Michaela Plachká

Michaela Plachká

born on 8 May, 1981 in Opava

Upon completion her studies at the Opava Gymnasium in 1999, she was accepted into the composition class of Mgr. Edvard Schiffauer at the Janacek Conservatory in Ostrava. She completed her studies in 2003 with a MASS for mixed choir. The same year she was accepted to the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague into the class of doc. Juraj Filas. In 2006 she completed her Bachelor's studies with ZÁTIŠÍ /RETREAT/, a composition for chamber orchestra inspired by Vojtěch Pálka's text and drawings. Presently she is continuing her studies in the Master's Degree program.

2001 - 2002 participated in the theatre play Cyrano de Bergerac (soprano saxophone, percussion), National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Ostrava and external music cooperation with Arena Theatre in Ostrava.
2001 - 2003 studied at People's Conservatory in Ostrava, Creative Dept. (drawing, graphic)
2004 - 2005 contributed articles to Literární noviny (Literature News) (Music Tips column)
2005 external cooperation with the national radio station Český rozhlas 3 Vltava (Musica moderna program)
31. 12. 2005 - premiere of FRAGMENTY Z PŘEDJAŘÍ /EARLY SPRING FRAGMENTS/ based on texts by Ivana Skokanová played in the program by Michal Rataj at čRo 3 station (www.rozhlas.cz/radiocustica/archiv)
2005 creative work under the guidance of Academy Artist Milena Dopitová
2006 landscape painting course under Academy Artist Vladivoj Kotyza

Composition Awards:
Generace 2004 – 2nd prize (Piano trio)
Generace 2005 – 1st prize (Němím / To Voiceless/)
Gideon Klein Foundation award 2006
Generace 2006 - Hononary Recognition (Zátiší /Retreat/)

Participation in composition courses:
2002 – Český Krumlov: Philippe Manoury/France, Martin Smolka/Czech Republic, Marek Kopelent/Czech Republic
2003 – Český Krumlov: Lasse Thoressen/Norway, Helmut Oehring/Germany, Marek Kopelent/Czech Republic
2005 – Český Krumlov: Xiaoyong Chen/China, Marek Kopelent/Czech Republic and EU Orchestra
2006 – International Sommerakademie Prag-Wien-Budapest: Nigel Osborne/UK, Germán Toro-Pérez/Austria

„In my work I try to create outstanding poetic musical images. I work with certain melodic-rhythmical figures, and use live rhythmic as well as soft sonorities. I use my music to look for the essence, which is, however hidden, waiting behind the outer layer of things.“

Compositions:

Jasnú rosú
first piece for male choir
/1996/		 5´
Tři věty fagotu /Three movements for bassoon/
three-movement composition for solo bassoon
/2000/		 6´
Pro přicházející zimu /For the Upcoming Winter/
for two alto saxophones and trombone
/2001/		 7´
Rozhovor /Conversation/
three-movement composition for solo bassoon
/2001/		 5´
Mše /Mass/
for mixed choir
/2002/		 12´
Koulelo se /Rolling along/
for vocal quintet
/2002/		 3´
Písně /Songs/
for female voice and piano
/2002/
Slezská fanfára /Silesian Fanfare/
for brass sextet
/2003/		 0´30´´
Cesty všední a nevšední /Journeys Ordinary and Less Ordinary/
for solo violin
/2003/		 9´
Botanika aneb zrození slova / "Botanika" or birth of a word/
for vocal quartet
/2003/		 5´10´´
Čtyři miniatury /Four Miniatures/
for bayan
/2004/		 8´
Piano Trio
/2004/		 8´
Talking wind
for guitar
/2004/		 6´30´´
Němím /To Voiceless/
melodrama for chamber ensemble, female and male reciters
/2005/		 6´
Electronic I.
electro acoustical composition
/2005/		 3´15´´
Darovals nám pokoj /You gave us peace/
for string orchestra
/2005/		 6´
Ty divné moje Já /Those peculiar faces of my I /
for flute, horn (or bassoon), vibraphone, harp and viola
/2005/		 10´
Fragmenty z předjaří /Early Spring Fragments/
electroacustic composition based on texts by I. Skokanová
/2005/		 15´
Zátiší /Retreat/
for chamber orchestra based on Vojtěch Pálka's texts and drawings
/2005/		 13´
Gulliverovy cesty /Gulliver's Travels/
/2006/		 30´
Sedm proroctví I /Seven Prophecies I /
for an oboe player, English horn, oboe d´amore and piano
/2006/		 10´
You gave us peace / II
for string octet
/2006/		 10´
For violin , viola, violoncello
/2006/		 5´