Adrián Demoč
Biography
From 2003 to 2008 Demoč attended the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno, Czech Republic, where he studied composition with František Emmert. During this period he also had internships in Bucharest and Vilnius.{{Cite web|url=https://hc.sk/en/o-slovenskej-hudbe/osobnost-detail/1778-adrian-democ|title=Adrián Demoč|date=2021-10-06|access-date=2021-10-13|website=Music Centre Slovakia}}
His doctoral dissertation (Brno, 2011) was on the topic of spectral music. His own compositions show the influence of American composers including Morton Feldman. He also often uses Slovak folk instruments, including the fujara.{{Cite encyclopedia|title=Demoč, Adrián|encyclopedia=Grove Dictionary of Music|last=Mikyska|first=Ian|year=2018|url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-3000000007|access-date=2021-10-13}}
His works include a wide variety of chamber, choral and orchestral music, including a sextet "Still life and a chord" (2021), for early music instruments including lute and gittern.{{Cite web|url=https://hc.sk/en/o-slovenskej-hudbe/osobnost-detail/1778-adrian-democ/diela|title=Adrián Demoč - Works|date=2021-10-06|access-date=2021-10-13|website=Music Centre Slovakia}}
External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gVAy0q7O00 Adrián Demoč – Ma fin est mon commencement (2019) - piano version (2021)], performed by Jonathan Powell (YouTube).
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Category:Slovak male composers
Category:21st-century composers
Category:Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts alumni
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