Sylvie Bodorová

Sylvie Bodorová (born 31 December 1954, České Budějovice) is a Czech composer. During a career spanning from the late 1970s to the present day she has composed a large number of works for various instruments, both solo and orchestral pieces, and produced commissions for cities, festivals and organisations around the world. She was a founder (and only surviving) member of the Czech classical group Quattro, formed in 1996. Biography Bodorová studied composition at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts (JAMU) in Brno and later as a post-graduate at the Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. She continued her studies in Gdańsk and the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena (with Professor Franco Donatoni) and from 1987 she attended Professor Ton de Leeuw’s composition courses in Amsterdam. She taught at JAMU in Brno and, in the 1990s, at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, 4. “Neorem, nesejem” (I sow not and plough not) 5. “Zavej že, vetricok” (“Blow little breeze”), 6. “Prečo že ma” (“Why is that?) 7. “Opýtaj sa Baláža” (“Go ask Balaz”). *JA RA LAJ, 27 compositions for tenor, violin, viola, clarinet, harp, percussion and s