Talisman
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SKU: S0.190781

Composed by Ladislav Kupkovic. 21st Century. Performance. Published by Pavel Burdych (S0.190781).

Music composer, conductor and pedagogue Ladislav Kupkovič wasborn on March 17th, 1939 in Bratislava. He graduated from Bratislavaconservatoire and from the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava where hestudied the violin and conducting. He was the conductor of orchestra ensembleYoung Hearts, the member of the orchestra Lúčnica and the Slovak Philharmonicorchestra. In 1963 he initiated the formation of the ensemble Music of thePresent Day that focused on musical performance of experimental music. He isranked among the most-active young composers. In 1967 he won the prestigiousaward Igric for best film music of the year. For his distinctive song writingand performances he was awarded scholarship in 1969 that offered him annualcreative stay in West Berlin. After his study stay he emigrated for WestGermany and was employed in Köln. In 1973 he accepted the post at theHochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien (Hannover University of Music, Dramaand Media) in Hannover in the fields of New music, music theory andcomposition, where he was appointed a university professor in 1976. Since thenineteen-seventies, he began to compose tonal music which was a shift from hisavant-garde works. In addition to the successful pedagogical activity heproduced rich and diverse musical genres that contain three operas, sevensymphonies, concertos and sonatas, string quartets, small virtuoso songs andhundreds pieces of film, television and stage music. For Missa Ioannis PauliSecundi he was awarded 1st prize at Kirchenmusikwoche Neuss (Church Music WeekNeuss). Since 1990 he regularly visited Slovakia. In 1996 he became thehonorary citizen of Cífer. In May 2016 he was awarded Special Prize of theSlovak Copyright Protection Association of Slovak music culture. He died on 15June, 2016 in Hannover.

Performers: Czechoslovak Chamber Duo was founded in 2004 bythe Czech violinist Pavel Burdych and the Slovak pianist ZuzanaBerešová in the city of Brno. Both musicians are constant guests ofmusic-festivals in Germany, Austria, Czech Republic and Slovakia. The duo alsoperformed in cities as Rome, Paris, Seoul, Lisbon, Bucharest, Sofia, Athens,Vienna, Belgrade, Budapest, Prague and Bratislava. Each year new projects tojubilees of famous composers are prepared. More on www.chamberduo.eu