Sylvie Bodorová

Sylvie Bodorová (born 1954) is a Czech composer.

Biography

Bodorová studied composition at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno and as a post-graduate later on at the Music Academy in Prague. She continued her studies in Gdansk and Siena (with Professor Franco Donatoni at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana) and from 1987 she regularly attended Professor Ton de Leeuw's composition courses in Amsterdam. She taught at the Janáček Academy in Brno and, in the 90s, at the CCM Cincinnati, Ohio (Composer in Residence 1994-95, 1995-96). Her works have since the early 80s been performed in all the continents, even in the Antarctic where her "Homage to Columbus" for guitar was heard in 1997. She has received several competition prizes (Mannheim, Czech Radio Prague) and many prestigious commissions from the Warwick Festival in the 90th Megiddo - Piano Trio - 2001, for the same festival -Terezin Ghetto Requiem - Škampa Quartet - 1998, „Ama me“ for Baritone and Piano - 1999 and Vertumnus - Brass Quintet in 2005.

She wrote also compositions for Buenos Aires –"Concierto de Estío" for Guitar and Orchestra – 1999 and for Bochum in Germany - Saturnalia for Orchestra – 1999. After the great success of Terezín Ghetto Requiem the Prague Spring International Music Festival commissioned oratorio Juda Maccabeus for the performance in St. Vitus Cathedral in May 2002 and then in Litomyšl International Festival in June 2002. Concerto dei fiori for Violin and Strings was premiered at Prague Spring Festival 1997, then performed in United States /1998/ and in PONTES Festival Prague /1998/.

Terezin Ghetto Requiem for Baritone and String Quartet was performed at Warwick and Leamington Festival in July 1998, Wigmore Hall in London in October 1998, again in Warwick in July 1999, other festivals in UK, in Berlin 8.XI. 1999, in Halle ^{[disambiguation needed]}, Terezín, at the Prague Spring Festival 2000, Coventry and Huddersfield /UK, November 2000/. In 2003 Sylvie Bodorová finished the commission of Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival/USA/ - composition for Harp and Strings Mysterium druidum.

She finished the commission for Camerata Bern (Bern Concerto, Silberwolke) - Concerto for Violin, Viola and Strings, which has been performed in Bern and Germany in August /September 2005. She wrote Piano concerto Come d´accordo for Prague Philharmonia and pianist Martin Kasík, premiered in February 2006, Song Cycle Slovak Songs for Štefan Margita and Gabriela Beňačková /the cycle was recorded in 2006/ and Amor tenet omnia – cycle of choruses on the texts from Carmina Burana premiered in Luxembourg and France in August 2007. The oratorio Moses was commissioned by the International Litomyšl Smetana Festival and premiered in 2008. In 2009 she wrote Carmina lucemburgiana for strings. It was commissioned by the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and its Embassy in Prague.

Sylvie Bodorová was member of Quattro (Group of prestigious Czech composers) – Otmar Mácha (1922 – 2006), Luboš Fišer (1935 – 1999) and Zdeněk Lukáš (1928 – 2007), she is involved in the project of Gustav Mahler birthplace restoration in Kaliště near Humpolec in the Czech Republic, she has also composed and arranged many compositions for children. Her attention is often drawn by Johann Sebastian Bach´s music (quotation of his choral "Schmücke dich o liebe Seele" at the end of Concerto dei fiori and transcriptions of Preludium C moll from Wohl Temperiertes Klavier, Toccata D minor), by Gypsy and East European Rhythms (ancestors from Hungary).

List of compositions

Orchestral and concerto works

Plankty, Music for viola and symphonic orchestra (1982), durata 14'

The struggle with an Angel, Melodram for male voice and strings /also version for voice and string quartet/ to the text of poem by Jaroslav Seifert (1982), durata 10'

Pontem video, Concerto for organ, strings and timpani (1983), durata 15'

Jubiloso, Festive music for chamber orchestra (1984), durata 8´

Tre canzoni da suonare for guitar and strings (1985), durata 17'

Panamody for flute and strings (1986), durata 8´

Magikon for oboe and strings (1987), durata 10´

Messaggio, Concerto for violin and orchestra (1989), durata 16'

Dona nobis lucem, Concerto for soprano, violin, guitar and strings (1994), durata 11'

Concerto dei fiori, Concerto for violin and strings /or piano/ (1996), durata 17´

Concierto de Estío for guitar and strings /also version for guitar and string quartet/, durata 16´

Canzonetta d´amore for saxophon and strings (1999), durata 4´

Saturnalia for large orchestra (1999), durata 17´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Cantabile Amadeo for string orchestra (2001), durata 6´

Juda Maccabeus, Oratorio for soprano, tenor, baritone, three speakers, children choir, mixed choir and big symphony orchestra (2002), durata 73´, score and parts Prague Spring Festival

Mysterium druidum, Concerto for harp and strings /also version for harp and string quartet/, dedicated to the harpist Kateřina Englichová (2003), durata 20´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Ave Noëlle - Christmas song for tenor /soprano/ and large orchestra (2003), durata 7 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Bern Concerto "Silberwolke", Concerto for violin, viola and strings (2005), commissioned and premiered by CAMERATA BERN, durata 18, score and parts ArcoDiva

Terezín Ghetto Requiem for baritone and strings (2005), durata 17´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Come d´accordo, Concerto for piano and orchestra (2006), commissioned by Prague Philharmonia, durata 21´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Vivat Mozart ! Hommage á Mozart for the Chateau Litomyšl for brass and percussion, commissioned by 48th International Music Festival Smetana's Litomyšl, durata 9 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Moses, Oratorio for soprano, tenor, baritone, two speakers, percussion, children and mixed choir and big symphony orchestra (2008), commissioned and premiered by International Music Festival Litomyšl to the 50th anniversary, durata 78´, score and parts International Music Festival Litomyšl and ArcoDiva

Karslbader Ouverture for symphony orchestra (2008), commissioned by Dvořák's Autumn Festival in Karlsbad to the 50th anniversary, durata 11 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Carmina lucemburgiana for Strings - To the memory of John the Blind (2009), commissioned by the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and its Embassy in Prague, durata 16´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Chamber music

Strings:

Solo:

Giľa Rome, Meditation for solo viola, (1980), durata 5', score ArcoDiva

Dža more, Gypsy ballad for solo violin (1990), durata 5´, score ArcoDiva

Rosa triste for solo violin (1993), durata 5´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Duets:

Sine dolore for violin and cello (1989), durata 5´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Concerto dei fiori, Concerto for violin and piano (1996), durata 17´ (orchestral version), durata 13´ (chamber version), score and parts ArcoDiva

Ancora una volta primavera Sonata for violin and piano (1992), durata 12', score and parts ArcoDiva

Trios:

Pre-Visions, Fresques for piano trio (1983), durata 8´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Megiddo for violin, cello and piano (2001), durata 15´, score and parts ArcoDiva

La Speranza for clarinet, cello and piano (1993), durata 8', score and parts ArcoDiva

Raffiche di vento for flute, viola and cello (2009), durata 11', score and parts ArcoDiva

Quartets and Quintets:

Dignitas homini, String quartet No. 1 (1987), durata 10', score and parts ArcoDiva

Struggle with an Angel, Melodrama for male voice and string quartet to the text of poem by Jaroslav Seifert (1988), durata 10' , score and parts ArcoDiva

Terezín Ghetto Requiem for baritone and string quartet (1998), durata 16 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Hélios for flute, violin, cello and piano (1998), durata 8´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Concierto de Estío for guitar and string quartet (1999), durata 16´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Shofarot, String quartet No. 4 (2000), durata 13´, score and parts ArcoDiva

More than five performers:

"Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten" - Die Kunst der Fuge for two string quartets and harp (2004) /transcriptions of selected parts of Bach's work with own compositions/, durata 43´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Winds:

Solo:

Saluti da Siena per clarinetto solo (1981), durata 5´, score ArcoDiva

Léthé per flauto solo (1989), durata 4´, score ArcoDiva

Laugaritio per fagotto solo (1994), durata 7´, score ArcoDiva

Duets:

The Fragrance of Summer, Miniattacca for flute and piano (1976), durata 6', score and parts ArcoDiva

Musica dedicata di Due Boemi di Praga for bassclarinet and piano (1980), durata 6´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Panamody for flute and piano (1986), durata 8´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Magikon for oboe and piano (1987), durata 10´, score and parts Bärenreiter

More performers:

Anvils, Meditation for Due Boemi di Praga and wind quintet (1984), durata 12´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Ventimiglia for trumpet and 6 percussion players /also version for soprano and prcussion/ (1992), durata 11´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Hélios per flauto, oboe, fagotto, violoncello e cembalo(1994), durata 8´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Vertumnus, Five pictures from Rudolphinian Prague for Brass Quintet (2004) /2 Trumpets, French horn, Trombone, Tuba/, durata 18 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Vocal and vocal-instrumental works

Ventimiglia for soprano and six percussion players (1992), durata 11´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Dona nobis lucem, Concerto for soprano, violin, guitar and strings (1994), durata 11, score and parts ArcoDiva

Terezín Ghetto Requiem for baritone and string quartet (1998), durata 16 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Ama me, Song cycle for baritone /mezzo/ and piano (1999), durata 17´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Juda Maccabeus, Oratorio for soprano, tenor, baritone, three speakers, children and mixed choirs and big symphony orchestra (2002), durata 73´, score and parts Prague Spring International Music Festival

Ave Noëlle, Christmas song for tenor/soprano/ and symphony orchestra (2003), durata 7 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Ave Noëlle, Christmas song for tenor/soprano/ and piano (2003), durata 7 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Terezín Ghetto Requiem for baritone and string orchestra (2005), durata 17´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Sadaj, slnko, sadaj - The Setting Sun, Seven Slovak Folksongs for Two Voices, Harp and Piano (2005) /also version for one/two/ voices with harp or piano/, durata 13´, score and parts ArcoDiva

JA RA LAJ, 27 compositions for tenor, violin, viola, clarinet, harp, percussion and strings inspired by Slovak, Balkan and Gypsy music (2009), durata 50´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Apple Train, 7 songs for soprano and piano on texts by Jan Skácel (2009), durata 19´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Choir works

Amor tenet omnia, three compositions for mixed choir, two pianos and percussion on the texts from Carmina burana collection (2007), durata 12 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Guitar works

Baltic miniatures for guitar solo (1979), durata 8 ´, score ArcoDiva

Fairy tales for flute and guitar (1980), durata 10 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Violet diary for guitar solo /composition for children/ (1985), durata 6 ´, score ArcoDiva

Tre canzoni da suonare for guitar and strings (1985), durata 17', score and parts ArcoDiva

Elegy for guitar solo - Homage to Columbus (1988), durata 5 ´, score ArcoDiva

Sostar mange, Gypsy ballade for guitar solo (1991), durata 10´, score ArcoDiva

Dona nobis lucem, Concerto for soprano, violin, guitar and strings (1994), durata 11', score and parts ArcoDiva

Concierto de Estío for guitar and strings /also for guitar and string quartet/ (1999), durata 16´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Plegaria, Prayer for guitar solo (2000), durata 5 ´, score ArcoDiva

Harp, piano, organ

Musica per organo (1982), durata 7´, score ArcoDiva

Pre-Visions, Frescos for piano trio (1983), durata 8´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Pontem video, Concerto for organ, strings and percussion (1983), durata 14 ´, score and parts ArcoDiva

La Speranza for clarinet, cello and piano (1993), durata 8', score and parts ArcoDiva

Fade-outs, Fresco for piano solo (1987), durata 6´, score ArcoDiva

Megiddo for violin, cello and piano (2001), durata 15´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Mysterium druidum, Concerto for harp and strings /also harp and string quartet/ (2003), durata 18´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Come d´accordo, Concerto for piano and orchestra (2006), durata 16´, commissioned and premiered by Prague Philharmonia, score and parts ArcoDiva

Come d´accordo, Concerto for two pianos (2006) - chamber version, durata 16´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Music for children

Cat colouring book for piano (1974), durata 5´, score ArcoDiva

Tůňka - Small swimming hole, Small opera ballet for children (1976), durata 25´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Violet diary Cycle of children compositions for children (1985), durata 4´, score ArcoDiva

Vezeme písničku - We carry on the song to the texts of poems by Věra Provazníková, cycle of songs for small children (1985), durata 8´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Carousel for piano (2000), durata 1´, ABRSM PUBLISHING

Vindobona for piano (2003), durata 3´, score and parts ArcoDiva

Selected discography

Kateřina Englichová - Fire Dance (2009) /Mysterium druidum for Harp and Strings/ ArcoDiva UP 0116

Puella trio - Fiala Bodorová Eben (2009) /Megiddo per violino, violoncello e pianoforte/ ArcoDiva UP 0114

JA RA LAJ - Štefan Margita (2009) /JA RA LAJ - Suite on folk motives and texts - 27 Slovak, Balkan and Roma songs/ ArcoDiva UP 0110

Carmina lucemburgiana (2009) /Carmina lucemburgiana for Strings "To the memory of John the Blind"/ ArcoDiva UP 0113

Quattro plays Quattro (2008) /Bern concerto, Concerto dei fiori/ ArcoDiva UP 0100

Il virtuoso (2006) /Dža more/ ArcoDiva UP 0089

Works for Violin and Piano (2006) /Concerto dei fiori/ Cube Bohemia CBCD 2632

Tears and smiles (2006) /Sadaj, slnko, sadaj - Sedm slovenských písní/ ArcoDiva UP 0084

Slovak Songs (2006) /Sadaj, slnko, sadaj - Sedm slovenských písní/ ArcoDiva UP 0001

Never broken (2004) /Terezín Ghetto Requiem/ Center Stage Records

Juda Maccabeus (2004) ArcoDiva UP 0065

Stevenson - Bodorova - String Quartets (2003) /Terezín Ghetto Requiem, Conciero de Estío/ ArcoDiva UP 0052

Rhapsody (2002) /Gila Rome/ ArcoDiva UP 0043

Prague String Quartets (2001) /Shofarot/ ArcoDiva UP 0044

A Paganini (1999) /Dža more/ ArcoDiva UP 0010

Protokol XX – Sylvie Bodorová (1997) /Pontem video, Plankty, Dignitas homini/ Panton

Prague Guitar Concertos (1996) /Tre canzoni da suonare, Dona nobis lucem/ Supraphon

Amigos (1994) /Sostar mange - Gypsy Balad for guitar/ Aurophon

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