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"Some music assumes that the performer will become its joint creator": interview with Kamil Dolezal.

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The clarinet is an instrument with huge possibilities, since it is what is called "flexible" and usable in almost any kind of chamber ensemble. In terms of sound it never sticks out in a way that upsets the integrity of the whole, but nonetheless has a colour that is always clearly identifiable. Contemporary composers and in fact what is called "modern music" in general are very fond of using it, but of course this makes corresponding demands on the performer, who must ideally be highly competent, technically perfect and at the same time capable of individual input into compositions and improvisation.

One such ideal clarinettist is Kamil Dolezal, whose studies with the legendary Milan Kostohryz might said to have predestined him to an interest in contemporary music from an early stage. He attended the Conservatory in Prague and the Musical Academy of Performing Arts, and in 1975 won 1st Prize in the Dusek-Mozart Competition in Prague. From 1987 to 1994 he was a member of the Agon Ensemble, and these days he is involved in performance of contemporary music as a soloist at his concerts, as the music director of the Mondschein Ensemble and as a member of the alternative group Why Not Patterns. He has played on a number of CDs, and in 1995 recorded his first...

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