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Vlastimil Lejsek

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His wife is, besides a pianist, a writer, journalist and critic working for both press and radio. Together they were an important and inspiring couple in Czech musical life. Their life and work is depicted in the book "Interviews without piano" by Jan Trojan.
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The main body of his musical output consists music for piano duo (like Brazilian Dances, Dances of Masters, Inventions, Moravian Ballades) and piano solo (Preludes, Sonatella, Pianists and Horses, The Moon Suite).
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in Brno. He was a member of Moravian Composer's Club (founded by Janáček) and also founder of the International Schubert Competition for Piano duos in
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Besides being a composer and a performing and recording pianist, Lejsek also served at the music faculties of the Conservatory and
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With his wife, Vera Lejskova, he established a famous piano duo, collaborating with composers such as
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and the Academies of Music in both Prague and Brno with František Schafer, Jan Erml and
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for children's chorus and piano (1966); words by František Halas
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Opera) for soloists, chorus, piano 4 hands and percussion (1976)
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Vlastimil Lejsek at the Czech Music Information Centre
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Serenáda pro Dr. Trojana a Variace 285:21 reminiscencí klavírního vysloužilce 438:Toccata in memoriam František Schäfer 172:(2 Pieces) for viola and piano (1959) 7: 567:A recording of Lejsek's "Moon Suite" 306:(Duettinos) for piano 4 hands (1966) 602:Franz Liszt Academy of Music alumni 77:, and recording for the first time 38:Lejsek was born on 21 July 1927 in 319:Suita z opery Noc s Kobr a Štejnem 90:Janáček Academy of Performing Arts 14: 333:for piano 4 hands and pipe (1977) 309:Sonatina for piano 4 hands (1966) 452:(Masters' Little Dances) (1976) 54:) and Franz Liszt Competition ( 1: 387:(Ballads from Moravia) (1991) 196:for clarinet and piano (1979) 446:for 2 pianos and tape (1966) 257:(Pianists and Horses) (1977) 202:for trumpet and piano (1983) 531:Co všechno musí udělat jaro 477:for 2 pianos 8 hands (1977) 206:Preludium, taneček a chorál 628: 494:Dua pro manžele Škrabalovy 363:(Five Short Dances) (1981) 178:for flute and piano (1961) 464:(Suite for Lipník) (1991) 612:Brno 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Czech
composer
pianist
Brno
Brno Conservatory
František Maxián
Prague
Budapest
Milhaud
Britten
Lutoslawski
Shostakovich
Dvořák
Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Jeseník
Rejvíz
Lejsek's biography at http://www.pianosociety.com
Vlastimil Lejsek at the Czech Music Information Centre
A recording of Lejsek's "Moon Suite"
Categories
1927 births
2010 deaths
Czech pianists
Classical piano duos
Franz Liszt Academy of Music alumni
Musicians from Brno
Brno Conservatory alumni

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