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)