Ivo Medek, Prof. MgA. Dipl. Ing., Ph.D.
1982 – graduated from Technical University (computer studies)
1989 – graduated from Janacek Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Brno –
composition
1997 – Ph.D. – Theory of composition
2007 – Prof. - Composition
2002-2008 - the dean of the Music Faculty of the Janacek Academy of Music and
Performing Arts in Brno
2001- 2006– the head of the ISCM Czech Section
2000 - member of the Board of the Czech Music Council
since 2010 – the rector of the Janacek Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno,
Czech Republic
2009 – member of the Board for Arts of the Czech Minister of Culture
2010 – member of the Czech Rectors Conference, since 2013 – CRC vicepresident
2011 – member of the Czech UNESCO Commitee
- more than 50 orchestral, chamber and electroacoustic works, a large number have been performed at main concert venues both in Europa (Darmstadt Summer Courses, Warsaw Autumn, VN:M Graz, Prague Spring Festival, Moscow Autumn, Melos-Etos, Audio-Art, Europalia, Wiener Festwochen, Music Now, Cluj Modern, Ad libitum, Pianodrom, Ciclo de Musica Contemporena Madrid, Israel Contemporary Players' Season, etc.), Asia (World New Music Days 2002 Hong Kong, New Music Week Shanghai) and in USA by reputable musicians (as ensemble recherche, Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble, Gareth Davis, Carin Levine, Daniel Kienzy, Zsolt Nagy, Aeolian Trio, PluralEnsemble, Zeitgeist Ensemble,.Israel Contemporary Soloists,..) and have earned him awards in various competitions
- over the last ten years he has been evolving his own particular method of composition characterized primarily by the building-up and organization of various independent musical processes (Medek,I.: An Introduction to Processuality, JAMU 2002, 160p.-engl.version) and the order of a music composition (Medek,I., Pinos,A.: Order of the Music Composition and General Pronciples of its Construction, JAMU 2006, Engl. version)
- papers at several international conferences (Mannheim, Graz, Darmstadt Summer Courses – member of the Composer´s Forum, universities in Austria, Germany, Portugal, Holland, Israel, Ukraine, Slovakia, Poland, USA – CalArts, CSU, USC, UNT, UC Santa Barbara, Riverside, Davis, Chapman Un., China, Thailand,South Korea and elsewhere), tens of texts for theoretical and daily journals and masterclasses
- 1985 co-founder of Art Inkognito, one of the very first Czech contemporary music
ensembles
- 2000 co-founder of Ensemble Marijan - the group for improvised music and multimedia
special interest in large multimedia arts projects and improvised music
- member of jury (various composition competition, 2012 - Rubinstein Piano Competition
- member of the presidium of the Czech Music Council
- 1998-2006 head of the Czech Musíc Foundation Composers Commitee
- 2000 – 2006 head of the ISCM Czech Section
- consul of Czech multi-artistic Group "Q"
- head of MUSICA NOVA - periodical international music conference
- director and coordinator of intemational summer courses PERCUSSION WORKSHOP
SYMPOSIUM TRSTENICE for percussíon players and composers -
hf.jamu.cz/symposium-trstenice
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