Jiří Stivín

Jiří Stivín (2015). Photo by: Jindřich Nosek

Jiří Stivín (born 23 November 1942 in Prague) is a Czech flute player and composer.^[1]

Biography

Jiří Stivín graduated from the Film Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU). He also studied composition at the Royal Academy of Music as well as at the Prague Academy of Music (AMU).^[1]

He began his music career as part of rock band Sputnici, before devoting himself to jazz and founding Jazz Q in the 1960s. Later he would study in London, at the Royal Academy of Music, for a year, and upon returning to Czechoslovakia he formed Jiří Stivín & Co.

Between 1967 and 1969 he was a member of the ensemble of the Jára Cimrman Theater. From 1970 to 1973 he performed as a member, soloist and finally as the conductor of the drama orchestra of the National Theater in Prague.

Stivín performs music from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Baroque periods. As a soloist, he performed with the Prague Symphony Orchestra, with the Slovak Chamber Orchestra, with the Suk Chamber Orchestra, Barocco sempre giovane, as well as with several other ensembles. He is also involved in jazz, both as a performer and as a composer.^[1] He gives regular lectures at the Prague Conservatory.

Stivín has a large discography ranging from jazz to classical music.

His daughter Zuzana Stivínová is an actress.

Discography

• Coniunctio - Blue Effect & Jazz Q, Supraphon , 1970 (reedition Bonton , 2001 )
• Stivín & Co. Jazz System / Vladimír Tomek with friends , Panton , 1971
• 5 shots in a hat - Stivín, Phillips, Dašek, Seifert, Vitoch, Vejvoda, Supraphon , 1972
• Our System Tandem - Jiří Stivín & Rudolf Dašek, RCA , 1974
• System Tandem - Jiří Stivín & Rudolf Dašek, JAPO , 1975
• Tandem - Jiří Stivín & Rudolf Dašek, Supraphon , 1976
• Concert in Ljubljana - System Tandem Stivín & Dašek, Supraphon, 1976 (reissue Bonton, 1996 )
• Zodiac - Jiří Stivín / Gabriel Jonáš / Kühn's Mixed Choir / Talich Quartet , Supraphon, 1977 (reissue Bonton, 1997 )
• Interviews - Jiří Stivín / Tony Scott / Rudolf Dašek, Supraphon, 1981
• Trips - Jiří Stivín & Pierre Favre , Supraphon, 1981
• G.Ph.Telemann: Concert Compositions with Recorder - Jiří Stivín / Prague Chamber Orchestra , Supraphon, 1981
• JS Bach : Concerto in F major for harpsichord, 2 recorders and string instruments , Supraphon, 1982
• Antonio Vivaldi : Six Flute Concertos, op. 10 - Jiří Stivín / Slovak Chamber Orchestra , Opus , 1983 (reedition 1993 )
• Mirroring - Mirka Křivánková - Jiří Stivín & Co., Supraphon, 1984
• Status Quo Vadis - Stivín / Pavlíček / Kryšpín / Havel / Bittová , Supraphon, 1987
• Reunion - System Tandem (Stivín & Dašek), Supraphon, 1989
• GP Telemann : Baroque Festival and other Baroque Favorites , Naxos , 1989
• Antonio Vivaldi - Concerts for recorder - Jiří Stivín & Virtuosi di Praga , Supraphon, 1991
• Inspiration by Folklore - Jiří Stivín & Co. Jazz Quartet, ARTA Records , 1991
• GP Telemann: Recorder Suite in A Minor, Viola Concerto, Tafelmusik , Naxos, 1991
• Flutes in Renaissance Music - Jiří Stivín, ARTA Records, 1992
• Two generations in Jazz - Jiří Stivín & Jiří Stivín, P&J Music , 1992
• Live in Reduta - Abrahamoviny - Jiří Stivín & Co., Lotos , 1993
• Tribute to St. Cecilii - Jiří Stivín & Collegium Quodlibet , Lotos, 1993
• Tribute to St. Cecilii II - Jiří Stivín & Collegium Quodlibet, SQS , 1995
• Flutes in Baroque Music - Jiří Stivín & Václav Uhlíř , Amabile , 1995
• GP Telemann - Jiří Stivín & Petr Hejný & Pro Arte Antique Praha , Arta , 1995
• Brabec , Stivín, Hudeček play Vivaldi , Gaetano Delogu - Supraphon, CD, 1995
• Alchymia musicae - Jiří Stivín, Gabriel Jonáš , Prague Vocal Quartet , Talich String Quartet , ARTA Records, 1995
• Bordertalk - Jiří Stivín, Rob van den Broeck , Ali Haurand , Konnex , 1995
• Telemann for recorder, viola da gamba and strings , ARTA Records, 1995
• My Youth Is Over - Recorders in 17th Century Music - Jiří Stivín & Václav Uhlíř, Supraphon, 1997
• Fairy tales of film princesses - Jiří Stivín, Supraphon, 1997
• Tribute to St. Cecilii 3 - Jiří Stivín & Collegium Quodlibet, SQS, 1997
• Jazz Quartet Live in AghaRTA - Jiří Stivín & Co., ARTA Records, 1997
• 20th Anniversary Tour European Jazz Ensemble , Konnex, 1997
• Tribute to St. Cecilii 4 - Jiří Stivín & Collegium Quodlibet, SQS, 1998
• Excursions II Twenty Years After - Jiří Stivín & Pierre Favre , P&J Music, 1998
• Tribute to St. Cecilii 5 - Jiří Stivín & Collegium Quodlibet, SQS, 1999
• PF 2000 Jiří Stivín plays 2000 Listening Fterinos for Vltavín, Vltavín , 1999
• Tribute to St. Cecilii 6 - Jiří Stivín & Collegium Quodlibet, SQS, 2000
• GP Telemann - Jiří Stivín & Collegium Quodlibet, Supraphon, 2000
• Just the Two Of Us - Jiří Stivín & Ali Haurand , Konnex, 2001
• European Jazz Ensemble 25th Anniversary Tour , Konnex, 2002
• Journeys into the depths of the musical past - Jiří Stivín & Collegium Quodlibet, Arta, 2002
• Telemann - Vivaldi - Bach - Hudeček - Stivín - Hasenörl , SQS, 2003
• Jazz at the Castle - Jazz sanatorium by Luďek Hulan, Multisonic , 2004
• so what… tak co… - Jiří Stivín & Co. Jazz Quartet, SQS, 2004
• Benefit concert to help Asia - Václav Hudeček, Jiří Stivín, Markéta Stivínová , Robert Hugo , Camerata Moravia , Czech Radio , 2005
• Ballads - Ali Haurand & Friends, Konnex, 2005
• Jazz at the Castle - Reflections and Touches - Jiří Stivín & Co. Jazz system, Multisonic, 2005
• Bye Bye Holland - Jiří Stivín & Jazzíček, Arta , 2006
• Live - Zlaté husle & Jiří Stivín, feeling, 2006
• Live in Hradec Králové 18.10.2003 - Jiří Stivín, Ali Haurand , Daniel Humair , SQS, 2007
• The Two Of Us "Just More" - Jiří Stivín & Ali Haurand, Konnex, 2008
• recordings from 1963–1976 - S + HQ Karel Velebný & Company, Radioservis , 2008
• Jiří Stivín 65 - Concert at the Castle 30.10.2007 - Jiří Stivín and friends, SQS, 2009

References

1. "Jiří Stivín" (in Czech). Český hudební slovník osob a institucí (Masaryk University). Retrieved 28 March 2010.

External links

• Official site
• Review in French of the record Coniunctio with Blue Effect, Jazz Q Praha & Jiri Stivin on www.sefronia.com
• Jirí Stivín on IMDb (list of film music compositions)

Text adapted from Wikipedia.