# Jiří Gemrot

Jiří Gemrot (born 15 April 1957 in Prague) is a Czech composer, radio executive, and a record producer. Since 1990 he has been director in chief of Czech Radio in Prague. As a composer, his music has been performed by all of the Czech Republic's major orchestras.
Gemrot studied at the Prague Conservatory from 1972–1976 where he was a pupil of Ema Doležalová and Jan Zdeněk Bartoš. He then entered the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague where he studied under Jiří Pauer through 1981. From 1982–1986 he was a music director for Czech Radio and since 1986 he has been a record producer for Panton Records. He has also worked as a music director for Czechoslovak Television. His best known composition internationally is his work for chorus and orchestra Psalm 146 (1992).

## Selected works
### Orchestra

* Pocty (Hommages) (1983)
* Tance a reflexe (Dances and Reflections) (1987)
* Sentence (Maxims) for 15 stringed instruments (1986)
* Tři adagia (Three Adagios) (1989)
* Americká předehra (American Overture) (1996)
* Sympohony No. 1 for chamber orchestra (2007)
* Sympohony No. 2 for symphonic orchestra (2012-13)

### Concertante

* Concerto for cello and orchestra (1984)
* Concerto for violin and orchestra (1990)
* Concerto for flute and orchestra (1992)
* Concertino for harp and string orchestra (1998)
* Concertino for flute, timpani, bagpipes and orchestra (2002)
* Dvojkoncert (Double Concerto) for cello, piano and string orchestra (2002–2003)
* Concerto (Jednovětý; In One Movement) for piano and orchestra (2003)
* Concertino for cello, piano and orchestra (2004)
* Concerto for cello and chamber orchestra (2009)

### Chamber music

* Sonatina for flute and piano (1978)
* Sonata No.2 for viola and piano (1979)
* Sonata for harp (1980)
* Návraty a proměny (Returns and Metamorphoses) for piano and 9 wind instruments (1981)
* Invokace (Invocation) for violin and organ (1983)
* Sonata for clarinet and piano (1983)
* Fantazie for accordion solo (1984)
* Fantasy and Toccata for guitar solo (1984)
* Invence (Invention) for violin and viola (1984)
* Sonata for flute, alto flute and piano (1985)
* Momenty (Moments) for oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1985)
* Preludia (Preludes) for viola and piano (1986)
* Meditace (Meditation) for viola and organ (1986)
* Rapsódie for bassoon and piano (1986)
* Letní studie (Summer Studies) for saxophone quartet (1986)
* Bukolika (Bucolics) for string quartet (1987)
* Rapsódie č. 2 (Rhapsody No.2) for oboe and piano (1988)
* Hudba pro Kačku (Music for Ducky) for violin and piano (1991)
* Invence II (Invention II) for cello and double bass (1991)
* Šalmajana, Suite for 6 instruments of the oboe family (1996)
* Quintet for piano and string quartet (2001)
* Letní suita (Summer Suite) for violin and harpsichord (2002)
* Sapporiana for flute and guitar (2003)
* Romance for violin and piano (2004)
* String Quartet (2005)
* Piano Trio No.2 (2006)
* Quintet for clarinet and string quartet (2006)
* Sonatina for flute and harpsichord (2007)

### Keyboard

* Sonatina gaia for piano (1977)
* Sonata No.1 for piano (1981)
* Sonata No.2 for piano (1985)
* Freska (Fresco) for organ (1987)
* Sólo for harpsichord (1987)
* Sonata No.4 for piano (1996)
* Lacrymosa, Fantasy Variations for Piano 4-hands (2000)
* Hry (Games) for harpsichord (2003)
* Malá suita (Little Suite) for piano (2006)
* Z deníku (From the Dairy) for piano (2006)
* Pastorale a duplex (Pastorale and Duplex) for harpsichord (2007)

### Vocal

* Čtyři písně na básně Paula Verlaina (Four Songs to Poems by Paul Verlaine) for tenor and piano (1981)
* Pět lyrických písní na verše Ingeborg Bachmannové (Five Lyrical Songs to Poems by Ingeborg Bachmann) for soprano and piano (1984)
* Lauda, Sion, Cantata for baritone and wind orchestra (1993)
* Olžiny písně (Olga's Songs), 5-Part Song Cycle for mezzo-soprano and cello (1993)
* Ukolébavka (Lullaby) for mezzo-soprano, cello and piano (2002)

### Choral

* Kantáta beze slov (Cantata without Words) for vocal ensemble (1982)
* Psalmus 146 for chorus and orchestra (1992)
* Mše in C (Mass in C) for mixed chorus (1994)
* Bachmannlieder for chorus and orchestra (1998)
* Milostná ronda (Love Rondos), Melodrama Cycle with piano (2000)