Musicatlas
Music
Chamber music
- La Riemersione di Venezia for viola, violoncello and tape (2008, durata cca 10’)
- Přidávám se k tvým hvězdám / I Join Your Stars for percussion (2007, durata cca 7´)
- Basic Prague for sampler and ensemble (2007, durata cca 11´)
- Coltrascension for alto saxophone and percussion (2007, durata cca 11´)
- Better Land for voice, acoustic and electronic instruments and tape (2007, durata cca 9´)
- Joie sur Terre for clarinet, viola and piano (2006, durata cca 11´)
- Chlapečku bosý! / Barefoot boy! for string quartet (2004, durata cca 10´)
- Ninive for three violoncellos (2004, durata cca 13´)
- Noční Udice for alto, flute, violoncello, piano and perc. (2003, durata cca 10´)
Orchestral music
- Boží děti / Filii Dei for mixed choir, large orchestra and tape (2007, durata cca 24´)
- Oriolus for solo violin and orchestra (2005, durata cca 14´)
- In me la morte for solo soprano and orchestra (2005, durata cca 11´)
- Duel for symphony orchestra (2004, durata cca 13´)
- Concertino for double bass and string orchestra (2002, durata cca 9´)
Vocal music
- Shalom Alechem for mezzosoprano and ensemble (2005, durata cca 8´)
- Boží děti / Filii Dei for mixed choir, large orchestra and tape (2007, durata cca 24´)
- In me la morte for solo soprano and orchestra (2005, durata cca 11´)
- The Little Prince – opera in two movements after Antoine de Saint- Exupéry (2003, durata cca 75´)
- Noční Udice for alto, flute, violoncello, piano and percussion (2003, durata cca 10´)
- Oběť Poděkovací for baritone and string quartet (2002, durata cca 5´)
- Kyveta – miniopera for soprano, baritone, 2 violins, tenor saxophone, accordion and double bass (2001, durata cca 10´)
Theatre and film music
- Rhapsody in Yellow (2005, Tomáš Váňa & Hidden Child Praha)
- Josef Lux – Kříž (2003, Tomáš Váňa & the Czech Television)
- Snesitelná lehkost pití (2001, the Café-Theater Černá labuť, Prague)
- Tady se dějou věci (2001, Jan Pachl & FAMU)
- Obyčejný večer (2000, the Železná Club, Prague)
- Nebe Peklo Ráj (2000, the Theatre Damůza, Prague)
- Taming of the Shrew (2000, the Theatre Komedie, Prague)
Life
Jiří Kadeřábek was born on April 14, 1978 in Zlín, Czech Republic. He studied composition at the Conservatory of Jaroslav Ježek (graduated in 2002) and the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (graduated in 2006 – Master of Arts degree) where he is in the doctoral program currently. In 2005 he received the bourse La Sacem for work residency for composers in Paris, thanks to which he has become familiar with the latest technologies and applications in composition. Since that time he has been attending the IRCAM´s workshops regularly and also another composition courses and private lessons (Marco Stroppa, Tristan Murail, Helmut Oehring, Lasse Thoresen, Stefano Gervasoni, Adriano Guarnieri, Marek Kopelent, Jeff Beer, Martin Smolka etc.).
He received multiple prizes at the Composition Competition „Generace“ (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007), the 3rd Prize at the Czech Radio Composition Competition, the Dean of the Music Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague Award and a nomination for the Gideon Klein Award (those three in 2006). His works have been commissioned and performed by the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Hradec Králové Symphony Orchestra, the North Czech Philharmony Teplice, the Bohuslav Martinů Philharmony Zlín, the Slovak Philharmonic Choir, the National Theatre in Prague, the Rainbow Quartet, the Ensemble Martinů, the Ensemble Calliopée, the Intrasonus Ensemble, the Ensemble MoEns etc. Some of his works have been recorded and published by the Czech Radio and the Gold Branch Music. He is engaged in film and theatre music composition as well (FAMU, the Czech Television, the Theatre Na zábradlí, the Theatre Komedie etc.).