Biography

Jana Obrovská was born in Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

, the daughter of painter and sculptor Jakub Obrovský

Jakub Obrovský

Jakub Obrovský was a Czech artist.He was born in Brno-Bystrc and died in Prague.In 1932 he won a bronze medal for Czechoslovakia in the art competitions of the Olympics for his "Odysseus".-External links:...

. Her early studies were piano with B. Kabeláčová-Rixová and theory with Jaroslav Řídký

Jaroslav Rídký

Jaroslav Řídký was a Czech composer, conductor, harpist, and music teacher.-Life:Řídký was born at Reichenberg, now Liberec. From 1919 to 1923 he studied at the Prague Conservatory with Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Karel Boleslav Jirák, and Jaroslav Křička...

. At the Prague Conservatory

Prague Conservatory

Prague Conservatory, sometimes also Prague Conservatoire, in Czech Pražská konzervatoř, is a Czech secondary school in Prague dedicated to teaching the arts of music and theater acting.- Instruction :...

 she studied with M. Krejčí and Emil Hlobil

Emil Hlobil

Emil Hlobil was a twentieth century Czechoslovakian composer and music professor based in Prague.-Biography:Hlobil was born in Veselí nad Lužnicí, but lived most of his life in Prague...

 from 1949-55. She won a prize in the 1972 Concours International de Guitarre in Paris for Passocaglia und Toccata. Her Hommage a Béla Bartók

Béla Bartók

Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...

" became compulsory in the same Paris competition in 1975. Obrovská also composed music for orchestra and chamber ensembles. She married guitarist virtuoso Milan Zelenka.

Selective Discography

• Homage to Béla Bartók, for guitar, R. Aussel HARMONIA MUNDI CD in MAN4802 (1992)
• Four images of Japan, for guitar, Tribute to Hirohige - Homage to Hokusai - Tribute to Utamara - Tribute to Sharaku, R. Aussel HARMONIA MUNDI CD in MAN4802 (1992)