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Lucie Vítková (1985, Boskovice, CZ); +1 347 967 2997; Lusia.Vitkova@Gmail.Com; Lucie Vítková (1985, Boskovice, CZ); +1 347 967 2997; [email protected]; http://www.vitkovalucie.com. I am a composer, performer and improviser of accordion, 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 New York) 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
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