FYI: 5 Czech women composers, Sept 23 and Literary Translation, Sept 27

[Suzanna Halsey]

FYI : two events that may interest some of you.

1. Sept 23 at Bohemian National Hall

2. Sept 27 at Columbia University

Na videnou!

Hezky den!

Suzanna

REMINDER!
Monday, September 23, 2019, at 7 pm
Limited seating!  On first-come, first-serve basis.
RSVP Eventbrite

 

 

Jana Jarkovská, a leading Czech flutist of the younger generation, studied for six years at the Prague Conservatory and graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts (HAMU) in Prague in 2013. In 2015, she received her soloist diploma from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Sweden and spent one semester at the Conservatorio di Musica "Giuseppe Verdi" in Milan (Italy), as an assistant professor within the Erasmus Program. In 2018, she earned her PhD in Interpretation Theory from the Academy of Performing Arts (HAMU) in Prague and  released her CD of contemporary Czech music “Pidluke-padluke”. She currently teaches at the Conservatory in Teplice, North Bohemia, performing mostly as a member of the award-winning Duo du Rêve (flute & piano). As a soloist and chamber music player, she regularly records for the Czech Radio and collaborates with a number of contemporary composers premiering their works Jana is working on a new CD release in 2020 as part of her contemporary project with Czech women composers. Next month, she will perform at the Boston Flute Festival. www.janajarkovska.cz Eliška Cílková, composer, began playing the piano at the age of four. She later studied composition and conducting at the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory in Prague. She received her master’s  degree in composition from the Academy of Performing Arts. In 2014-2015, she was a Fulbright research scholar in musical composition at Columbia University. Her electroacoustic project "Pripyat Piano: Sound Documentary of the Chernobyl Zone" was enthusiastically received in Europe. Eliška collaborates with diverse European artists and has composed music for documentary films and theatrical performances. Her work has been performed at numerous festivals in the Czech Republic and abroad. In 2015, she received the AHUV prize for "Best Czech Composer of Contemporary  Music", and in 2016, the international Musica Nova prize for the “Best Electroacoustic Composition.” She is currently pursuing her PhD in Musicology at Charles University in Prague. www.eliskacilkova.com

 

WE RECOMMEND: Bringing the Literatures of East Central Europe to English-speaking Readers Join the East Central European Center of Columbia University  in celebrating  National Translation Month! Friday, September 27, 2019  4pm - 6:30pm Hariman Institute, Columbia University Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room 1219 International Affairs Building 420 W 118th St, New York City A panel discussion on the art of literary translation and the business of publishing translated literature, with literary readings from recently translated works. Featuring translators: Sean Gasper Bye  from Polish Ellen Elias-Bursać from Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian Claudia Serea  from Romanian Alex Zucker  from Czech! Moderated by Christopher Caes Lecturer in Polish and Christopher W. Harwood  Lecturer in Czech and President of SVU New York Co-Directors of the East Central European Center  of Columbia University Contact

 

 

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Suzanna Halsey
Adjunct Czech Language Instructor on hold

NYU CAS Russian and Slavic Studies Department

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