Ondřej Adámek
Compositions (2000-2019)
Schlafen gut. Warm. (2019)
for 6 voices and 3 percussion players.
Commission of WDR, Novembermusic and BKP – DAAD.
Premier : 12 May 2019,Wittener Tage Neue Kammermusik
Ensemble NESEVEN, ensemble Eklekto, Ondrej Adamek – conductor
Duration 23 minutes
Lost Prayer Book (2018)
For Sheng and 15 instruments
Commission of Musikfabrik, London Philharmonia, 2e2m, Asko/Schönberg
Premier 13 February 2020, Wu-Wei, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Ondrej Adamek conductor,
Philharmony Köln
Duration 20 minutes
Schreibt bald ! (2018)
A concert/performance piece
for 21 voices, amplified objects and real time video projection
on text from the letters of A. P. and M. P., Theresienstadt, Birkenau 1943-1945
commission Philharmonie Essen
Premier 28 October 2018, Chorwerk Ruhr, Ondrej Adamek conductor
Duration 36 minutes
Alles klappt (2018)
Music theatre piece for 6 singers and 2 percussionists
Text: Katharina Schmitt
Duration 60 minutes
Commission: Biennale Munich
Premier: 6 June 2018, Residenztheater – Marstall, Munich
publisher: babelscores.com
Follow me (2017)
Concerto for violin and orchestra
Bayerisches Rundfunk’s, festival Musica’s and Helsinki Philharmonic’s commission
premier 15 December 2017, Musica Viva, Herkulessaal, Munich
Isabelle Faust, Peter Rundel, Bayerischer Rundfunks Orchester
Duration 25 minutes
Publisher Billaudot (info@billaudot.com)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d95YlwL2mMw&t=535s
Conséquences particulièrement blanches ou noires (2016)
for Airmachine 2 and 14 instruments
premier the 10 mars 2016, Musé des Confluences, Lyon
Roméo Monteiro, Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain, Daniel Kawka
Duration 24 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrGYAKLrSLo&t=90s
7 Stones (2016)
opera for 4 voices solo and 12 choir singers, all playing also instruments and objects
text: Sjón
premier the 7th July 2018, festival Aix-en-Provence
duration 1h30
Publisher Billaudot (info@billaudot.com)
Conséquences particulièrement blanches ou noires (2015)
for Airmachine 2 solo
Grame’s and Archipel’s (Génève) commission
premier 8 March 2016, Musé des Confluences, Lyon
Roméo Monteiro
Duration 27 minutes
Steinar (2014)
for 6 voices playing instruments or for a choir of 18-36 voices playing instruments
based on Kameny
texte: Sjón
WDR Commission for the Witten festival, premier 26 April 2015, Neue Vokalsolisten Stuttgart
duration 17 minutes
Publisher Billaudot (info@billaudot.com)
Körper und Seele (2014)
for „Airmachine“ (instrument/sculpture developed by composer), video, choir and orchestra,
text : Sjón, Czech popular text, vedic mantra
SWR commission for Donaueschinger Musiktage
Premier 19 October 2014
SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg
Conductor François Xavier Roth
Duration: 30 minutes
Publisher Billaudot (info@billaudot.com)
Polednice (2013)
for choir and orchestra
text : Karel Jaromír Erben
Warsaw Autumn commission
Premier 20 September 2013, Warsaw Autumn
Polis Radio National Choir Krakow
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra Katowice
Alexander Liebreich Conductor
Duration : 20 minutes
Publisher Billaudot (info@billaudot.com)
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6c4wih
Kameny (2012)
for choir (up 24 voices) and 16 instruments,
text: Sjón
Ensemble Intercontemporain commission
Premier 30 January 2013,
Choir SWR, Ensemble Intercontemporain,
Conductor George Benjamin
Duration : 30 minutes
Publisher Billaudot (info@billaudot.com)
Le Dîner (2012)
performance with text, staging, video,12 musicians around a table, painter painting in real time and conductor
State commission (France)
Premiered 15 Mai 2012, CRR de Paris, France
Charlotte Guibé – painter, ensemble 2e2m, Conductor Pierre Roullier
Duration 35 minutes
Publisher Billaudot (info@billaudot.com)
Karakuri
Poupée Mécanique (2011)
for female voice and 14 instruments
State commission (France)
Premiered September 2011, Besançon, France
Shigeko Hata – voice
Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain,
Conductor Daniel Kawka
Duration 20 minutes
Publisher Billaudot (info@billaudot.com)
Chamber Nôise I (2010)
Duo for violoncello and contrabass
Premiered 30 November 2010
Czech Cultural Center in Paris
Duo Tamba: Delphine Biron, Yann Dubost (dedicators)
Duration 14 minutes
Publisher Billaudot (info@billaudot.com)
Lo que no’ contamo’ (2010)
String quartet no. II
SWR Commission for the Donaueschingen festival
Premiered 16 October 2010, Diotima string quartet
Duration17 minutes
Publisher Billaudot (info@billaudot.com)
B-low Up (2009-2010)
17 instruments (1.1.2.0, 1.1.1.0, harp, piano, accordion, 2.1.1.1.)
WDR Commission for the Witten festival
Premiered 23 April 2010, Klangforum Wien
Conductor Stephan Asbury
Duration 11 minutes
Publisher Billaudot (info@billaudot.com)
Imademo (2009-2010)
Soprano, viola, sampler
GMEM Commission
Premiered 28 April 2010, Les Musiques festival, Marseille, France
Shigeko Hata – soprano, Carol Jimenez – viola, Ondrej Adamek – sampler
Duration 20 minutes
Nôise (2009)
27 instruments (2.2.2.2, 2.2.2.1, 3 percussion, harp, piano, 2.2.2.1)
Ensemble Intercontemporain commission
Premiered 9 February 2010, Cité de la musique, Paris, Ensemble Intercontemporain
Conductor Susanna Mälkki
Duration 24 minutes
Publisher Billaudot (info@billaudot.com)
Sinuous Voices (2004, revised 2009)
17/20 musicians (or chamber orchestra)
(fl, 2 cls, sax S/T, bon, trp, cor, trbn, harpe, pno, 2 percs, strings 2.2.3.1 or 2.1.1.1)
Premiered 13 November 2004, Montréal, Canada (previous version Sinuous Words)
Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Conductor Laurrainne Veillencourt
Duration 16 minutes
Coups d’ailes (2008)
Brass octet in space
(4tr, 2 horns, 2 trbn)
Commission of Musée du Louvre and Lucern Festival
Premiered at Lucern festival, 30 August 2008
Duration 7 minutes
www.babelscores.com
Ca tourne ça bloque (2007-2008)
10 instruments and sampler
(fl, English horn, bcl, bon, perc., 2 vn, vla, vcl, cb, sampler)
Commission of Integra
Premiered 10 June 2008, festival Agora, IRCAM (Paris, France)
Ensemble Court Circuit, Conductor Jean Deroyer
Duration 16 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcpIe0uMXps
Ombre Cri
Trumpet, choir, symphonic orchestra
(4 fls, 3 obs, 4 cls, 3 bons, 4 hns, 3 trpts, 3 trbns, tba, 4 perc., pno, harp, strings)
Commission of Orchestre national d’île de France
Premiered 23 May 2008, festival Ile de découvert, Créteil (France)
David Guerrier – trumpet solo, Sequenza 9.3, Orchestre National d’île de France,
Catherine Simonpiétri, Jean Deroyer conductors
Duration 18 minutes
Publisher Billaudot (info@billaudot.com)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FSVpn7AIqI
Endless Steps
Symphonic orchestra
(3.3.3.3, 3.3.3.1, 6 perc., pno, harp, strings)
Commission of Lucerne festival academy 2006
Premiered at Lucerne festival, 4 September 2008
Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra, conductor Pierre Boulez
Duration 18 minutes, Publisher Billaudot (info@billaudot.com)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnzsQ5wXE-Y
Fishbones
6 percussions
Commission of Les percussionnistes de Strasbourg 2007
Premiered 8 September 2007, Royaumont, France
Duration 15 minutes
Dusty Rusty Hush
Symphony orchestra
(3.3.3.3, 4.3.3.1, 4 perc., harp, strings)
Commission of Brandenburg Sinfoniker 2007
Premiered 9 September 2007, Brandenburg, Germany
Duration 20 minutes
Publisher Billaudot (info@billaudot.com)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-V9JdsEhUo
Jardin Perdu (2006)
3 voices and orchestra
(2 sopranos, 1 counter-tenor, 4 fls, 4 cls, 4 hns, 3 trpts, 3 trbns, tba, 4 perc., pno, harp, 2 vn, 2 vle, 2 vcli, cb)
Premiered 27 October 2006, Paris Conservatory (CNSMDP), orchestre des Lauréats du Conservatoire (OLC), ensemble l’Instant donné
Voices: Claire Pigeot, Landy Andriamboavonjy, Mickaël Mardayer
Conductor Zsolt Nagy
Shiny or Shy (2005-2006)
Symphonic orchestra
(3.3.3.3, 4.3.3.1, 4 perc., pno, harp, strings)
Premiered 27 June 2006, Cité de la Musique, Paris, France
Orchestra OLC, conductors Kanako Abe, Lionel Branguier
Duration 12 minutes
Publisher Billaudot (info@billaudot.com)
Silent Touches (2005)
Baritone and 5 instruments (trbn, vn, vcl, perc, pno)
Premiered 10 September 2005, Royaumont, France
Baritone Jean-Christophe Jacquez, ensemble Contrechamps
Conductor Jurjen Hampel
Duration 8 minutes
Rapid Eye Movements (2003-2005)
String quartet and electronics (5.1, also stereo version)
Premiered April 2005, IRCAM, Paris, France
Simon Routurier, Marie Salvat violins, Baptiste Vay viola, Sarah Sultan violoncello
Conductor Jan Krejcík
Duration 12 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6x2g5TT5IA&sns=fb
Strange Night in Daylight (2002-2004)
15 musicians (or more) and electronics
(fl, cl, horn, trp, 2 perc, pno, sampler, 2 vn, 2 vle, 2 vli, 1cb)
Premiered January 2004, Paris Conservatory (CNSMDP), France
Orchestre du Conservatoire,
Conductor François-Xavier Roth
Cercle des Rythmes Vitaux (2003-2004)
Electroacoustic piece, (5.1, also stereo version)
Premiered February 2004
Petite Théâtre de Mercellis Bruxelles, Belgium
Duration 15.30 minutes
Gouttes, petites Gouttes (2002-2003)
18 instruments
(fl, ob, cl, bon, horn, trp, trbn, tba, perc, pno, ondes Mart., 2 perc., 2vn, vla, vcl, cb)
Premiered February 2003, Paris Conservatory, France
Orchestre du Conservatoire,
Conductor Allain Louvier
Duration 12 minutes
Un Souffle, une Ombre, un Rien (2000-2001)
Electroacoustic piece
Premiered March 2001, Paris Conservatory (CNSMDP)
Duration 11 minutes
Inflexion (2001)
2 saxophones
Duration 12 minutes, Publisher Billaudot (info@billaudot.com)