Martin Smolka

Martin Smolka (born 11 August 1959 in Prague) is a contemporary Czech composer of classical music.

Works 1983 Slzy (Tears)

1985-1988 Hudba hudbička (Music Sweet Music) for ensemble.

1988 Music for Retuned Instruments

1989 Zvonění (Ringing) for solo percussion. Nocturne

1990 L’Orch pour l’orch;

1990-1992 Netopýr (The Flying Dog);

1992 Rain, a Window, Roofs, Chimneys, Pigeons and so... and Railway-Bridges, too

1993 Trzy motywy pastoralne (Three pastoral motifs).

1993-1995 Rent a Ricercar

1996 Euforium; Three pieces for retuned orchestra.

1996-1997 Lullaby

1998 8 pieces for guitar quartet. Autumn Thoughts for ensemble.

1999 Lieder ohne Worte und Passacaglia. Nešť for orchestra. Like Those Nicéan Barks of Yore for trombone and life electronics.

2000 Blue Note Walden, the Distiller of Celestial Dews Remix, Redream, Reflight; Houby a nebe (Mushrooms and Heaven), Czech text Petr Pavel Fiala and Martin Smolka.

2001 Geigenlieder, German text Christian Morgenstern and Bertolt Brecht;

2001-2003 Nagano - Opera, libretto Jaroslav Dušek and Martin Smolka. Observing the Clouds

2002 Missa Ach, mé milé c moll (Oh, my admired C minor).

2003 Solitudo;

2003-2004 Tesknice (Nostalgia)

2004 Hats in the Sky For a Buck

2005 Das schlaue Gretchen opera for children, libretto Klaus Angermann;

2006 Lamento metodico; Słone i smutne (Salt and Sad), Polish text Tadeusz Różewicz; Semplice

2010 fff (Fortissimo feroce Fittipaldi) for saxophone, piano and percussion - written for Trio Accanto.

Discography Hudba hudbička, ensemble AGON, Arta Records, Prague 1991 Music for Retuned Instruments, ensemble recherche, Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik 1991, WDR Köln 1991 Rain, a Window, Roofs, Chimneys, Pigeons and so... and Railway-Bridges, too, col legno München/SWF Baden-Baden, Donaueschinger Musiktage 1992 A v sadech korálů, jež slabě zrůžověly, Petr Matuszek - bariton, Martin Smolka - piano, Na prahu světla, Happy Music, Prague 1996 Rent a Ricercar, Flying Dog, For Woody Allen, Nocturne, AGON Orchestra, audio ego/Society for New Music Prague, 1997 Euphorium, Rain, a Window, Roofs, Chimneys, Pigeons and so... and Railway-Bridges, too, Music for Retuned Instruments, Ringing, AGON Orchestra, audio ego/Society for New Music Prague, 1998 Walden, the Distiller of Celestial Dews, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Meinhard Jenne – percussion, Rupert Huber - conductor, Donaueschinger Musiktage 2000 fff (Fortissimo feroce Fittipaldi), Trio Accanto, Wergo (forthcoming)