He has never worked directly with music groups or schools,[1] although his style was temporarily influenced by the music of Sergei Prokofiev and Igor Stravinsky, and later by the Second Viennese School, especially by Alban Berg and Serialism. Since 1959 he cooperated closely with Czech conductor Libor Pešek and with Chamber Philharmony. However, after the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968, Klusák was condemned as a "politically undesirable" person (he composed music for prohibited films). During the normalization Klusák was engaged in the Jára Cimrman Theatre, but he was forced to leave in 1975. In the 1980s Klusák focused more on vocal compositions. He began to compose song cycles, cantatas, and wrote an opera.[2]
Following the Velvet Revolution in 1989, he began to participate in public life again, and worked as a member and director of various cultural institutions in the Czech Republic. He was awarded a "Classic 1995" Award for his compositions and for his String Quartet No. 5 in particular.[3]
klusák, born, april, 1934, prague, porges, contemporary, czech, composer, author, film, television, incidental, music, karlovy, vary, film, festival, 2009bornjan, porges, 1934, april, 1934occupation, composer, actorspousejana, klusákováchildrenpavel, klusákvít. Jan Klusak born 18 April 1934 in Prague as Jan Porges is a contemporary Czech composer author of film television and incidental music Jan KlusakJan Klusak at Karlovy Vary Film Festival in 2009BornJan Porges 1934 04 18 April 18 1934Occupation s Composer ActorSpouseJana KlusakovaChildrenPavel KlusakVit Klusak Contents 1 Life 2 Selected works 2 1 Compositions 2 2 Film music 3 Footnotes 4 References 5 External linksLife editKlusak was born to a Czech Jewish family who owned a farm in Prosek Prague After he graduated from the gymnasium he pursued his studies at the Prague Music Academy as a pupil of Jaroslav Ridky and Pavel Borkovec in 1953 57 1 Later he concentrated solely on composing He has never worked directly with music groups or schools 1 although his style was temporarily influenced by the music of Sergei Prokofiev and Igor Stravinsky and later by the Second Viennese School especially by Alban Berg and Serialism Since 1959 he cooperated closely with Czech conductor Libor Pesek and with Chamber Philharmony However after the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968 Klusak was condemned as a politically undesirable person he composed music for prohibited films During the normalization Klusak was engaged in the Jara Cimrman Theatre but he was forced to leave in 1975 In the 1980s Klusak focused more on vocal compositions He began to compose song cycles cantatas and wrote an opera 2 Following the Velvet Revolution in 1989 he began to participate in public life again and worked as a member and director of various cultural institutions in the Czech Republic He was awarded a Classic 1995 Award for his compositions and for his String Quartet No 5 in particular 3 Since the 1960s he occasionally acted in films such as A Report on the Party and the Guests 1966 or Valerie and Her Week of Wonder 1970 Selected works editCompositions edit Partita for viola solo 1954 Concertino for flute violin viola and cello 1955 Contrappunto fiorito for flute English horn clarinet bassoon violin viola cello and piano 1955 1956 Eight Inventions for Various Instrumental Arrangement 1961 73 his key work 1 Four Little Voice Exercises to the Words of Franz Kafka 1960 Images for 12 Wind Instruments 1962 Variations on the Theme of Gustav Mahler 1962 String Quartet No 2 1962 Rejdovak for bass clarinet viola and double bass 1965 Sonata for String and Wind Instruments 1965 Le forgeron harmonieux variations on George Frideric Handel s The Harmonious Blacksmith per grande orchestra 1966 4 Rondeau for Piano 1967 Radix nativitatis I S for voice flute clarinet viola and piano 1972 Duet for Flute and Piano 1977 Zenith Moon 4 Poems of Anna Achmatova for mezzo soprano clarinet viola and klavier 1981 Monolog Ubi vult Monologue Ubi vult for viola solo 1987 String Quartet No 4 1994 5 String Quartet No 5 1970 6 String Quartet No 6 1970 7 Whatever you want 1986 opera Film music edit The Cry 1963 Courage for Every Day 1963 Perlicky na dne 1964 Navrat ztraceneho syna 1965 Martyrs of Love 1966 Late August at the Hotel Ozone 1966 Fararuv konec 1968 Hospital at the End of the City 1977 TV series Dimensions of Dialogue 1982 short filmFootnotes edit a b c Vyslouzil p 256 Vyslouzil p 257 Jan Klusak Archived from the original on 2007 02 11 Retrieved 2008 07 25 See e g OCLC 24485066 for a description of the 1969 Panton publication Musicbase cz Quartet 4 Page Musicbase cz Quartet 5 Page Musicbase cz Quartet 6 PageReferences editVyslouzil Jiri 2001 Hudebni slovnik pro kazdeho II Vizovice Lipa ISBN 80 86093 23 9 External links editCzech info English info works bibliography Jan Klusak at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jan Klusak amp oldid 1218347734, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
