The end and the new beginning
This year I am supposed to finish my studies at the Prague Conservatory. But at least now, I can proudly share, that I was applied to study at Janáček’s Music Academy in Brno. I will study composition with Zbyněk Matějů. And a world premiere of my final composition at the conservatory is being prepared.
A hard year
Last year was full of change. I was supposed to get married and I didn’t. I quit a stable job as an IT administrator after almost three years. I moved twice. Shot at philosophic faculty at Prague. Health issues, that made me not pass the final exam yet. And few days ago, my beloved sister passed away. It’s a lot for a single person. I am living and intense period of change full of uncertainity. Every day is a challenge for me to hope that life goes on. To hope that there is a piece of light in every darkness.
Composition studies in Brno
A key decision for me was to continue my studies. Altough I had planned to interest in organ music, I have found a sense of my life in composition. I was looking for an institution to go to for a long time. My composition style is specific. By some of my colleagues it is called “conservative”. I don’t think, that my music is not modern enough. However I feel need to further develop my musical language.
So I am gracious that I have been accepted to study at Janáček’s Music Academy in Brno. I am looking forward to a new environment and to meet new people. And I am also looking forward to working with Zbyněk Matějů, who’s work inspires me and with whom I have found common understanding. I am curious, where my studies will lead me to.
At new work
Last year I decided to take a leap of faith and I quite a stable job of an IT administrator. This decision definitely started a huge avalanche of changes in my life. I started my business and since last year I have been making living as a private piano teacher. Sometimes, it is not very easy, but I am in piece, because almost all of my ancestor colleagues and my heros had begun the same way. Since Semptember, I have been teaching at grammar school in Prague and I teach an admission preperation course at the Prague Conservatory.
I have found, that working with people fulfills me despite being hard. Especially with pupils and students… Thanks to music teaching I can also share what I’ve got from others. And who knows, I might inspire someone to take the same journey…
Final concert at the conservatory
In December last year I won an audition for a final concert with an orchestra. My final composition Cello concerto “Gaiano” has been practised by the Symfonic Orchestra Of Prague Conservatory since the beginning of September. The orchestra is lead by Miriam Nemcova. The solo part will be played by my cousin Josef Bartoň, to whom I dedicated this composition. The premiere will take place at the concert to the Year Of Czech Music at the concert hall of Prague Conservatory on Thursday 24th Sep 2024 at 19:00 CET.
My next steps
In two weeks I am beginnig the academic year in Brno. But I will continue to live in Prague mostly due to job reasons. I wonder how will I manage this set up. Anyway, I love railway and I believe that the line Prague-Brno would give birth to many new compositions. At the same time I am preparing more concerts – Requiem at Sázava, Missa brevis in Prague and in December I will celebrate my 15 years as a church organist.
