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MAŘATKA Kryštof
Czech composer Kryštof Mařatka lives and works in Prague and Paris, and the versatility that marks his artistic activities in several countries is often seen as a strong link between the various cultural universes he draws inspiration from or questions, while discovering new avenues of musical expression.
Compositions
Solos
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L’Île des Ailes
for piano
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Vzlet – L’Envol
for clarinet in B-flat or A
Duos
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Altotem
for viola with piano accompaniment
Quatuors
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Arboretum du Temps
for clarinet & string quartet (conductor and separate parts)
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Bachorky
for clarinet, viola, piano & ensemble of Czech folk instruments
Musique Symphonique
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La Forêt invisible
melodramatic fable for actor (or actress), player of koncovka (Czech folk instrument) or flute & orchestra (composed of beginner and advanced child musicians and professional adults) (PO and material)
Biography
Czech composer Kryštof Mařatka lives and works in Prague and Paris. The versatility that marks his artistic activities, carried out between several countries, is often seen as a strong link he creates between varied cultural universes from which he draws inspiration or questions, while discovering new paths of musical expression. His works draw on a variety of sources, from precise and elaborate worlds – traditional world music, the birth of language in man, Paleolithic music and art – to broader worlds – literary (melodramas), instrumental or pedagogical (Philharmonie de Paris DEMOS, CNSM de Paris, Conservatoires de musique). Various arrangements and transcriptions complete the catalog of his works.
As a conductor, Kryštof Mařatka has appeared with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Nederlands Kamerorkest at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Prague Philharmonia Orchestra, the Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra, the Polish National Radio Orchestra, the Orchestre National de Lille, the Prague National Opera Orchestra and many others.
As a pianist, alongside his own works, he often highlights his passion for the music of Leoš Janáček, as well as for improvisation. In this way, he seeks to raise public awareness of the attractions of musical creation through the experience of the birth of a work lived by the audience in real time.
He was awarded the Prix Pierre Cardin by the Académie des Beaux-Arts for musical composition, and in 2007 a documentary film was directed and produced: Naissance d’un imaginaire (26 min., Karl More Productions), broadcast on the European television channel Mezzo.
News
Kryštof Mařatka
In 2022-23, Kryštof Mařatka is “composer in residence” for the Saison musicale des Invalides with several concerts. The Orchestre de la Garde républicaine will perform his concerto for clarinet and […]
(French) Reprise – La Forêt Invisible – Kryštof Mařatka – 13 avril 2019
samedi 13 avril à 20:30 au Manège Royal Place Royale 78100 Saint-Germain-en-Laye La Forêt invisible fable mélodramatique pour comédien (ou comédienne), joueur de koncovka (instrument populaire tchèque) ou flûte traversière & orchestre (composé […]
(French) Kryštof Mařatka – Prix des Victoires de la musique en Tchèquie: Classic Praha Awards pour Bachorky
Les Éditions Musicales Artchipel ont le plaisir de vous annoncer que Kryštof Mařatka est lauréat du Prix des Victoires de la musique en Tchèquie: Classic Praha Awards pour Bachorky.
(French) A L’OCCASION DE LA SORTIE DU DISQUE DE KRYSTOF MARATKA – origINnovation – CONCERT LE 16 AVRIL 2018
Lundi 16 avril à 20h00 – Salle Cortot 78 rue Cardinet, 75017 Paris Métro : ligne 3, station Malesherbes | ligne 2, station Monceau Bus : lignes 31 (Jouffroy d’Abbans – Tocqueville), 94 […]
(French) CRÉATION MONDIALE DE ARBORETUM DU TEMPS – KRYSTOF MARATKA
Mardi 28 novembre 2017 à 19h au Centre tchèque de Paris – Salle Janáček 18 rue Bonaparte, 75006 Paris. Métro Saint Germain-des-Prés (l. 4) et Mabillon (l. 10) Bus n° 95 ou 39, […]
Events
27
May
2024
Kryštof Mařatka
World premiere Sanctuaires, aux abysses des grottes ornées (concerto for violin & orchestra) Prague Spring Festival, Rudolfinum, 8pm Orchestre Philharmonique de RadioFrance, Kryštof Mařatka – conductor, Amaury Coeytaux – violin […]
22
Jun
2023
(French) Kryštof Mařatka
résidence du compositeur à la Saison musicale Grand salon des Invalides – Paris (F) – 12H15 Bartu Elci-Ozsoy, violon Yan Mařatka, clarinette Kryštof Mařatka, piano, trans-instruments archaïques En savoir plus
07
Jun
2023
(French) Kryštof Mařatka
Reprise de L’Envol pour clarinette CNSMDP – Paris – 16H45 David Mařatka, clarinette
19
Mar
2023
(French) Kryštof Mařatka
Reprise – L’Envol, pour clarinette et Kuznétsov, mélodrame pour un comédien-pianiste Centre Tchèque – Paris (F) – 17H00 En savoir plus…
18
Sep
2022
(French) Kryštof Mařatka
Concert origINnovation (Grand salon du musée de l’Armée) Dimanche 18 septembre à 16h30. Distribution Michel LETHIEC, clarinette Karine LETHIEC, alto Kryštof MAŘATKA, compositeur, piano, ensemble d’instruments de musique populaire tchèque Programme […]