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Doc. Vlastislav
Matoušek Ph.D. (1948)
studied
Composition and post-gradual courses in Musical Theory at the
Academy of Performing Arts, the Faculty of Music in Prague where he has been
teaching ethnomusicology since 1991. There he received his Ph.D.
degree in theory of composition. Six months as a fellow of Japan Foundation
he studied shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) playing at
Master Kifu Mitsuhashi and Japanese Traditional Music at
Prof. Osamu Yamaguti in Japan (1996). |
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In
his ethnomusicology research he focuses on Extra-European Cultures,
exotic and folk musical instruments, rhythm and kinetics (book
Rhythm and Time in Ethnic Music –Togga, Prague 2003). He has been active as
a musical journalist, especially with the Czech Radio in Prague. |
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He
is the author of extraordinary original art-music compositions, often
with the participation of exotic instruments and electronics. He prefers
non-traditional means of expression and compositional procedures. |
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As a soloist
concert performer he mainly plays honkyoku – traditional pieces
for Japanese bamboo flute shakuhachi (CD
Calligraphy
- Angel 1999, CD
Taki ochi
– Arta Rec. 2003, CD Calligraphy II - Nextera 2004). He is an
art-director and a conductor of his contemporary music Ensemble 108 Hz
which presents experimental music and his own compositions for voices and other
even exotic and folk instruments from his personal extensive collection, often
in combination with electronics (CD
Shapes of Silence
- Transmusic 1994, Nextera 2006). |
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He sings and
plays Gothic and Renaissance music from Czech sources (Codex Franus, Specialnik
etc.) and Eastern-Czech folk music on the historical Czech "moldánky"
bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy,
hackbrett,
gemshorn,
shawms,
platerspiel
and other ancient and folk instruments with his own family ensemble Schola
Specialis Familiae. |
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Since 1979 he
has been playing meditation and Orient inspired music on percussion and various
other ethnic instruments (especially Indian tabla and various folk
flutes) in the group Relaxace
(CD
Dhjána,
CD
Kadael,
CD
Czech Koan,
CD
Morning Prayer,
CD
Indian Inspirations
etc.). |
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