Lucie Vítková (1985, Boskovice, CZ); +1 347 967 2997; [email protected]; http://www.vitkovalucie.com.

I am a composer, performer and improviser of , harmonica, voice and dance from the Czech Republic. My work pursues two lines of enquiry: my compositional practice focuses on sonification (compositions based on abstract models derived from physical objects), while my improvisational practice explores characteristics of discrete spaces through the interaction between sound and movement. Recently, I have become particularly interested in the question of social relationships in music and their implications for the structural organization of musical pieces. I explore this theme in all aspects of my work. Education: [2013-present] Janacek Academy of Music and Performing Arts Brno (JAMU Brno), CZ: Doctorate in composition and music theory (Ph.D.) with Peter Graham; in the academic year 2014/2015 recipient of Nadace Český hudební fond scholarship. [1/2016-1/2017] Columbia University NYC, USA: Visiting scholar with Prof. George E. Lewis. [2/2015-12/2015] Universität der Künste Berlin, DE: Recipient of Erasmus Scholarship for studies in composition and music theory with Marc Sabat. [9/2014-1/2015] Universität der Künste Berlin: Recipient of DAAD scholarship (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst). [2011-13] JAMU Brno: Master’s Degree (MgA.) in composition with Martin Smolka and Peter Graham, including the following international exchanges: [2011-12] Royal Conservatoire The Hague, NL: Recipient of Erasmus Scholarship for studies in composition with Martijn Padding, Cornelis de Bondt, Gilius van Bergeijk and Yannis Kyriakides, and in sonology (a subset of sound studies) with Paul Berg, Joel Ryan, Peter Pabon, Richard Barrett and Kees Tazelaar. [Fall Semester 2012] California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), USA: Recipient of Rudolf Firkušný Scholarship for studies in composition with Michael Pisaro and vocal performance with Jacqueline Bobak. [2008-11] JAMU Brno: Bachelor’s Degree (BcA.) in composition (distinction) with Martin Smolka and Peter Graham. [2007-08] Conservatory of Music Brno: yearlong foundation studies in composition with Pavel Novák-Zemek. [2004-10] Conservatory of Music Brno: Diploma (DiS.) in accordion performance (distinction) with Miroslav Morys and Jan Tesař. Professional positions held: [May-Jul. 2015] Sounds for a While, Deutsche Oper - Tishlerei, Berlin: whole evening project created by sound studies Master students lead by director Hans Peter Kuhn. I was participating as teacher, performer, accordionist and singer. [Spring 2014-present] Alice in Bed, National Theater Brno: accordion player in the contemporary opera by Ivo Medek and Markéta Dvořáková. [Winter 2014-present] Mince mezi zuby, Center of Experimental Theater, Brno: composer and accordion player in the experimental theater play directed by Eva Tálská. [Sep. 2013-Sep. 2014] Radio R, Brno: one year experience as a head of Lifestyle Office in a non-profit student radio in Brno. Documentation at: http://www.radior.cz/. - teaching experiences abroad [Oct.-Dec. 2015] Workshop Experimentelle Musik: Intonation/ Praxis, Universität der Künste (UdK), Berlin: During the winter semester 2015, I am assistant teacher to Marc Sabat at UdK, preparing classes focused on scores which look for unexpected musical situations and logic. These 2-hours lessons are on weekly basis. [7th Feb. 2015] + [30thJan. 2015] Lucie Vítková Presents Music of Christian Wolff, NK Projekt, Udk, Berlin: presentation of the results of my collaboration with Berlin students and performers (aka Temporary Ensemble) with whom I was working on the scores and music of Christian Wolff. This program was also performed on 30th January at UdK Berlin. [19th Jan. 2015] Learning to Improvise with Music of Christian Wolff, BIRG Berlin: I gave a presentation of my research about Christian Wolff´s music at the Berlin Improvisation Research Group (BIRG) meeting. [1st Dec. 2014] Universität der Künste, Berlin: I gave a 2-hour talk about pieces of Christian Wolff and my pieces Lady Suit and Transfer of Attention. [20th Nov. 2014] Experimentelle Gruppe, Berlin: I gave a 2-hour workshop about Christian Wolff´s music, consisted of the talk Christian Wolff in Context and examining the pieces such as Stones, Sticks and For John with students of Universität der Künste. [Feb. 2014] John Adams Young Composers School, Berkeley, USA: I gave 60-minute lecture for students of composition about my own pieces, focused on writing for percussion. Courses taught and other services provided to students and the home institution: [18th Jul. 2014] Vs. Interpretation conference 2014, Prague, CZ: I had a talk about Christian Wolff´s music and improvisation called Composing Situations: Improvisation in the Music of Christian Wolff. Documentation at: http://agosto-foundation.org/schedule/. [24th May 2014] Day of Science, Faculty of Social Studies, Brno: I had a talk about sonification in my pieces (Clothes Pieces, Water Turbine) like a representative member of RADIO R. [20th Mar. 2014] Doctoral Conference at JAMU Brno: I had a talk about Christian Wolff and his compositional techniques. [13th Mar. 2014] Workshop about Improvisation, Skleněná louka, Brno: I gave 4-hour workshop about improvisation and music of Christian Wolff as part of the series of lectures at Musicology Faculty in Brno. [Dec. 2013] On the Border of Academic and Conceptual Art, Prague: I gave 90-minute lecture about my own compositions and visualisation of music for students of intermedia arts at Prague College. [Oct. 2013] Voice-Movement-Space, JAMU Brno: four weekend workshops of Lucie Páchová for students of Theater Faculty of JAMU Brno, where I participated as a guest lecturer and gave a whole day seminar about connection of voice, movement and space. [Jul. 2011] Trstěnice Festival Composer in Residence: one week residency for composers and instrumentalists, during which I gave a 90-minute lecture about extended accordion techniques. [Jun. 2011] Slyšet jinak (Hearing Differently), Hradec upon Moravice, CZ: four-day seminar for young composers, in which I participated as a teacher of composition and gave a lecture about traditional and extended techniques of accordion playing and notation. This project included writing an article: Vítková, L. (2011). Ještě jednou o projektu Slyšet jinak in Talent. no. 8, 2011. 14-15. [2008-11] Theater Faculty of JAMU Brno: I taught tap dancing on a weekly basis for three years to both undergraduate and graduate students. Publications: Vítková, L. (2015). Learning with Christian Wolff´s Music in Open Space Magazine (USA), issue 17-18. Spring, fall 2015. Kotík, P.; Vítková, L. (2015). Interview with Petr Kotík in VLNA (SK), Jun. 2015. Vítková, L. (2015). Learning to Change with Music of Christian Wolff in Vs. Interpretation Book of Agosto Foundation (CZ/USA), Jun. 2015. Vítková, L. (2015). Úvod do díla Christiana Wolffa (An Introduction to the Work of Christian Wolff) in Ditchmag, 6. 2. 2015. Available at: http://ditchmag.cz/uvod-do-dila-christiana-wolffa/. - Discography Rothenberg, D. & Vítková, L. (2015). And Vex the Nightingale. [online release]. USA: Terra Nova Music. Documentation at: https://terranovamusic.bandcamp.com/album/and-vex-the-nightingale. Vítková, L. (2015). Chorals. [online release]. CZ: Signals from Arkaim. Documentation at: http://signalsfromarkaim.blogspot.cz/2015/08/sfa048-lucie-vitkova-chorals.html. Vítková, L. (2014). Ideas and Techniques. [online release]. USA: pan y rosas. Documentation at: http://www.panyrosasdiscos.net/pyr100-lucie-vitkova-ideas-and-techniques/. Accordion on Čermák, J. (2014). Rodinné Album. [CD release]. CZ: Indies Scope Records. Havelková, J. & Vítková, L. (2013). Proposal for an Alteration of the Score. [CD release]. CZ/SK: LOM Records. Documentation at: http://zvukolom.org/releases/03-jolana-havelkova-lucie-vitkova-navrh-na-zmenu-partitury/. Spoken word on Pisaro, M., Egger, O., Holter, J. (2013). The Middle of Life. [CD release]. USA: Gravity Wave. Vítková, L. (2012). Accept. Music of Ostrava Days 2011 live. [CD release]. CZ: Ostravské centrum nové hudby, Track 1. Vocalist on Květy (2011). V čajové konvici. [CD release]. CZ: Indies Scope Records. ÖNCZ kekvist (2010). ÖNCZ kekvist: Improvised Music in the Context of Experimental Art and Today´s Society. [CD and vinyl release]. Vienna: ÖRF Radiokulturhaus. - press: Záboj, M. (2014). Revoluci a V. Havla připomene v New Yorku skladba Lucie Vítkové (about my composition Fragile Freedom, written for the 25th anniversary of Velvet Revolution performed in ) in Zrcadlo Blanenska a Boskovicka, 17. 11. 2014. Available at: http://www.zrcadlo.net/clanky/Revoluci-a-V-Havla-pripomene-v-New-Yorku- skladba-Lucie-Vitkove-1194/ . Záboj, M. (2014). Skladatelka Lucie Vítková vrací lidové písně z Blanenska na místa, kde původně vznikly (about project Blansko and Its Surroundings in Folklore Songs) in Zrcadlo Blanenska a Boskovicka, no. 17, Aug. 2014, 3. Záboj, M. (2014). Lucie Vítková z Blanska je nejhranější mladou autorkou vážné hudby (about OSA Awards) in Zrcadlo Blanenska a Boskovicka, no. 14, Jul. 2014, 4. Kratochvíl, M. (2013). Jolana Havelková a Lucie Vítková: Návrh na změnu partitury (about CD Proposal for an Alteration of the Score) in HIS VOICE, Mar. 2013.10. Kratochvíl, M. (2012). Lucie Vítková: Turning Sewing Patterns into Music (interview) in Czech Music Quarterly, Apr. 2012. 25-28. Valoch, J. (2012). Partitury a parafráze (about Acoustic Painting no. XI) in HIS VOICE, Jan. 2012. 15-16. Preisner, P. (2012). Dotknout se místa (about Touch the Place) in Prostor Zlín, Jan. 2012. 32-33. Kratochvíl, M. (2012). Lucie Vítková: Hudba podle střihu (interview) in HIS VOICE, Oct.-Dec. 2012. 22-25. Fadingerová, H. (2012). Pavel Korbička a Lucie Vítková: Akustické obrazy (about Acoustic Paintings in Brno Gallery) in A2, no. 15, 2012. 31. Musilová, H. (2011). Návrh na změnu partitury (about Proposal for an Alteration of the Score) in Opus musicum, Jun. 2011. 83-85. Valoch, J. (2011). Nové, objevné propojení vizuálního a zvukového (about Acoustic Paintings) in Opus musicum, Mar. 2011. 66-73. Víchová, I. (2011). Od světla ke zvuku (about Acoustic Paintings) in Ateliér, no. 9, 2011. 4. Musilová, H. (2011). Návrh na změnu partitury (about Proposal for an Alteration of the Score) in Ateliér, no. 23, 2011. 7. Translations of these articles are available on request. Other professional activities, such as workshops, seminars and consultations: - residencies held / workshops and significant lessons attended [2015, 2013, 2011, 2009] Ostrava Days, CZ: improvisation performances with Christian Wolff, Thomas Buckner, John Tilbury, Jon Gibson and Charlemagne Palestine, performances of music by and Peter Ablinger among many others. Lectures and workshops with Petr Kotík, Carola Bauckholt, Bernhard Lang, Charles Ames, Larry Polansky, Rolf Riehm, Gordon Monahan, Phillip Glass, George Lewis, Christian Wolff and . [2013, 2009] Trstěnice Festival Composer in Residence, CZ: lectures and workshops with , Jeff Beer and Clarence Barlow. [Jan. 2012] lesson with in Amsterdam, NL. [Mar. 2010] lesson withWalter Zimmerman at JAMU Brno. [Oct. 2009] lesson with at JAMU Brno. - selected performances of compositions (more on http://www.vitkovalucie.com/concerts/ ): [9th Feb. 2016] The Kitchen Improvises: 1976-1983, The Kitchen, New York: I was part of the ensemble at the event which celebrated the release of the archival CD The Kitchen Improvises: 1976–1983 on Orange Mountain Music, curated by composer George Lewis: Thomas Buckner (voice), Earl Howard (saxophones and electronics), Oliver Lake (saxophones), Lewis (electronics, trombone), Michael Lytle (clarinets), Miya Masaoka (koto and electronics), Ikue Mori (electronics), Andrea Parkins (accordion, objects, electronics), and Lucie Vítková (accordion and voice), inspired by that flowering of hybridity on the downtown New York music scene. [Sep.-Nov. 2015] Vítková/ Rybicki - POLISH TOUR, Lodz, Wroclaw, Michalowice, Krakow, Torun and Poznan, PL: playing my new pieces Choral no. 11, Imprints of the Landscape no. 2, Berlin and Fast Interaction in duo with Polish clarinettist Mateusz Rybicki. [21th Sep. 2015] Haiku, PLATO Gallery, Ostrava: one hour-long performance consisting of music, dance, performance, field recordings and noise in collaboration with Austrian artist Max Bogner (electronics, percussion, voice, dance), myself playing the accordion, voice, harmonica, tap shoes and lights. [3rd - 5th Jul. 2015] BZZZ! 2015, Harplinge, Sweden: I was chosen to participate on the Harp Art Lab - International Sound Art Festival with my new site-specific piece Imprints of the Landscape. In this piece I am using field recordings, composition, recycled sound materials, 2 , harmonica, voice and tap shoes. Documentation at: http://www.harpartlab.se/bzzz2015-lucie-vitkova.html. [25th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th Jun. 2015] + [2nd Jul. 2015] Sounds for a While, Deutsche Oper - Tishlerei, Berlin: whole evening project created by sound studies Master students lead by director Hans Peter Kuhn. I was participating as teacher, performer, accordionist and singer. Documentation at: http://www.morgenpost.de/printarchiv/deutsche- oper/article141573755/Was-verbindet-Klagelaute-mit-Tuerenquietschen.html. [7th Apr. 2015] Disgrafické partitury, National Gallery Prague: premiere of my piece Fanfare no. 1 (for recorder, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, french horn and trombone), commissioned by Orchestra Berg, in collaboration with choreographer Miroslava Eliášová and light designer Vladimír Burian. Documentation at: http://www.berg.cz/150407.html. [22nd Feb. 2015] Ideas and Techniques, Umlaut Records Atelier, Paris, FR: my solo accordion, harmonica, voice set along Spat´ Sonore. More at: https://madmimi.com/p/4f74c5?fe=1&pact=28025391420#. [24th Nov. 2014] Zvukové obrazy, Planetarium Brno: performance of my piece Soft Songs in arrangement for choir Vox Iuvenalis, along compositions by Giacinto Scelsi, , Tom Johnson, Jiří Najvar and Miloslav Ištvan. [22nd Nov. 2014] Fragile Freedom, Bohemian National Hall, New York, USA: A premiere of my piece Fragile Freedom at multi-genre performance dedicated to the life and legacy of Václav Havel, celebrating 25 years of freedom and the power of art to change the world. Well recognized contemporary Czech composers create compositions dedicated to the Velvet Revolution. Documentation at: http://new-york.czechcentres.cz/program/event-details/velvet-revolution1/. [13th Oct. 2014] Music of Lucie Vítková, PLATO Gallery, Ostrava: portrait concert of my chamber music (cimbalom, accordion, two voices, soprano saxophone and clarinet). There were 9 pieces on the program – Woodwind Trio, Growing Up, Choral no. 3, With Voice, Reflections, …nice and bitter…, Shirt, Chimes and Transparent Melody. [16th - 20th Jul. 2014] Vs. Interpretation festival 2014, Prague: a festival for improvisation, presented by the Agosto Foundation; playing my solo set with accordion program Ideas and Techniques along to , George E. Lewis, Iva Bittová, Markus Popp, Joëlle Léandre, Annie Gosfield, Phill Niblock, Petr Kotík; documentation at: http://agosto-foundation.org/. [6th -10th May 2014] Echofluxx 14, Prague: festival of new media, music and art. During the festival, I played solo recital Ideas and Techniques, had a premiere of my piece Flute and Tape (commissioned by Lenka Kozderková) and performed with Echofluxx Ensemble, documentation at: http://echofluxx.org/ECHOFLUXX14/index.html. [11th Mar. 2014] Domicil-Lady Suit, Dortmund, DE: Lady Suit, E-MEX ensemble, documentation at: http://www.e-mex- ensemble.de/?page=konzerte_2014/konzerte_2014_03_11. [February 2014] Bay Area Tour, California, USA: Center for New Music, San Francisco; Laura Steenberge concert, Oakland; Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley; CNMAT, Berkeley. Premieres - Fast Interaction, Transparent Melody, Behind the Wall, ...nice and bitter..., Ready Made 02. Tour composition: album Ideas and Techniques (selected pieces), documentation at: http://cnmat.berkeley.edu/. [16th Jan. 2014] Ideas and Techniques, Školská 28 Gallery, Prague: solo accordion performance at the festival Quiet Fields on the Way from Work, documentation at: http://www.skolska28.cz/page.php?event=719. [14-29th Jan. 2014] listening festival Quiet Fields on the Way from Work, Školská 28 Gallery, Prague: Soft Songs (for free instrumentation ensemble), recordings of ten different ensembles, documentation at: http://www.skolska28.cz/page.php?event=712. [10th Jan. 2014] Museum Folkwang-Frauen, Essen, D: Lady Suit (for ensemble), commissioned by German ensemble E- MEX. [31st Aug. 2013] New music festival Ostrava Days 2013, Dům Kultury Hall, Ostrava: MAsterpiece (ensemble, symphonic orchestra and choir ad libitum); conductor - J. Kalitzke, Temporary Ensemble, Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, recorded for Czech radio Český Rozhlas Ostrava. [Jun.-Jul. 2013] Exposition of New Music 2013, Brno: INSTALACE.AVI (AUDIOVISUAL INTERFERENCES), four electroacoustic pieces commissioned by the festival for four individual spaces in the Botanical Garden in Brno, documentation at: http://www.mhf-brno.cz/expozice-nove-hudby/program/. [9th May 2013] Concert of Moravia Philharmonic Olomouc, Besední Dům Hall, Brno: MAsterpiece; conductor - E. Mikešková, Temporary Ensemble, Moravian Philharmonic Olomouc, choir Vox Iuvenalis, recorded for Czech radio Český Rozhlas Brno. [29th Dec. 2012] Radiocustica, Český Rozhlas Vltava 3, CZ: MEMORY AND PERCEPTION, electroacoustic composition commissioned by Czech radio, documentation at: http://tinyurl.com/pfec5gy. [8th Dec. 2012] OK Composer Concert, CalArts, USA: BETWEEN COMPOSER AND INTERPRETER (solo trombone), a prior recording of the piece is placed into the bell of the instrument and filtered through its body. [1st Dec. 2012] Music of Lucie Vítková, The Wulf, Los Angeles, USA: SOFT SONGS (ensemble), BRASS TRIO, REFLECTIONS (accordion and performer), YOUTH (brass sextet), IN MEMORIAM...(1961-2012) (solo guitar). [Nov. 2012 - Jan. 2013] exhibition Druhotvary (Second Shapes), Janáček Muzeum Brno: YOUTH (woodwind sextet), presentation of graphic score and recording within the exhibition, focused on the interpretation of scores written by Leoš Janáček. [12th Nov. 2012] New Century Players Ensemble Concert, CalArts: SIMULATION (large ensemble); conductor - David Rosenboom, NCP Ensemble. [7th Nov. 2012] Beyond Cage Festival, National Bohemian Hall, New York: ACCEPT (symphonic orchestra, accordion, drum kit); conductor - Petr Kotík, accordion - Lucie Vítková, drum kit - Ian Antonio, Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava. [12th Apr. 2012] Spring Festival, The Royal Conservatoire The Hague: JACKET FOR ENSEMBLE (alto flute, clarinet, trumpet, guitar, , percussion, violin, violoncello, double bass). [12th Apr. 2012] Spring Festival, The Royal Conservatoire The Hague: FF ON by Misha Daams, Jim Zweerts, Clara Lozano and Lucie Vítková, multimedia composition dealing with relationship between electrical feedback and proximity through dancers’ movements. [26th Aug. 2011] Ostrava Days 2011, Dům Kultury Hall, Ostrava: ACCEPT; conductor - J. Kalitzke, accordion - L. Vítková, drum kit - J. Tengler, Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava. [May-Sep. 2011] St. John Batiste bell tower, Frýdek, CZ: sound installation TOUCH THE PLACE. Membership and activities in professional associations: In the Czech Republic, I am a member of improvisation ensembles including Brno Improvising Unit, Marijan, Prague Improvisation Orchestra and Dust in the Groove (combining jazz with contemporary music). I am also a member of Dunami Ensemble which focuses on performing of new music. In May 2012, we performed the opera Eva and Lilith by František Chaloupka at New Opera Days Ostrava festival, where I sang the main character Lilith and played accordion and piano. While studying in The I was a member of the Atelier Ensemble, led by Cornelis de Bondt, which concentrated on improvisation and new interpretation, of the Electroacoustic Ensemble of Sonology, led by Richard Barrett, where I played the accordion, harmonica and sang, and of the DaMu ensemble, in which I tap-danced. In 2010 I participated on the international project ÖNCZkekvist - a thirty-member improvisation orchestra consisting of players from Austria, Norway and Czech Republic. Documentation at: http://oncz.org/. - collaborations: My newest project is called BLANSKO A OKOLÍ VE FOLKLÓRNÍCH PÍSNÍCH (Blansko and Its Surroundings in Folklore Songs) and is based on the concept of Scottish artist James Wyness. This site-specific project researches on the folklore songs being connected with certain place, its sound environment and people. I have realised it in my home region Blansko. More at: http://bkvpisnich.vitkovalucie.com/?page_id=114. Next collaboration is with sculptor and visual artist Pavel Korbička (with projects Acoustic Paintings, Medialogue and Interference) – exhibitions: 2014 Blansko (CZ), Galerie Blansko; Košice (SK), Sound City Days festival, Kunsthalle Košice; Opava(CZ), Galerie CELLA 2013 Prague, Galerie Pecka; Litoměřice (CZ), Severočeská galerie výtvarného umění, Doteky hudby; Brno, hrad Špilberk, Od moderny po současnost 1945-2013 2012 Ostrava, Opava (CZ), Na houby / for ; Prague, Babel Festival; Brno, Brno-Gallery; České Budějovice, Ostinato festival; Leipzig (DE) Luru - Cinema ve Spinnerei 2011 Ostrava, Ostrava Days 2011, Dům kultury; Brno, galerie G99 And with photographer Jolana Havelková (with projects Proposal for an Alteration of the Score and Bruslení (Skating)) – exhibitions: 2015 Brno (CZ), Památník Leoše Janáčka, ZVUK OBRAZU (Sound of the Image) 2014 Prague (CZ), National Gallery - VIVAT MUSICA! 2013 Bratislava (SK), Fuga; Prague, Galerie Školská 28; Echofluxx 13, Trafačka Arena 2011 Prague, Galerie Školská 28 Professional honors, awards and fellowships: [2014] OSA Awards (Ochranný svaz autorský, Czech equivalent of the organizations such as BMI, ASCAP, SOZA, GEMA, PRS or BUMA), Prague, CZ: awarded as The Most Successful Young Author of Classic Music for 2013. [2010] International composer competition Generace 2010, CZ: 3rd prize for composition 4+2 (four trombones and two tubas). [2010] Cimbalom Composer Competition, Valašské Meziříčí, CZ: 3rd prize for composition 3 Meditation Stones for Cimbalom.

Community Activities: For the period of three years (2008-2011) I have been playing concerts in retirement houses and hospitals in the French part of Switzerland - once a year visiting houses in Geneve, Lausane, Vevay and the surroundings areas. I have also been part of various projects in the Brno theater scene, collaborating with students and directors to connect several artistic disciplines into one piece. I have composed music for student movies such as Pojď půjdeme spolu šlapat náš svět, i když obrouvskou práci to dá (2008, Brno) and Za sklem (2011, Blansko). I collaborated with the Australian filmmaker Melissa Ramos on her documentary film Falling (2014, Sydney), which features the main New York dance schools which were led by Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham and Isadora Duncan. I participated on the albums of Czech songwriters Jakub Čermák (Rodinné album, 2014) and Martin Kyšperský (V čajové konvici, 2011). I have also composed music for theater productions such as Dámská šatna (2010) directed by Jan Vejnar in Prague and for Dům u sedmi švábů (theater polemic about the theme of gentrification in Brno) and for the theater project during the Muzejní noc festival (2009) by David Pitzinger.

Since 2011, I have been an initiator and organizer of the Temporary Ensemble, which is a contemporary and ensemble. The ensemble is organized only for a temporary time in various cities to study scores or play a concert. Its members are mostly musicians who are interested in contemporary academic music as well as different genres beyond the borders of the institution, and exploring new ways of playing through the interpretation of various kinds of scores (classical, graphic and verbal). I always look for unique personalities from the location I am in, to discover its musical spirit and potential. It is for these people that I write new pieces or organize meetings to play.

The first Temporary Ensemble was put together in 2011 at the Hague Royal Conservatory to play my composition Looking for Nongestural Gestures (for ensemble). Since that time, I have also initiated a Temporary Ensemble in Brno, Los Angeles and in Berlin. At the last concert in Berlin, Temporary Ensemble played Changing the System and Peace March 10 (for John Heartfield) by Christian Wolff, exploring various forms of possible relationships within an ensemble. Concerts: 2015 Berlin (DE), Universität der Künste; NK Projekt 2014 Ostrava (CZ), PLATO Gallery 2013 Brno (CZ), Besední dům; Ostrava (CZ), Dům kultury 2012 The Hague (NL), Korzo Theater; Villa Kabila; The Royal Conservatoire, Los Angeles (USA), The Wulf 2011 The Hague, The Royal Conservatoire Some of the members: Julia Reist (CH/ BE), Ivan Babinchak Renqvist (SE/ NL), Maya Verlaak (BE/ NL), Lovorka Holjevac (HR/ NL), Rebecca Lane (AU/ DE), Ritwik Banerji (USA/DE), Evelyn Saylor (USA/DE), Andy Ingamells (UK), Janneke van der Putten (NL), Anton Alfvén (SE), Leo Svirsky (USA/ NL), Ellen Arkbro (SE), Andrew Fedorovitch (AU), Michael Winter (USA), Eric KM Clark (USA), Aidan Reynolds (USA), and more. In the Czech Republic, I worked at the non-profit radio station Radio R (2013-2014) in Brno as a head of the Lifestyle Editorial Office for one year. In my department there were programs exploring various social themes such as art, music and dance, literature and cultural policy, psychology, LGBT community and prejudice against minority people. My role was to give a response to the broadcast, evaluate the content and form and give inspirational input to the moderators. I collaborated with the director Eva Tálská on the theater play Mince mezi zuby (2013), for which I composed the music and played the accordion. I also played the accordion in the Czech contemporary opera by Ivo Medek and Markéta Dvořáková, called Alice in Bed (2014). I am still participating in the Brno and Prague Music scene as a member of groups such as Marijan Ensemble, Dunami, Brno Improvising Unit and Prague improvisation orchestra and Dust in the Groove. With the band Dust in the Groove, we have been organizing the Ugly Music Festival this year for the second time in Brno, featuring Czech experimental music scene. I have also been an author of the project Blansko and Its Surroundings in Folklore Songs. This project focuses on the cultural legacy of folklore songs in my home town Blansko. I researched on the forgotten musical resources and returned them again to the places of their origin by performing them at places in the Blansko region. Along the way I filmed a 50- minute movie about the Blansko surroundings and their people, specific social behaviors, sounds and nature. We played the movie in the Blansko Cinema, Jihlava, Prague and Boskovice (CZ) and there are more plans to screen it also in Brno, and possibly in Scotland and New York. Documentation at: http://bkvpisnich.vitkovalucie.com/. An article on the project is available here: http://www.zrcadlo.net/clanky/Skladatelka-vraci-lidove-pisne-z-Blanenska-na- mista-kde-vznikly-886/. In the Berlin scene, I collaborated with people from the experimental music scene such as American composer Catherine Lamb, working on microtonal harmony. I also gave talks about Christian Wolff’s music and attempting to make people aware of his music. I am also a member of the theoretical research group BIRG (Berlin Improvisation Research Group) and I have become an assisting teacher at Universität der Künste. In dialogue with Marc Sabat, we founded a class focused on various types and styles of open instrumentation scores with many different kinds of notation, seeking for unexpected musical situations and logic. In New York, where I have been lately, I founded Constellation Ensemble, following my research on musical behaviour and communication.