Martin Smolka

Martin Smolka (born August 11, 1959 in Prague) is a contemporary Czech composer of classical music.

Works

1983

• Slzy (Tears);

1985-1988

Hudba hudbička (Music Sweet Music) for ensemble;

1988

• Music for Retuned Instruments;

1989

• Zvonění (Ringing) for solo percussion;
• Nocturne;

1990

• L’Orch pour l’orch;

1990-1992

• Netopýr (The Flying Dog);

1992

• Rain, a Window, Roofs, Chimneys, Pigeons and so... and Railway-Bridges, too;

1993

• Trzy motywy pastoralne (Three pastoral motifs);

1993-1995

• Rent a Ricercar;

1996

• Euforium;
• Three pieces for retuned orchestra;

1996-1997

•  : Lullaby;

1998

• 8 pieces for guitar quartet;
• Autumn Thoughts for ensemble;

1999

• Lieder ohne Worte und Passacaglia;
• Nešť for orchestra;
• Like Those Nicéan Barks of Yore for trombone and life electronics;

2000

• Blue Note;
• Walden, the Distiller of Celestial Dews;
• Remix, Redream, Reflight;
• Houby a nebe (Mushrooms and Heaven), Czech text Petr Pavel Fiala and Martin Smolka;

2001

• Geigenlieder, German text Christian Morgenstern and Bertolt Brecht;

2001-2003

• Nagano - Opera, libretto Jaroslav Dušek and Martin Smolka;
• Observing the Clouds;

2002

• Missa;
• Ach, mé milé c moll (Oh, my admired C minor);

2003

• Solitudo;

2003-2004

• Tesknice (Nostalgia);

2004

• Hats in the Sky;
• For a Buck;

2005

• Das schlaue Gretchen opera for children, libretto Klaus Angermann;

2006

• Lamento metodico;
• Słone i smutne (Salt and Sad), Polish text Tadeusz Różewicz;
• Semplice;

Discography

• Hudba hudbička, ensemble AGON, Arta Records, Prague 1991
• Music for Retuned Instruments, ensemble recherche, Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik 1991, WDR Köln 1991
• Rain, a Window, Roofs, Chimneys, Pigeons and so... and Railway-Bridges, too, col legno München/SWF Baden-Baden, Donaueschinger Musiktage 1992
• A v sadech korálů, jež slabě zrůžověly, Petr Matuszek - bariton, Martin Smolka - piano, Na prahu světla, Happy Music, Prague 1996
• Rent a Ricercar, Flying Dog, For Woody Allen, Nocturne, AGON Orchestra, audio ego/Society for New Music Prague, 1997
• Euphorium, Rain, a Window, Roofs, Chimneys, Pigeons and so... and Railway-Bridges, too, Music for Retuned Instruments, Ringing, AGON Orchestra, audio ego/Society for New Music Prague, 1998
• Walden, the Distiller of Celestial Dews, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Meinhard Jenne – percussion, Rupert Huber - conductor, Donaueschinger Musiktage 2000

External links

• http://www.martinsmolka.com/en/index.html - Homepage
• Extensive interview with Martin Smolka in English, on Opera Lively
• http://www.martinsmolka.lap.pl
• Martin Smolka at Breitkopf & Härtel
• http://www.musicbase.cz/index.php?page=detail_autora&mod=zobraz&ID=962
• http://bostonmicrotonalsociety.org/Pages/MusiciansPages/Smolka.html
• http://www.hisvoice.cz/archiv/text1-02.htm
• http://www.ensemble2e2m.com/biographies/smolka.htm