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Pavel Steidl plays 'Hommage a Jana Obrovska':
0:00 'Preludia: Lento' – by Jana Obrovska
1:55 '...a ty taky jdi do Ithaky' – 'And you go to Ithaca, too' – by Pavel Steidl
Pavel Steidl (born June 24, 1961) is a classical guitarist who was born in Rakovnik, Czechoslovakia (now in the Czech Republic), but has lived in the Netherlands for many years. He studied with Milan Zelenka and Štěpán Rak in Prague. After winning first prize at the 1982 International Guitar Competition of Radio France in Paris, Steidl began his career as a professional musician.
Jana Obrovská (1930–1987) was a Czech composer. She was born in Prague, the daughter of painter and sculptor Jakub Obrovský. She won a prize in the 1972 Concours International de Guitarre in Paris for 'Passacaglia and Toccata'. Her 'Hommage a Béla Bartók' became compulsory in the same Paris competition in 1975. Obrovská also composed music for orchestra and chamber ensembles.
Jana Obrovská married guitar virtuoso Milan Zelenka and the couple had a son, guitarist Vilém Zelenka (b. 1987) who often plays in a duo with his father.
Guitar Virtuosos Festival
Tchaikovski Hall, Moscow, Russia
March 26, 2011
Video by Guitar Magazine
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Pavel Steidl plays 'Hommage a Jana Obrovska':
0:00 'Preludia: Lento' – by Jana Obrovska
1:55 '...a ty taky jdi do Ithaky' – 'And you go to Ithaca, too' – by Pavel Steidl
Pavel Steidl (born June 24, 1961) is a classical guitarist who was born in Rakovnik, Czechoslovakia (now in the Czech Republic), but has lived in the Netherlands for many years. He studied with Milan Zelenka and Štěpán Rak in Prague. After winning first prize at the 1982 International Guitar Competition of Radio France in Paris, Steidl began his career as a professional musician.
Jana Obrovská (1930–1987) was a Czech composer. She was born in Prague, the daughter of painter and sculptor Jakub Obrovský. She won a prize in the 1972 Concours International de Guitarre in Paris for 'Passacaglia and Toccata'. Her 'Hommage a Béla Bartók' became compulsory in the same Paris competition in 1975. Obrovská also composed music for orchestra and chamber ensembles.
Jana Obrovská married guitar virtuoso Milan Zelenka and the couple had a son, guitarist Vilém Zelenka (b. 1987) who often plays in a duo with his father.
Guitar Virtuosos Festival
Tchaikovski Hall, Moscow, Russia
March 26, 2011
Video by Guitar Magazine
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More on Guitar Virtuosi festival:
facebook.com/guitar.virtuosos
vk.com/guitarvirtuososfest
