Jindřich Feld

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Jindřich Feld (born February 19, 1925) is a Czech composer of classical music.

[edit] Biography

He was born into a musical family, his father a well-known professor of violin at the Prague Conservatory while his mother was a violinist. While he studied violin and viola with his father, he began studying composition early, studying at the Prague Conservatory and then graduating from the Academy of Music in 1952. In this year he also earned his doctorate from the Charles University in Prague, with degrees in musicology, aesthetics and philosophy.

In 1968 and 1969 Feld accepted an invitation to be a Guest Professor of Composition at Adelaide University in Australia. He also continued to teach at the Prague Conservatory, where he was Professor of Composition from 1972 until 1986. He was guest lecturer at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana in 1981 and 1984. His teaching positions also included positions at other American universities as well as ones in Denmark, Norway, Germany, France, England, and 1991 in Japan.

[edit] Selected works

Orchestral
- Three symphonies (1967, 1983, 1994-8)
- Concertos
  - For flute (1954), cello (1958), bassoon (1959), oboe (1970), piano (1973), trombone (1975), accordion (1975), violin (1977), saxophone (1980), harp (1982)
- Concerto for chamber orchestra (1957)
Chamber music
- Six string quartets (1949-1993)
- String quintet (quartet + viola) (1972)
- Wind quintets (1949, 1968)
- Rhapsody for organ (1963)
- Sonatas
  - Viola and piano (1955)
  - Flute and piano (1957)
  - Bassoon and piano sonatina (1969)
  - Clarinet and piano sonatina (1970)
  - Piano (1972)
  - Cello and piano (1972)
  - Guitar (1974)
  - Oboe and piano (1982)
  - Violin and piano (1985)
  - Alto saxophone and piano (1989-90)
- Trio for oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1987)