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

• 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)
• Symfonie for chamber orchestra (2007)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)