{"id":592,"date":"2026-03-27T22:26:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T21:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test4.webarton.cz\/subdom\/test4\/?page_id=592"},"modified":"2026-04-16T12:39:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T10:39:54","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.test4.webarton.cz\/subdom\/test4\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"about"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8220;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8220;4.27.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220; custom_padding=&#8220;||386px|||&#8220; hover_enabled=&#8220;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8220;{}&#8220; background_color=&#8220;#FFFFFF&#8220; sticky_enabled=&#8220;0&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8220;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220; global_colors_info=&#8220;{}&#8220;][et_pb_column type=&#8220;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8220;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220; global_colors_info=&#8220;{}&#8220;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8220;nadpis&#8220; _builder_version=&#8220;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220; text_font=&#8220;||||||||&#8220; text_text_color=&#8220;#000000&#8243; text_font_size=&#8220;14px&#8220; text_line_height=&#8220;1.1em&#8220; header_font=&#8220;|800|||||||&#8220; header_font_size=&#8220;35px&#8220; header_3_font=&#8220;|300|||||||&#8220; header_3_text_color=&#8220;#000000&#8243; header_3_font_size=&#8220;21px&#8220; header_3_line_height=&#8220;0.5em&#8220; global_colors_info=&#8220;{}&#8220;]<\/p>\n<h1>Jan Ryant-D\u0159\u00edzal<\/h1>\n<h3>Composer<\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text disabled_on=&#8220;off|off|off&#8220; admin_label=&#8220;Text (PC)&#8220; module_class=&#8220;novinove-sloupce&#8220; _builder_version=&#8220;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220; text_font=&#8220;||||||||&#8220; text_text_color=&#8220;#000000&#8243; text_font_size=&#8220;14px&#8220; text_line_height=&#8220;1.4em&#8220; header_font=&#8220;|800|||||||&#8220; header_font_size=&#8220;35px&#8220; header_3_font=&#8220;|300|||||||&#8220; header_3_text_color=&#8220;#0ebff9&#8243; header_3_font_size=&#8220;21px&#8220; header_3_line_height=&#8220;0.5em&#8220; global_colors_info=&#8220;{}&#8220;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jan Ryant-D\u0159\u00edzal (*1986) is a&nbsp;leading representative of the younger generation of Czech composers. With his composition <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ku\u0159e melancholik,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> he won the first-ever Czech Philharmonic Composers&#8216; Competition, and his composition has been performed several times under the baton of Ji\u0159\u00ed B\u011blohl\u00e1vek.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is the recipient of several awards, including the annual OSA award for the most successful young classical composer, the Ernst von Siemens scholarship for the composition <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zb\u011bsilost v&nbsp;srdci,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and was invited to the prestigious ISCM &#8211; International Contemporary Music Festival in Bucharest with the composition <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Morphing Amadeus<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, premiered by Ensemble Modern.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His compositions are regularly commissioned by musical ensembles and festivals such as the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Prague Symphony Orchestra, the Jan\u00e1\u010dek Philharmonic Ostrava, the Bohuslav Martin\u016f Philharmonics, the Prague Spring Festival, Smetana&#8217;s&nbsp;Litomy\u0161l Festival, and Dvo\u0159\u00e1k&#8217;s&nbsp;Prague. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">V\u00e1no\u010dn\u00ed kant\u00e1ta<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, commissioned by the Prague Philharmonic Choir, has become part of the traditional Advent repertoire of large choirs after three years of successful reprises.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a&nbsp;composer, he has also collaborated on projects with Tom\u00e1\u0161 Netopil, Iva Bittov\u00e1, Adam Plachetka, Jana Semer\u00e1dov\u00e1, Tom\u00e1\u0161 Jamn\u00edk, Alena Hron, Luk\u00e1\u0161 Vasilek, and many other top artists.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;\">Jan Ryant-D\u0159\u00edzal&#8217;s&nbsp;work is dominated by symphonic, concertante, and vocal-instrumental compositions. However, chamber and incidental works are also abundantly represented.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;\">The characteristic features of his musical language are the thoughtful and playful combination of traditional and modern means of expression, work with color and the inner energy of sound, detailed sophistication of musical structures, and pronounced emotionality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;\">D\u0159\u00edzal&#8217;s&nbsp;compositions are often inspired by non-musical themes such as natural processes, works of art, or broadly understood spirituality, which, on the one hand, gives them a&nbsp;deeper philosophical dimension, and on the other hand, they acquire a&nbsp;distinctly narrative, even visual quality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;\">D\u0159\u00edzal is a&nbsp;graduate of composition and music theory at the Prague Conservatory and the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Prague, where he also defended his doctoral degree. He expanded his studies with internships at the Estonian Academy of Music and Dance in Tallinn and the Royal College of Music in London. He has completed numerous master classes in the Czech Republic and abroad, where he has also actively lectured. He was the resident composer of the BERG orchestra at the Krzysztof Penderecki Institute of Music in Poland. He currently works as a&nbsp;professor of composition and music theory at the Prague Conservatory. He is a&nbsp;member of OSA and Um\u011bleck\u00e1 beseda.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;\">Selected Interviews (in Czech):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;\">Forbes:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/life.forbes.cz\/hudba-nas-umi-povznest-a-ucinit-lidstejsimi-rika-skladatel-ktery-vyprodava-saly\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/life.forbes.cz\/hudba-nas-umi-povznest-a-ucinit-lidstejsimi-rika-skladatel-ktery-vyprodava-saly\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;\">Artikl:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artikl.org\/hudebni\/dilo-by-melo-vzbuzovat-uzas\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/artikl.org\/hudebni\/dilo-by-melo-vzbuzovat-uzas<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;\">Pra\u017esk\u00e9 jaro:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/u7ujwN_OJGE\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/u7ujwN_OJGE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PiDyaebiAlw\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PiDyaebiAlw<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jan Ryant-D\u0159\u00edzal ComposerJan Ryant-D\u0159\u00edzal (*1986) is a&nbsp;leading representative of the younger generation of Czech composers. 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