Miroslav Pudlák
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Miroslav Pudlák (b. March 3, 1961) - Czech composer,
conductor and musicologist. He studied composition at Prague Conservatory
and musicology at Charles University, Prague and Université Paris VIII. As a
student of composition he
participated at composer's courses in Darmstadt, Kazimierz and Amsterdam. In
1985 he founded contemporary music ensemble Agon and was its first artistic director
until
1990. In 1993 he won the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields orchestra' "Young
Composer Award" and the same orchestra commissioned and premiered his orchestra
piece "A Winged Creature", later performed also by Jupiter Orchestra in
London, by Prague Chamber Orchestra, at ISCM WMD 2000 in Luxembourg and
recorded by Prague Philharmonia for the Czech Radio. From 1995 - 1996 Pudlak
has been active at California and Oregon universities as visiting composer
and lecturer. Since 1996 Miroslav Pudlak has been working as a director of
the Czech Music Information Centre. He is teaching music theory at the Academy of Performing Arts
(AMU) and at the New York University in Prague. Since 1996 he has been
conducting a
contemporary music ensemble
MoEns
(Mondschein Ensemble) which introduced a lot of his music to international
festivals.
His was commissioned by Deutschland Radio - Koeln, Germany and Klangspuren
Festival, Austria. His music was performed at contemporary music festivals and concerts
throughout the world (namely US, England, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Poland, Finland,
Luxembourg, Ukraine, Mongolia, France and Canada) and recorded on CDs by
Arta Records label.
Besides concert music Miroslav Pudlak also wrote music for a great number of theatre performances. As a pianist he plays with his experimental jazz
group Why Not Patterns.
Rotations and Canons (1983) for
wind sextet (fl, ob, cl, Ssax, fg, cor), unlimited duration
Spocinuti / At Rest, (1983) for
string orchestra, 12'
Carousel (1984) for 6 flutes, 6'
Letim... / I
Am Flying... (1985) for chamber
ensemble (fl, ob, cl, vl, vla, vcl, pno, tr ad.lib.), 18'
Otisky /
Imprints (1985) for chamber ensemble (fl,
ob, 2 cl, cor, fg, vl, vla, vcl, cb, vibr.), 8'
Voices (1987) for flute and
percussion (action performance), 20'
Downstream (1998) for chamber
ensemble (fl, cl, vla, 2 pno, synth.), 20'
Speculum (1988) for chamber
ensemble (fl, ob, cl, vl, vla, vcl, pno), 11'
Tour de passe-passe (1992)for
violin and chamber ensemble (vl; fl, cl, cor, tr, tbn, vla, vcl, cb, pno,
perc.), 12'
Chaosmos (1992) for chamber
ensemble and tape (fl, cl, vl, vla, vcl, pno, tape), 15'
The Last
Word (1993) for fl, vcl, pno, 8'
Give me a firm place... (1993) music
for tape (Czech Radio), 8'
A Winged
Creature (1994) for chamber orchestra (fl,
2 ob, cl, fg, 2cor, 8 vl-1, 6 vl-2, 6 vla, 4 vcl, 2 cb), 14'
Chandra /
Khandra (1995) for clarinet violoncello
and piano, 6'
Sextet
(1996) for fl, cl, vl, vla, vcl, pno, 11'
Encore
(1996) for violin and piano, 7'
Bimbao (1998) for amplified string
quartet, 6'
OM-Age
(1998) for chamber ensemble (fl, cl, vl, vla, vcl, pno, synth.), 14'
Nocturne
(1999) for chamber ensemble (fl, cl, vl, vla, vcl, pno), 12'
Artmann Songs (1999) for
mezzosoprano and piano on poetry by H.C.Artmann, 16'
Face of the Night (2000) for flute,
clarinet, trumpet, violoncello, piano and cymbalom, 14'
Three Worlds (2000) for large
orchestra, 12'
Small
Pleasures (2001) (cl, tr, vla, cb, pno,
vibr) 14' In the Shadow of a Sausage, chamber opera
on text by H.C.Artmann (2002) 23'
Aria, for chamber ensemble (2003) 11'
Saxons in Bohemia, chamber opera (2004)
75'
Between the Jaws of Encaged Forces,
for chamber orchestra (2005) 12'
Another World (2005) (cl, vl, vcl,
pno, glock.) 6' Babel Dances (2006) (s.sax, a.sax,
t.sax, b.sax, cl, trbn, pno, guit, vl, vcl) 20' Vertical Life (2007) (cl, trbn, pno, guit, vl, vcl,
sound track) 14' Post Iucundam (2008) (cl, pno) 8' The Woman and the Serpent (2009) (b.sax,
marimba) 8' Kral Majales (2009) (bcl, tbn, vl, vcl, e-guit, pno, sound track) 8' Trio for Violin, Violoncello and
Piano (2010), 10' Il cerchio (2012),
(sopr, bcl, tbn, vl, vcl, e-guit, pno, sound
track) 14' Futurissimo (2014), (bcl,
tbn, vl, vcl, e-guit, pno, sound track)
15' Intuitiva I (2016), (cl, vl, vcl, pno) 9' Intuitiva II (2017), (cl, vl, vcl, pno, acc) 12' Lobelia (2017) pro 4 sopranos and violin Sommeil (2018) for accordion, 13' Intonarumori Concerto (2018), for 3 intonarumori and
orchestra 19' Imprints,
CD Agon, F10018-2
Arta 1991,
Sextet,
CD Ensemble Mondschein, F10073-2 Arta 1996
I Am Flying..., The Last Word, A Winged Creature, Khandra, OM-Age,
CD "A Winged Creature", F10101-2
Arta
2000,
Give Me a Firm Place, CD ATELIER II /
Contemporary Czech Music, CR 0116-2 131 Nocturne,
CD HIS Voice Sampler
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