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Marek Kopelent
12+ albums
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Marek Kopelent (born April 28, 1932) is a renowned Czech contemporary composer, who is considered to be at the forefront of the "New Music" movement. Kopelent was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, on 28 April 1932. From 1951 to 1955 he studied music composition under Czech composer Jaroslav Řídký at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. In 1959 he discovered the compositional styles of the Second Viennese School and the European avant-garde movement, and integrated both forms into his new style. The first piece to come to the attention of the musical world outside of Czechoslovakia was his 3rd string quartet (1963), in large part due to the interpretation of the piece by the Novák Quartet which performed it in its concerts throughout Europe. In the 1960s, Kopelent became well-known in contemporary European music circles, with his compositions being performed at such festivals as the Warsaw Autumn, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Witten music festival and the annual festival in Darmstadt. During this time, Kopelent also served as a member of several compositional competition juries. From 1965 to 1973, Kopelent served as an artistic director of the contemporary music ensemble "Musica Viva Pragensis", which was conducted by his colleague Zbyněk Vostřák, and for which he wrote several chamber pieces. In the Prague musical life of the 1960s, both the ensemble and the group of composers associated with it rose in importance, developing into the Prague Group of New Music, which brought
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Messiaen / Dvorak / Rachmaninov / Strauss / Webern / Kopelent: Reflections
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Requiem Of Reconciliation - In Memory Of The Victims Of World War II
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DGG 104 991
Requiem of Reconciliation
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Kopelent: Bezjazy munay!
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Bedford, Ligeti, Mellnäs & Kopelent
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Two Poems For Chorus / Lux Aeterna / Succsim / Matka
Avantgarde
Canto intimo
Kopelent, Matys, Vostřák: String Quartets
The Avantgarde Series
Bezjazy munay!