Jiří Stivín (born 23 November 1942 in

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) is a Czech flute player and composer.

Biography

He graduated from the Film Faculty of the

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(FAMU). He also studied composition at the

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as well as at the Prague Academy of Music (AMU), and studied the flute under Milan Munclinger. Stivín performs music from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Baroque periods. As a sololist, he performed with the

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, with the Slovak Chamber Orchestra, with

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, Barocco sempre giovane as well as with several other ensembles. He is also involved in jazz, both as a performer and as a composer. In the 1990s he gave lectures at the

Prague Conservatory The Prague Conservatory () is a public music school in Prague, Czech Republic, founded in 1808. Currently, the school offers four- or six-year courses, which can be compared to the level of a high school diploma in other countries. Graduates c ...

and had conducted annual master classes in Barock music in the South Bohemian town of

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in the summer in the 1970s-1980s. Stivín is active in the Jazz Quartet in the Czech Republic, playing both the flute and saxophone. His larg
discography
ranges from jazz to classical music, and his nine separate CDs of suite and chamber music recordings of

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for recorder and flute with

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and

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labels are the most numerous of his contemporaries performing Telemann. In 2007, Stivín was awarded the Medal of Merit by President Václav Klaus for his contributions to culture and art.

References

External links

Official site
* (list of film music compositions) 1942 births Living people Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music Czech classical musicians Czech classical flautists Baroque musicians Czech jazz musicians Czech jazz saxophonists Czech saxophonists Musicians from Prague Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic) European Jazz Ensemble members Academic staff of the Prague Conservatory Academy of Performing Arts in Prague alumni {{CzechRepublic-musician-stub