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Welcome at Forrotronics! Vítám vás srdečně! Minasan yokoso!
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- Czech musician living in Japan since 9/2003, trying to start new career from zero. Born as Karel Horký 2/1958 in Jihlava, former Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic. Music studies: 1965-73 municipal art school Jihlava (piano, music theory, 1970-73 flute, orchestra play), 1973-79 Conservatory in Brno (cum laude - flute, pipe organ, piano, music theory, composition, Gregorian chant, singing, choir singing, improvisation, music teaching methodology), 1975-79 private study with Alois Piňos (composition, theory), 1979-1986 JAMU - Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno (cum laude - composition with A. Piňos, EA music, music theory, music teaching methodology, graduation work "Concerto for computer, synthesizers and orchestra", thesis "Electronics & Music", M.A.), 1982 Academia Chigiana in Sienna, Italy (Summer Master Classes with Franco Donatoni), 1996-99 JAMU (theory of composition, Ph.D.), 1999-2002 Masaryk University Brno (musicology, not finished). Artistic & other activities: multi-style composer (few thousand works of autonomous, functional and incidental acoustic, electro-acoustic and combined New music, instrumental & vocal, neo-historical or neo-ethnic music, computer music, improvised music, microtonal music, pop/rock/jazz/Latin music, about 550 songs), multi-style (historical classical music from Ars nova to New music of 21st century, all pop/rock/jazz/Latin styles, ethnic/folklore/world music, electro-acoustic, computer, improvised music, microtonal music, minimalism, children music...) multi-instrumental (all keyboard instruments, flutes, saxophones, MIDI Wind Controller, guitars, MIDI guitar, MIDI equipped 6-string fretted bassguitar, 6-string fretless bassguitar, koto, drums, percussions...) concert & recording artist (more thousand concerts of all kind since 1966 as soloist, accompanist, chamber music performer, improviser - experienced sight-reader, perfect pitch), 1977-84 member of top Czech progressive art-rock groups Progres 2 and Bronze (keyboards, flutes, composition, arranging, vocal), since 1983 own one-man band Forrotronics (the only band performing live New polystylistic & improvised & microtonal electronic music in former Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic), teacher (since 1976 private lessons, courses, lectures, seminars, since 1990 own music school, 1990-2003 Assistant Professor at JAMU - EA & Computer Music composition and realization, recording studio work, sound design, sampling, music production, performing with electronic instruments, stylistics, creative improvisation, methodology, music analysis, microtonal music, MIDI, computers in music, ethnomusicology, arranging..., 1996-2002 Summer Master Classes at JAMU - electro-acoustic music, sound design, MIDI, computers in music, studio production, performing with electronic instruments, stylistics, creative improvisation, 1998-2003 Summer Pop-Rock-Jazz Academy - ear training, solfeggio, music analysis, composition & arranging, harmony, work and performing with electronic instruments, creative improvisation, music software, sound design, MIDI...), arranger, sound designer & studio producer (own studio since 1982, more hundreds of recorded works), music writer (hundreds of articles and reviews in music magazines, 10 books on electronics & music, art & technology, music & composition theory), expert & consultant (thousands of lessons, lectures, seminars, clinics since 1976, 1992-2002 narrow cooperation with Yamaha Europe as a Product Specialist, Demonstrator & Clinician for 22 Middle & Eastern European countries, 2002-03 same work for Korg and Technics in Czech Republic and Slovakia), organizer (founder and owner of Museum of Electro-acoustic Instruments 1989-2003, founder and chairman of Society for Microtonal Music 1995-2003 and Society for Creative Music Improvisation 2000-2003), polymath (lot of interests), polyglot, interpreter, translator, linguist, language teacher (at least some knowledge of about 30< languages). Member of Society of EA Music, Club of Moravian Composers, Society Q, author's societies OSA and DILIA. One of the first musicians in the world using Yamaha revolutionary virtual acoustic instrument VL1 (now owner of three pieces), and probably the only musician who recorded double CD of own improvisations with polyphonic VP1 (VP1 Impressions, 1997). Cooperation with other soloists, chamber groups, choirs, orchestras, historical dance & fencing groups, theaters, radio, TV, film, video & graphic artists. 2003 married Japanese wife Chieko (composer & musician) and moved to Japan. Two children (daughter Karen - Elegant Lotos Flower 4/2006, son Saimon - Gate of Talent 9/2008), one dog. Boot size 45. Numerous hobbies - everything concerning music, synthesizers, computers, MIDI, mathematics, microtones, dead, living and artificial languages, electronics, DIY, history, literature, astronomy, Japanese culture, haiku reading & writing, maps, photography, car driving, mountains & sea trips, thermal bath (onsen) visiting, sudoku, crosswords, puzzles, ciphers of all kind solving, Japanese wooden dolls kokeshi collecting and many more... Additional web pages: www.forrotronics.cz (Czech language only), daikichi.p-kit.com (Japanese & English). Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.
Life is too short to lose time with quarreling, not being nice to the other people, being negative and dark. I'm happy to be a musician and bring harmony to the hearts, consolation to sad souls, energy and hope.
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I saw your comment on Andy's site and the word :cimbalom was hit my eyes..My favorite uncle use to played on this instrumnent.He died many years ago but i think the kids still own his instument.. Antiq piece...if they still have it,it's probably covered by dust:(
Thank you for your answer about Presser!
I have a pleasure. Please install the "JukeBox" video player from the Applicatoins menu (left side on your page). So we can show together and share together our favorite YouTube videos in the future.
If you don't know how to use JukeBox I will tell you the usage. It is very simple and easy!
Baráti üdvözlettel: (Friendly greetings) :-)
Endre
Thank you, we have a Hungarian musician-composer Presser Gábor, ex leader of LGT (Lokomotív GT rock band). He is the director of the music in our theater. (Or musical director? Zenei igazgató)
We are playing musicals, like Peter Pan (USA), A Padlás (Hunagrian) and others for childrens (eg. Chipolla, {Hamupipőke}).
Greetings: Endre
- self portrait -Hello Daniel!
I see. you born in Czehoslovakia.
I am not musician, not composer and not teacher. I work at theater, call Vígszínház in Budapest. I am a member of another two Ning social networks:
1. LESTFM Friends of Music
2. Eric Burdon Fan Club.
I browsed the Internet for another Ning networks when I found this group. I'm very happy to find you. Thank you for your answer! See you later!
Köszönöm, hogy válaszoltál nekem! Később még találkozunk, minden jót!
Endre
"Kakamigahara not far from..." - Budapest.
Do you speak Hungarian? Beszélsz magyarul?
Friendly greetings! (Baráti üdvözlettel!) Kovács Endre (Andy Smith)
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