podcast 47-Ondrej Adámek

Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezza

Ondrej is a Czech composer who is currently living in Berlin. He studied composition at the academy of music in Prague and at the Conservatoire de Paris. He composes orchestral, chamber, vocal and electro-acoustic music as well as working with choreographers of contemporary dance. He has received numerous commissions such as the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, Agora Festival (IRCAM, Paris), Les Musique (GMEM, Marseille), Warschauer Herbst, and from ensembles such as Klangforum Wien, Orchestre National d’Île de France, Les Percussions de Strasbourg, the Brandenburger Sinfoniker and the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra. You can listen to more of his music at www.ondrejadamek.com

In out conversation we talk about his time studying in the Czech Republic and Paris, the level of pragmatism he has when working with players, and the difference between discovering sounds and imagining them.