouverture for symphony orchestra (2010)
score and parts ArcoDiva, durata 7´
Symphony No 1 "Con le campane" for large orchestra (2011)
score and parts ArcoDiva, durata 35´
Solo:
Giľa Rome, Meditation for solo viola, (1980), durata 5', score ArcoDiva
Dža more, Gypsy ballad for solo violin (1990), durata 5´, score ArcoDiva
Rosa triste for solo violin (1993), durata 5´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Duets:
Sine dolore for violin and cello (1989), durata 5´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Concerto dei fiori, Concerto for violin and piano (1996), durata 17´ (orchestral version), durata 13´ (chamber version), score and parts ArcoDiva
Ancora una volta primavera Sonata for violin and piano (1992), durata 12', score and parts ArcoDiva
Trios:
Pre-Visions, Fresques for piano trio (1983), durata 8´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Megiddo for violin, cello and piano (2001), durata 15´, score and parts ArcoDiva
La Speranza for clarinet, cello and piano (1993), durata 8', score and parts ArcoDiva
Raffiche di vento for flute, viola and cello (2009), durata 11', score and parts ArcoDiva
Quartets and Quintets:
Dignitas homini, String quartet No. 1 (1987), durata 10', score and parts ArcoDiva
Struggle with an Angel, Melodrama for male voice and string quartet to the text of poem by Jaroslav Seifert (1988), durata 10' , score and parts ArcoDiva
Terezín Ghetto Requiem for baritone and string quartet (1998), durata 16 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Hélios for flute, violin, cello and piano (1998), durata 8´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Concierto de Estío for guitar and string quartet (1999), durata 16´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Shofarot, String quartet No. 4 (2000), durata 13´, score and parts ArcoDiva
More than five performers:
"Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten" - Die Kunst der Fuge for two string quartets and harp (2004) /transcriptions of selected parts of Bach's work with own compositions/, durata 43´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Winds:
Solo:
Saluti da Siena per clarinetto solo (1981), durata 5´, score ArcoDiva
Léthé per flauto solo (1989), durata 4´, score ArcoDiva
Laugaritio per fagotto solo (1994), durata 7´, score ArcoDiva
Duets:
The Fragrance of Summer, Miniattacca for flute and piano (1976), durata 6', score and parts ArcoDiva
Musica dedicata di Due Boemi di Praga for bassclarinet and piano (1980), durata 6´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Panamody for flute and piano (1986), durata 8´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Magikon for oboe and piano (1987), durata 10´, score and parts Bärenreiter
More performers:
Anvils, Meditation for Due Boemi di Praga and wind quintet (1984), durata 12´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Ventimiglia for trumpet and 6 percussion players /also version for soprano and prcussion/ (1992), durata 11´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Hélios per flauto, oboe, fagotto, violoncello e cembalo(1994), durata 8´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Vertumnus, Five pictures from Rudolphinian Prague for Brass Quintet (2004)
/2 Trumpets, French horn, Trombone, Tuba/, durata 18 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Dona nobis lucem, Concerto for soprano, violin, guitar and strings (1994), durata 11, score and parts ArcoDiva
Terezín Ghetto Requiem for baritone and string quartet (1998), durata 16 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Ama me, Song cycle for baritone /mezzo/ and piano (1999), durata 17´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Juda Maccabeus, Oratorio for soprano, tenor, baritone, three speakers, children and mixed choirs and big symphony orchestra (2002), durata 73´, score and parts Prague Spring International Music Festival
Ave Noëlle, Christmas song for tenor/soprano/ and symphony orchestra (2003), durata 7 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Ave Noëlle, Christmas song for tenor/soprano/ and piano (2003), durata 7 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Terezín Ghetto Requiem for baritone and string orchestra (2005), durata 17´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Sadaj, slnko, sadaj - The Setting Sun, Seven Slovak Folksongs for Two Voices, Harp and Piano (2005) /also version for one/two/ voices with harp or piano/, durata 13´, score and parts ArcoDiva
JA RA LAJ, 27 compositions for tenor, violin, viola, clarinet, harp, percussion and strings inspired by Slovak, Balkan and Gypsy music (2009), durata 50´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Apple Train, 7 songs for soprano and piano on texts by Jan Skácel (2009), durata 19´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Carmina burana collection (2007), durata 12 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Fairy tales for flute and guitar (1980), durata 10 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Violet diary for guitar solo /composition for children/ (1985), durata 6 ´, score ArcoDiva
Tre canzoni da suonare for guitar and strings (1985), durata 17', score and parts ArcoDiva
Elegy for guitar solo - Homage to Columbus (1988), durata 5 ´, score ArcoDiva
Sostar mange, Gypsy ballade for guitar solo (1991), durata 10´, score ArcoDiva
Dona nobis lucem, Concerto for soprano, violin, guitar and strings (1994), durata 11', score and parts ArcoDiva
Concierto de Estío for guitar and strings /also for guitar and string quartet/ (1999), durata 16´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Plegaria, Prayer for guitar solo (2000), durata 5 ´, score ArcoDiva
Pre-Visions, Frescos for piano trio (1983), durata 8´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Pontem video, Concerto for organ, strings and percussion (1983), durata 14 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva
La Speranza for clarinet, cello and piano (1993), durata 8', score and parts ArcoDiva
Fade-outs, Fresco for piano solo (1987), durata 6´, score ArcoDiva
Megiddo for violin, cello and piano (2001), durata 15´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Mysterium druidum, Concerto for harp and strings /also harp and string quartet/ (2003), durata 18´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Come d´accordo, Concerto for piano and orchestra (2006), durata 16´, commissioned and premiered by Prague Philharmonia,
score and parts ArcoDiva
Come d´accordo, Concerto for two pianos (2006) - chamber version, durata 16´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Tůňka - Small swimming hole, Small opera ballet for children (1976), durata 25´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Violet diary Cycle of children compositions for children (1985), durata 4´, score ArcoDiva
Vezeme písničku - We carry on the song to the texts of poems by Věra Provazníková, cycle of songs for small children (1985),
durata 8´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Carousel for piano (2000), durata 1´, ABRSM PUBLISHING
Vindobona for piano (2003), durata 3´, score and parts ArcoDiva
/Mysterium druidum for Harp and Strings/
ArcoDiva UP 0116
Puella trio - Fiala Bodorová Eben (2009)
/Megiddo per violino, violoncello e pianoforte/
ArcoDiva UP 0114
JA RA LAJ - Štefan Margita (2009)
/JA RA LAJ - Suite on folk motives and texts - 27 Slovak, Balkan and Roma songs/
ArcoDiva UP 0110
Carmina lucemburgiana (2009)
/Carmina lucemburgiana for Strings "To the memory of John the Blind"/
ArcoDiva UP 0113
Quattro plays Quattro (2008)
/Bern concerto, Concerto dei fiori/
ArcoDiva UP 0100
Il virtuoso (2006)
/Dža more/
ArcoDiva UP 0089
Works for Violin and Piano (2006)
/Concerto dei fiori/
Cube Bohemia CBCD 2632
Tears and smiles (2006)
/Sadaj, slnko, sadaj - Sedm slovenských písní/
ArcoDiva UP 0084
Slovak Songs (2006)
/Sadaj, slnko, sadaj - Sedm slovenských písní/
ArcoDiva UP 0001
Never broken (2004)
/Terezín Ghetto Requiem/
Center Stage Records
Juda Maccabeus (2004)
ArcoDiva UP 0065
Stevenson - Bodorova - String Quartets (2003)
/Terezín Ghetto Requiem, Conciero de Estío/
ArcoDiva UP 0052
Rhapsody (2002)
/Gila Rome/
ArcoDiva UP 0043
Prague String Quartets (2001)
/Shofarot/
ArcoDiva UP 0044
A Paganini (1999)
/Dža more/
ArcoDiva UP 0010
Protokol XX – Sylvie Bodorová (1997)
/Pontem video, Plankty, Dignitas homini/
Panton
Prague Guitar Concertos (1996)
/Tre canzoni da suonare, Dona nobis lucem/
Supraphon
Amigos (1994)
/Sostar mange - Gypsy Balad for guitar/
Aurophon
Biography
Bodorová studied composition at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing ArtsJanácek Academy of Music and Performing Arts
Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts is a university-level school in Brno in the Czech Republic.The Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts is one of two academies of music and the dramatic arts in the Czech Republic...
in Brno
Brno
Brno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District...
and as a post-graduate later on at the Music Academy in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
. She continued her studies in Gdansk
Gdansk
Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...
and Siena
Siena
Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.The historic centre of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site. It is one of the nation's most visited tourist attractions, with over 163,000 international arrivals in 2008...
(with Professor Franco Donatoni
Franco Donatoni
Franco Donatoni was an Italian composer.Born in Verona, he started studying violin at the age of seven, and frequented the local Music Academy...
at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana
Accademia Musicale Chigiana
The Accademia Musicale Chigiana is a music institute in Siena, Italy. It was founded by Count Guido Chigi Saracini in 1932 as an international centre for advanced musical studies. It organises Master Classes in the major musical instruments as well as singing, conducting and composition...
) and from 1987 she regularly attended Professor Ton de Leeuw's composition courses in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
. She taught at the Janáček Academy in Brno and, in the 90s, at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
The University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music is the performing arts college of the University of Cincinnati and is one of the nation's leading music conservatories. In its most recent rankings, U.S. News & World Report ranked Cincinnati sixth nationally among university programs...
, where she was composer in residence for the 1994 and 1995 school years.
Her works have since the early 80s been performed in all the continents, even in the Antarctic where her "Homage to Columbus" for guitar was heard in 1997. She has received several competition prizes (Mannheim
Mannheim
Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....
, Czech Radio Prague) and many prestigious commissions from the Warwick Festival in the 90th Megiddo - Piano Trio - 2001, for the same festival -Terezin Ghetto Requiem - Škampa Quartet - 1998, „Ama me“ for Baritone and Piano - 1999 and Vertumnus - Brass Quintet in 2005.
She wrote also compositions for Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
–"Concierto de Estío" for Guitar and Orchestra – 1999 and for Bochum
Bochum
Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:...
in Germany - Saturnalia for Orchestra – 1999. After the great success of Terezín Ghetto Requiem the Prague Spring International Music Festival commissioned oratorio Juda Maccabeus for the performance in St. Vitus Cathedral
St. Vitus Cathedral
Saint Vitus' Cathedral is as a Roman Catholic cathedral in Prague, and the seat of the Archbishop of Prague. The full name of the cathedral is St. Vitus, St. Wenceslas and St. Adalbert Cathedral...
in May 2002 and then in Litomyšl
Litomyšl
Litomyšl is a town and municipality in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. The chateau complex in the town centre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.-History:...
International Festival in June 2002. Concerto dei fiori for Violin and Strings was premiered at Prague Spring Festival 1997, then performed in United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
/1998/ and in PONTES Festival Prague /1998/.
Terezin Ghetto Requiem for Baritone and String Quartet was performed at Warwick
Warwick
Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England. The town lies upon the River Avon, south of Coventry and just west of Leamington Spa and Whitnash with which it is conjoined. As of the 2001 United Kingdom census, it had a population of 23,350...
and Leamington Festival in July 1998, Wigmore Hall in London in October 1998, again in Warwick in July 1999, other festivals in UK, in Berlin 8.XI. 1999, in , Terezín
Terezín
Terezín is the name of a former military fortress and adjacent walled garrison town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.-Early history:...
, at the Prague Spring Festival 2000, Coventry and Huddersfield /UK, November 2000/. In 2003 Sylvie Bodorová finished the commission of Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival/USA/ - composition for Harp and Strings Mysterium druidum.
She finished the commission for Camerata Bern
Camerata Bern
Located in Bern, Switzerland, the Camerata Bern was founded in 1963 by musicians as a small and flexible chamber orchestra without a conductor. The Camerata Bern performs early Baroque to contemporary classical music...
(Bern Concerto, Silberwolke) - Concerto for Violin, Viola and Strings, which has been performed in Bern and Germany in August /September 2005. She wrote Piano concerto Come d´accordo for Prague Philharmonia
Prague Philharmonia
The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra was established in 1995 by Czech musicians with the German conductor Friedemann Riehle. The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra quickly developed into one of the leading orchestras for CD-recording in Europe. The orchestra plays about 200 recording sessions every year...
and pianist Martin Kasík, premiered in February 2006, Song Cycle Slovak Songs for Štefan Margita
Štefan Margita
Štefan Margita is a Slovak opera singer who has had an active international career since 1981. He began his career singing mostly roles from the lyric tenor repertoire but in recent years he has tackled a number of dramatic tenor roles...
and Gabriela Beňačková
Gabriela Benacková
Gabriela Beňačková is a Slovak soprano.She specializes in the music of her compatriots, particularly Eugen Suchoň, as well as Czech composers, notably Bedřich Smetana and Leoš Janáček. She is considered to be one of the greatest 'Jenufa's' in Janáček's opera of the same name...
/the cycle was recorded in 2006/ and Amor tenet omnia – cycle of choruses on the texts from Carmina Burana
Carmina Burana
Carmina Burana , Latin for "Songs from Beuern" , is the name given to a manuscript of 254 poems and dramatic texts mostly from the 11th or 12th century, although some are from the 13th century. The pieces were written principally in Medieval Latin; a few in Middle High German, and some with traces...
premiered in Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...
and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in August 2007.
The oratorio Moses was commissioned by the International Litomyšl Smetana Festival and premiered in 2008. In 2009 she wrote Carmina lucemburgiana for strings. It was commissioned by the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and its Embassy in Prague.
Sylvie Bodorová was member of Quattro (Group of prestigious Czech composers) – Otmar Mácha (1922–2006), Luboš Fišer
Luboš Fišer
Luboš Fišer was a Czech composer, born in Prague. He was known both for his soundtracks and chamber music. From 1952 to 1956 he studied the composition at the Prague Conservatory as a pupil of Emil Hlobil. From 1956 he studied at the AMU in Prague...
(1935–1999) and Zdeněk Lukáš
Zdenek Lukáš
Zdeněk Lukáš was a prolific Czech composer having composed over 330 works. He graduated from a teachers' college and worked as a teacher from 1953 to 1963...
(1928–2007), she is involved in the project of Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler was a late-Romantic Austrian composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation. He was born in the village of Kalischt, Bohemia, in what was then Austria-Hungary, now Kaliště in the Czech Republic...
birthplace restoration in Kaliště
Kalište (Pelhrimov District)
Kaliště is a village and municipality of the Pelhřimov District in the Vysočina Region, Czech Republic. It is located at the watershed of the Želivka and Sázava rivers, about northwest of Humpolec. The population is about 330....
near Humpolec in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
, she has also composed and arranged many compositions for children. Her attention is often drawn by Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
´s music (quotation of his choral "Schmücke dich o liebe Seele" at the end of Concerto dei fiori and transcriptions of Preludium C moll from Wohl Temperiertes Klavier, Toccata D minor), by Gypsy and East European Rhythms (ancestors from Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
).
Orchestral and concerto works
Plankty, Music for viola and symphonic orchestra (1982), durata 14'The struggle with an Angel, Melodram for male voice and strings /also version for voice and string quartet/ to the text of poem by Jaroslav Seifert
Jaroslav Seifert
Jaroslav Seifert was a Nobel Prize winning Czech writer, poet and journalist.Born in Žižkov, a suburb of Prague in what was then part of Austria-Hungary, his first collection of poems was published in 1921...
(1982), durata 10'
Pontem video, Concerto for organ, strings and timpani (1983), durata 15'
Jubiloso, Festive music for chamber orchestra (1984), durata 8´
Tre canzoni da suonare for guitar and strings (1985), durata 17'
Panamody for flute and strings (1986), durata 8´
Magikon for oboe and strings (1987), durata 10´
Messaggio, Concerto for violin and orchestra (1989), durata 16'
Dona nobis lucem, Concerto for soprano, violin, guitar and strings (1994), durata 11'
Concerto dei fiori, Concerto for violin and strings /or piano/ (1996), durata 17´
Concierto de Estío for guitar and strings /also version for guitar and string quartet/, durata 16´
Canzonetta d´amore for saxophon and strings (1999), durata 4´
Saturnalia for large orchestra (1999), durata 17´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Cantabile Amadeo for string orchestra (2001), durata 6´
Juda Maccabeus, Oratorio for soprano, tenor, baritone, three speakers, children choir, mixed choir and big symphony orchestra (2002), durata 73´, score and parts Prague Spring Festival
Mysterium druidum, Concerto for harp and strings /also version for harp and string quartet/, dedicated to the harpist Kateřina Englichová (2003), durata 20´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Ave Noëlle - Christmas song for tenor /soprano/ and large orchestra (2003), durata 7 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Bern Concerto "Silberwolke", Concerto for violin, viola and strings (2005), commissioned and premiered by CAMERATA BERN,
durata 18, score and parts ArcoDiva
Terezín Ghetto Requiem for baritone and strings (2005), durata 17´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Come d´accordo, Concerto for piano and orchestra (2006), commissioned by Prague Philharmonia, durata 21´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Vivat Mozart ! Hommage á Mozart for the Chateau Litomyšl for brass and percussion, commissioned by 48th International Music Festival Smetana's Litomyšl, durata 9 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Moses, Oratorio for soprano, tenor, baritone, two speakers, percussion, children and mixed choir and big symphony orchestra (2008), commissioned and premiered by International Music Festival Litomyšl to the 50th anniversary, durata 78´, score and parts International Music Festival Litomyšl and ArcoDiva
Karslbader Ouverture for symphony orchestra (2008), commissioned by Dvořák's Autumn Festival in Karlsbad to the 50th anniversary, durata 11 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Carmina lucemburgiana for Strings - To the memory of John the Blind (2009), commissioned by the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and its Embassy in Prague, durata 16´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Kafkas Träume for Baritone and Orchestra (2010), commissioned by the Luxembourg Sinfonietta
Luxembourg Sinfonietta
The Luxembourg Sinfonietta is an orchestral ensemble for contemporary music in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Initially it consisted of 10 to 15 instruments, including tuba, accordion, mandolin and harpsichord but now typically extends to clarinet, clarinet bass, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone,...
, score and parts ArcoDiva, durata 11´,
Babadag Concertino for clarinet, percussion and strings (2010)
score and parts ArcoDiva, durata 8´
Trebbia - Avanti Ouverture for symphony orchestra (2010)
score and parts ArcoDiva, durata 7´
Symphony No 1 "Con le campane" for large orchestra (2011)
score and parts ArcoDiva, durata 35´
Chamber music
Strings:Solo:
Giľa Rome, Meditation for solo viola, (1980), durata 5', score ArcoDiva
Dža more, Gypsy ballad for solo violin (1990), durata 5´, score ArcoDiva
Rosa triste for solo violin (1993), durata 5´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Duets:
Sine dolore for violin and cello (1989), durata 5´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Concerto dei fiori, Concerto for violin and piano (1996), durata 17´ (orchestral version), durata 13´ (chamber version), score and parts ArcoDiva
Ancora una volta primavera Sonata for violin and piano (1992), durata 12', score and parts ArcoDiva
Trios:
Pre-Visions, Fresques for piano trio (1983), durata 8´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Megiddo for violin, cello and piano (2001), durata 15´, score and parts ArcoDiva
La Speranza for clarinet, cello and piano (1993), durata 8', score and parts ArcoDiva
Raffiche di vento for flute, viola and cello (2009), durata 11', score and parts ArcoDiva
Quartets and Quintets:
Dignitas homini, String quartet No. 1 (1987), durata 10', score and parts ArcoDiva
Struggle with an Angel, Melodrama for male voice and string quartet to the text of poem by Jaroslav Seifert (1988), durata 10' , score and parts ArcoDiva
Terezín Ghetto Requiem for baritone and string quartet (1998), durata 16 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Hélios for flute, violin, cello and piano (1998), durata 8´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Concierto de Estío for guitar and string quartet (1999), durata 16´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Shofarot, String quartet No. 4 (2000), durata 13´, score and parts ArcoDiva
More than five performers:
"Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten" - Die Kunst der Fuge for two string quartets and harp (2004) /transcriptions of selected parts of Bach's work with own compositions/, durata 43´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Winds:
Solo:
Saluti da Siena per clarinetto solo (1981), durata 5´, score ArcoDiva
Léthé per flauto solo (1989), durata 4´, score ArcoDiva
Laugaritio per fagotto solo (1994), durata 7´, score ArcoDiva
Duets:
The Fragrance of Summer, Miniattacca for flute and piano (1976), durata 6', score and parts ArcoDiva
Musica dedicata di Due Boemi di Praga for bassclarinet and piano (1980), durata 6´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Panamody for flute and piano (1986), durata 8´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Magikon for oboe and piano (1987), durata 10´, score and parts Bärenreiter
More performers:
Anvils, Meditation for Due Boemi di Praga and wind quintet (1984), durata 12´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Ventimiglia for trumpet and 6 percussion players /also version for soprano and prcussion/ (1992), durata 11´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Hélios per flauto, oboe, fagotto, violoncello e cembalo(1994), durata 8´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Vertumnus, Five pictures from Rudolphinian Prague for Brass Quintet (2004)
/2 Trumpets, French horn, Trombone, Tuba/, durata 18 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Vocal and vocal-instrumental works
Ventimiglia for soprano and six percussion players (1992), durata 11´, score and parts ArcoDivaDona nobis lucem, Concerto for soprano, violin, guitar and strings (1994), durata 11, score and parts ArcoDiva
Terezín Ghetto Requiem for baritone and string quartet (1998), durata 16 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Ama me, Song cycle for baritone /mezzo/ and piano (1999), durata 17´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Juda Maccabeus, Oratorio for soprano, tenor, baritone, three speakers, children and mixed choirs and big symphony orchestra (2002), durata 73´, score and parts Prague Spring International Music Festival
Ave Noëlle, Christmas song for tenor/soprano/ and symphony orchestra (2003), durata 7 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Ave Noëlle, Christmas song for tenor/soprano/ and piano (2003), durata 7 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Terezín Ghetto Requiem for baritone and string orchestra (2005), durata 17´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Sadaj, slnko, sadaj - The Setting Sun, Seven Slovak Folksongs for Two Voices, Harp and Piano (2005) /also version for one/two/ voices with harp or piano/, durata 13´, score and parts ArcoDiva
JA RA LAJ, 27 compositions for tenor, violin, viola, clarinet, harp, percussion and strings inspired by Slovak, Balkan and Gypsy music (2009), durata 50´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Apple Train, 7 songs for soprano and piano on texts by Jan Skácel (2009), durata 19´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Choir works
Amor tenet omnia, three compositions for mixed choir, two pianos and percussion on the texts fromCarmina burana collection (2007), durata 12 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Guitar works
Baltic miniatures for guitar solo (1979), durata 8 ´, score ArcoDivaFairy tales for flute and guitar (1980), durata 10 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Violet diary for guitar solo /composition for children/ (1985), durata 6 ´, score ArcoDiva
Tre canzoni da suonare for guitar and strings (1985), durata 17', score and parts ArcoDiva
Elegy for guitar solo - Homage to Columbus (1988), durata 5 ´, score ArcoDiva
Sostar mange, Gypsy ballade for guitar solo (1991), durata 10´, score ArcoDiva
Dona nobis lucem, Concerto for soprano, violin, guitar and strings (1994), durata 11', score and parts ArcoDiva
Concierto de Estío for guitar and strings /also for guitar and string quartet/ (1999), durata 16´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Plegaria, Prayer for guitar solo (2000), durata 5 ´, score ArcoDiva
Harp, piano, organ
Musica per organo (1982), durata 7´, score ArcoDivaPre-Visions, Frescos for piano trio (1983), durata 8´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Pontem video, Concerto for organ, strings and percussion (1983), durata 14 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva
La Speranza for clarinet, cello and piano (1993), durata 8', score and parts ArcoDiva
Fade-outs, Fresco for piano solo (1987), durata 6´, score ArcoDiva
Megiddo for violin, cello and piano (2001), durata 15´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Mysterium druidum, Concerto for harp and strings /also harp and string quartet/ (2003), durata 18´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Come d´accordo, Concerto for piano and orchestra (2006), durata 16´, commissioned and premiered by Prague Philharmonia,
score and parts ArcoDiva
Come d´accordo, Concerto for two pianos (2006) - chamber version, durata 16´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Music for children
Cat colouring book for piano (1974), durata 5´, score ArcoDivaTůňka - Small swimming hole, Small opera ballet for children (1976), durata 25´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Violet diary Cycle of children compositions for children (1985), durata 4´, score ArcoDiva
Vezeme písničku - We carry on the song to the texts of poems by Věra Provazníková, cycle of songs for small children (1985),
durata 8´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Carousel for piano (2000), durata 1´, ABRSM PUBLISHING
Vindobona for piano (2003), durata 3´, score and parts ArcoDiva
Selected discography
Kateřina Englichová - Fire Dance (2009)/Mysterium druidum for Harp and Strings/
ArcoDiva UP 0116
Puella trio - Fiala Bodorová Eben (2009)
/Megiddo per violino, violoncello e pianoforte/
ArcoDiva UP 0114
JA RA LAJ - Štefan Margita (2009)
/JA RA LAJ - Suite on folk motives and texts - 27 Slovak, Balkan and Roma songs/
ArcoDiva UP 0110
Carmina lucemburgiana (2009)
/Carmina lucemburgiana for Strings "To the memory of John the Blind"/
ArcoDiva UP 0113
Quattro plays Quattro (2008)
/Bern concerto, Concerto dei fiori/
ArcoDiva UP 0100
Il virtuoso (2006)
/Dža more/
ArcoDiva UP 0089
Works for Violin and Piano (2006)
/Concerto dei fiori/
Cube Bohemia CBCD 2632
Tears and smiles (2006)
/Sadaj, slnko, sadaj - Sedm slovenských písní/
ArcoDiva UP 0084
Slovak Songs (2006)
/Sadaj, slnko, sadaj - Sedm slovenských písní/
ArcoDiva UP 0001
Never broken (2004)
/Terezín Ghetto Requiem/
Center Stage Records
Juda Maccabeus (2004)
ArcoDiva UP 0065
Stevenson - Bodorova - String Quartets (2003)
/Terezín Ghetto Requiem, Conciero de Estío/
ArcoDiva UP 0052
Rhapsody (2002)
/Gila Rome/
ArcoDiva UP 0043
Prague String Quartets (2001)
/Shofarot/
ArcoDiva UP 0044
A Paganini (1999)
/Dža more/
ArcoDiva UP 0010
Protokol XX – Sylvie Bodorová (1997)
/Pontem video, Plankty, Dignitas homini/
Panton
Prague Guitar Concertos (1996)
/Tre canzoni da suonare, Dona nobis lucem/
Supraphon
Amigos (1994)
/Sostar mange - Gypsy Balad for guitar/
Aurophon