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Josef Adamik: composer in disguise.

Publication: Czech Music
Publication Date: 01-APR-04
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Josef Adamik: composer in disguise.(history)

Article Excerpt
Few of the inhabitants of Valasske Klobouky have any inkling that they have a great Czech symphonic composer living among them. And something of the kind wouldn't even occur to members of our cultural community. After all, every beginner knows that the first condition for being an artist is to be in Prague....

But concealed under the mask of a jovial village uncle, a teacher at a music school, is one of the most interesting of Czech composers. Anyone who wants to study Czech music of the seventies and eighties will inevitably encounter his name, and will definitely be astounded at his work, highly individual in the context of the period, and the reflection of exceptional talent.

Josef Adamik (1947) was one of the most gifted of Miloslav Istvan's students. After graduating from JAMU (the Janacek Academy of Performing Arts in Brno) he...

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