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 to 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 to 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