Parents Jakub Obrovský | Education Prague Conservatory | |
Died 1987, Prague, Czech Republic Similar Milan Zelenka, Jan Kapr, Ivana Loudová, Karel Reiner, Jiří Ignác Linek | ||
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Jana Obrovská (13 September 1930 – 1987) was a Czech composer.
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Biography
Jana Obrovská was born in Prague, the daughter of painter and sculptor Jakub Obrovský. Her early studies were piano with B. Kabeláčová-Rixová and theory with Jaroslav Řídký. At the Prague Conservatory she studied with M. Krejčí and Emil Hlobil from 1949-55. She won a prize in the 1972 Concours International de Guitarre in Paris for Passocaglia und Toccata. Her Hommage a Béla Bartók became compulsory in the same Paris competition in 1975. Obrovská also composed music for orchestra and chamber ensembles.
Obrovská married guitar virtuoso Milan Zelenka and the couple had a son, guitarist Vilém Zelenka (b. 1987) who often plays in a duo with his father.
Works
Obrovská's compositions have been recorded and issued on CD, including:
Selective Discography
(1992)