Vybrané skladby.

SWIRL

Constant motion of various colliding forces.

TEPHRA

Reflects the complex interplay of thoughts and emotions, akin to the unpredictable flow of volcanic forces.

CATCH

Inspired by three ever-relevant texts and tunes from three different eras of our modern history, hidden and blurred; still, with moments of clarity of direct, fragmented, and varied quotations – the work delivers a refle…

Sinfonia n.2

In this symphony, the composer challenged himself with a formal structure based on the golden mean, creating what he calls a "rocket sonata". The first movement uses golden proportions to determine both macro and micro-l…

Babel

This composition originated from recurring dreams featuring mysterious numbers and visions. The work explores the biblical Tower of Babel narrative — a story found across multiple religions depicting humanity's attempt t…

Sinfonia n.1

A large-scale orchestral work opening with a 13/16 measure introducing all twelve pitches in modal form. The first movement explores ambivalent tones and polyphonic textures through varied instrumental interpolations and…

GRAAL

Talks

Written for Daniel Matejča and commissioned by Jan Prchal. Talks captures the societal essence of conversation. The dichotomy between soloist and ensemble mirrors various types of discourse. Through deep listening, unity…

Flux

Flux reflects and challenges individual perception of time, especially during social isolation. Interlocking morphing gestures create seamless boundaries between foreground and background. Independent musical lines join…

καυστικός

Written for the Osawa SOTA Wind Ensemble. Sharp rhythmical motives and obsessive ostinato rhythms in percussion paint the scene of burning sarcastic commentary. Highly chromatic pitch content, brass glissandi, close imit…

Morceau de Concours

Composed for the student ZUŠ Jablonová String Orchestra for the Concerto Bohemia national competition. Simplistic, yet harmonically rich work designed as a short candy, tailored for the ensemble's efforts at the competit…

Bílá růže

An In Memoriam dedicated to the composer's friend who died by suicide. Created for a one-time performance. Poems for intermezzos by Jana Kostkanová and Hana Valová. Recording by Vít Jíra; mix and mastering by Martin Hav…

Una Risposta

Investigates the ensemble's deep listening and close interactions.

Reciprocity

Tribute to the 2Low Duo — an artistic and human bond.

Silver Lining

Delves into hope from adversity.

XII: Antiphōna

This composition explores twelve distinct musical elements, drawing from the composer's rock and prog-rock background while transcending conventional four-chord progressions. The work's structure emphasizes harmony, exam…

Mezi horami

A Moravian folk song deeply rooted in the composer's past, influencing early musical taste. The tune conveys a story of unfortunate death and tragic love devotion in lyrical manner typical to the culture, transforming su…

Kairós

Large single-movement work reflecting a complex palette of moods.

Youth

Youth celebrates Michèle's incredibly young and beautiful spirit that never fails to fascinate me. Its joyful, playful, and at times mysterious character has invited the music to be somewhat rhapsodic in its melodic writ…

3²

A playful and somewhat shrilling party piece of an ambiguous sonority, and at times, pulse. This ambivalence contributes to my omnipresent feeling whenever I am trying to have a conversation in a bar, and the club music…

Die Streichstücke

This work marks a return to chamber music writing after an extended period devoted to large commissions and symphonic projects. The composer approached the three movements as a deep personal confession, exploring the his…

Nuova prosa

This work explores musical dialogue among ensemble members. The piece features collaborative playing arrangements designed to foster connection between performers, with shared and individual percussion instruments creati…

Svár a smír

The opening unsettled divaricating gesture in the accompanying piano part along with the saxophone lays out the obstinate character of the musical material. Often diverging and working against each other, the two parts i…

Suite "Z cest"

Inspired by a bicycle journey from Prague to Helsinki undertaken in summer 2015 with a composer colleague and friend.

Lamentations

An acoustic and psychological exploration of the violin and composer's bounded ideas. Using specific D-heavy scordatura, the piece investigates musical meaning of a quarter-tone tuned A string across different movements.…

Echi___

A solo piano work conceived as an emotional detox during a period of political turbulence. The composer sought to create a piece emotionally detached from personal involvement, though acknowledges this goal was only part…

But Love Is Stronger

A testament to the indomitable power of love, with poetry by Byron, Brontë, Rossetti, and cummings.

Consolatio

Setting of a medieval Latin text about cosmic harmony.

Nová míza

Dedicated to Punkt Choir and its Artistic Director Alena Jelínková. A composition reflecting a symbiosis of turmoil and young deeply rooted optimism, based on the composer's original poem. The work explores themes of nat…

MdadaZ

Created during Christmas 2015, this work explores language distortion and meaning reversal. The composer initially considered using Siri dictation to create confusion between Czech and English, but ultimately employed an…

In The Night

A choral composition exploring octatonic modal writing, inspired by García Lorca's poem In The Night Of The Garden. The work emerged from the composer's exploration of making complex modal structures idiomatic for vocal…

Miserere mei

An opening supplication in tenor with chant-like character presents an appeal to God through a choir. The second section initiates a procession, beginning an eternal solemn ritual imploring forgiveness of sins. While red…

Felice primavera

Composed for the 450th birth anniversary of Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa. The work blends renaissance textures with fugal writing and newer modalities, inspired by Gesualdo's masterful counterpoint. It sets Torquato Tasso's…

Kyrie

Composed for the International Composition Competition in Riga. The work sets the text "Kyrie eléison, Christe eléison." Chromatic harmonies blend with electronic elements and interjecting piano gestures to convey a sens…

Distant Echoes

An immersive exploration of an existential crisis, addressing anhedonia.

Odcházení / ...then the rest is silence

A piece dedicated to a strong mother. The work sets a Czech poem to music, exploring themes of grief and mortality through the departure of a beloved person. The English translation emphasizes silence and sorrow as centr…

Sphères

A spatial improvisation where each instrument undergoes electronic live-processing. The piece introduces a simple idea across the hall, passing between instruments in prescribed order, growing into complex layers as idea…

Hémisphères

A surround sound composition where a microphone captures piano sound distributed across six speakers positioned throughout the performance space. The pianist faces away from the audience, with the keyboard visible and pa…

Pro jednoho jelena navíc (OST)

Three lurchers, three life-stories, three fatal shots. Passion for hunting that is stronger than fear of death. A land which is a memoir of generations, both young and the ones of the past. The drama is based on the true…