Marta Jiráčková

Marta Jirácková (born 22 March 1932) is a Czech composer. Biography Marta Jiráčková was born in Kladno. She studied with Emil Hlobil at the Prague Conservatory of Music, and after graduating in 1959, took a job in Czechoslovak Radio as a music editor. She studied harmony and composition with Alois Hába from 1962 until 1964, and took a break from composition when she married conductor Václav Jiráček. After her husband died in an accident, she returned to study and composition in the 1970s in Brno with Ctirad Kohoutek and Alois Piňos at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts. Her composition Loď bláznů (The Ship of Fools) was awarded the 1992 Prize of the Czech Music Fund. Works Jiráčková has composed more than forty works, including vocal music, chamber music, symphonies, ballet, and music for radio and television. Selected works include: Orchestral works: *Sláva Vorlová’s Confession, symphonic sketch with solo trumpet and soprano. Op. 8 (1973) *Nanda Devi, Symphony No. 1, with children’s and female chorus and tower bells, Op. 25 (1979) *Ave Seikilos, composition in one movement for strings and percussion, Op. 31 (1983) *The Butterfly Effect, composition for violoncello so