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Music composer, pianist, librettist, pedagogue, musicologist.
He studied piano and composition at the Brno Conservatory and composition at the JAMU in Brno (1994–99). He also graduated in musicology at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University in Brno in 2001. In 2009 he received a doctorate in composition at HAMU in Prague. He has lived in Prague since 1999, where he teaches composition and music theory at the Prague Conservatory. He is the creator of more than 100 opuses for various casts. The scope of his compositions is wide, he composes chamber and orchestral works, music for theater and film, operas and musicals. His works have been performed in Europe, the United States and South America. He is the author of dozens of stage music and musical-theatrical pieces for the National Theater in Prague, Na Zábradlí Theater, Goose on a String Theater, A studio Rubín, Mladá Boleslav Municipal Theater, Comedy Theater, DISK Theater, Municipal Theater in Zlín, Roxy / NoD, Klicper Theater in Hradec Králové etc. The domain of his authorial activity is work for theater. Orson is a recognized "multidisciplinary" personality thanks to his original musical and theatrical works, for which he creates text and music, eg Cabaret Ivan Blatný (Comedy Theater), Cabaret Hašek, Tony D. - musical western about Antonín Dvořák (A studio Rubín), Salon Kupka, Gočár Theater, Beautiful typewriters! (Na Zábradlí Theater). His Velvet Havel at the Na Zábradlí Theater completely won the Theater Critics Awards for 2014 and won the award in five categories. His musical Happiness of Ladies was performed at the Disk Theater and in 2009–11 also in the Hungarian version at the Pestiszínház in Budapest. He has been collaborating with the National Theater for a long time. His opera The Human Tragicomedy (based on his own libretto, inspired by L. Klímou) was performed in 2003 by the National Theater Opera as part of the Pounding the Iron Curtain cycle. He collaborated with the Drama of the National Theater in 2003 on the production of Goldflam's play based on T. Werbovská's Sleepy Life (Benefice by L. Skořepová) and in 2008, when he wrote music for the production of Molière's Don Juan. In 2009 he wrote music for the production of Mikvah by the Israeli author Hadar Galron, and in 2010 for the play Elfride Jelinek What Happened When Nora Left Her Husband. In December 2017, the National Theater will perform its opera on its own libretto, Don Hrabal, on the New Stage. In 2009 he wrote music for the production of Mikvah by the Israeli author Hadar Galron, and in 2010 for the play Elfride Jelinek What Happened When Nora Left Her Husband. In December 2017, the National Theater will present its opera on its own stage on its own libretto, Don Hrabal. In 2009 he wrote music for the production of Mikvah by the Israeli author Hadar Galron, and in 2010 for the play Elfride Jelinek What Happened When Nora Left Her Husband. In December 2017, the National Theater will present its opera on its own stage on its own libretto, Don Hrabal.
Valuation:
2014 - Theater Critics Award for the production of Velvet Havel in five categories (best Czech play, best music, best production, best male and female performance)
2014 - Winner of the Theater Newspaper Award for the production of Velvet Havel (author of text and music)
2013 - Divadelní noviny Award for achievement in the category of musical theater 2012/13 for the Gočár Theater (author of text and music)
2012 - Alfred Radok Award for Best Music 2012 for Gočár Theater (author of lyrics and music)
2012 - The Personality of the Year Award 2012 awarded by the Next Wave festival
2010 - Nomination for the Alfred Radok Award for the best music for Lamento / Mother Teresa's Day and Night
2007 - Nomination for the Alfred Radok Award for the best music for the Cabaret Ivan Blatný (author of lyrics and music)
2006 - Award in the International Radio Recording Competition Rostrum tribune Paris for the song PASEJAMÁ for male vocal quartet
2004 - Honorable mention in the Leoš Janáček International Composition Competition in Brno
1996 - Honorable mention in the Generation composition competition
