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Michal Nejtek.

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Michal Nejtek (1977) has been emerging as one of the most remarkable composers of the young Czech generation. While still a student he won a number of prizes for composing and he drew a great deal of attention for his graduation piece at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague--the chamber opera Dementia Praecox on a story by S.I. Witkiewicz. Soon after graduation he obtained several prestigious commissions (Warsaw Autumn Festival 2001, Donaueschinger Musiktage 2002, De Vol-harding 2003). As an active pianist he has performed with the Agon Orchestra for example at the Warsaw Autumn Festival and the Wien Modern. He also works with Agon Orchestra as a composer and arranger. Agon regularly includes his pieces in their concerts, and in 2005 an entire concert of his works as part of the Marathon of New Music festival. A joint project by Agon and the legendary rock group Plastic People of the Universe, for which he wrote the arrangement, found favour with a wide audience. Michal Nejtek has also been expressing his talent in major stage forms and multimedia projects (Lamenti, Distress Sonata). His orchestral work Nuberg 05 written for the Berg Chamber Orchestra has been published on the CD HIS Voice Sampler III (see announcement in this issue). For more information go to www.musica.cz/nejtek.

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