Jiří Gemrot

Jiří Gemrot (born 15 April 1957 in Prague) is a Czech composer, radio executive, and a record producer. Since 1990 he has been director in chief of Czech Radio in Prague. As a composer, his music has been performed by all of the Czech Republic's major orchestras.

Gemrot studied at the Prague Conservatory from 1972–1976 where he was a pupil of Ema Doležalová and Jan Zdeněk Bartoš. He then entered the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague where he studied under Jiří Pauer through 1981. From 1982–1986 he was a music director for Czech Radio and since 1986 he has been a record producer for Panton Records. He has also worked as a music director for Czechoslovak Television.

Selected works
Orchestra
  • Pocty (Hommages) (1983)
  • Tance a reflexe (Dances and Reflections) (1987)
  • Sentence (Maxims) for 15 stringed instruments (1986)
  • Tři adagia (Three Adagios) (1989)
  • Americká předehra (American Overture) (1996)
  • Sympohony No. 1 for chamber orchestra (2007)
  • Sympohony No. 2 for symphonic orchestra (2012-13)
Concertante
  • Concerto for cello and orchestra (1984)
  • Concerto for violin and orchestra (1990)
  • Concerto for flute and orchestra (1992)
  • Concertino for harp and string orchestra (1998)
  • Concertino for flute, timpani, bagpipes and orchestra (2002)
  • Dvojkoncert (Double Concerto) for cello, piano and string orchestra (2002–2003)
  • Concerto (Jednovětý; In One Movement) for piano and orchestra (2003)
  • Concertino for cello, piano and orchestra (2004)
  • Concerto for cello and chamber orchestra (2009)
Chamber music
  • Sonatina for flute and piano (1978)
  • Sonata No.2 for viola and piano (1979)
  • Sonata for harp (1980)
  • Návraty a proměny (Returns and Metamorphoses) for piano and 9 wind instruments (1981)
  • Invokace (Invocation) for violin and organ (1983)
  • Sonata for clarinet and piano (1983)
  • Fantazie for accordion solo (1984)
  • Fantasy and Toccata for guitar solo (1984)
  • Invence (Invention) for violin and viola (1984)
  • Sonata for flute, alto flute and piano (1985)
  • Momenty (Moments) for oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1985)
  • Preludia (Preludes) for viola and piano (1986)
  • Meditace (Meditation) for viola and organ (1986)
  • Rapsódie for bassoon and piano (1986)
  • Letní studie (Summer Studies) for saxophone quartet (1986)
  • Bukolika (Bucolics) for string quartet (1987)
  • Rapsódie č. 2 (Rhapsody No.2) for oboe and piano (1988)
  • Hudba pro Kačku (Music for Ducky) for violin and piano (1991)
  • Invence II (Invention II) for cello and double bass (1991)
  • Šalmajana, Suite for 6 instruments of the oboe family (1996)
  • Quintet for piano and string quartet (2001)
  • Letní suita (Summer Suite) for violin and harpsichord (2002)
  • Sapporiana for flute and guitar (2003)
  • Romance for violin and piano (2004)
  • String Quartet (2005)
  • Piano Trio No.2 (2006)
  • Quintet for clarinet and string quartet (2006)
  • Sonatina for flute and harpsichord (2007)
Keyboard
  • Sonatina gaia for piano (1977)
  • Sonata No.1 for piano (1981)
  • Sonata No.2 for piano (1985)
  • Freska (Fresco) for organ (1987)
  • Sólo for harpsichord (1987)
  • Sonata No.4 for piano (1996)
  • Lacrymosa, Fantasy Variations for Piano 4-hands (2000)
  • Hry (Games) for harpsichord (2003)
  • Malá suita (Little Suite) for piano (2006)
  • Z deníku (From the Dairy) for piano (2006)
  • Pastorale a duplex (Pastorale and Duplex) for harpsichord (2007)
Vocal
  • Čtyři písně na básně Paula Verlaina (Four Songs to Poems by Paul Verlaine) for tenor and piano (1981)
  • Pět lyrických písní na verše Ingeborg Bachmannové (Five Lyrical Songs to Poems by Ingeborg Bachmann) for soprano and piano (1984)
  • Lauda, Sion, Cantata for baritone and wind orchestra (1993)
  • Olžiny písně (Olga's Songs), 5-Part Song Cycle for mezzo-soprano and cello (1993)
  • Ukolébavka (Lullaby) for mezzo-soprano, cello and piano (2002)
Choral
  • Kantáta beze slov (Cantata without Words) for vocal ensemble (1982)
  • Psalmus 146 for chorus and orchestra (1992)
  • Mše in C (Mass in C) for mixed chorus (1994)
  • Bachmannlieder for chorus and orchestra (1998)
  • Milostná ronda (Love Rondos), Melodrama Cycle with piano (2000)
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