Pavel Hrabánek

Pavel Hrabánek (1946), czech violinist and composer of contemporary music, studied violin and later composition in his native Prague at the Music Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts. He graduated in 1985 with his symphony The Dove. 

Hrabánek currently plays the violin in the Prague Municipal Symphony Orchestra FOK. As a composer, he focuses in particular on works for solo instruments and chamber ensembles, applying his everyday knowledge of and experience with the sound and technique of musical instruments. 

He has also written vocal and symphony compositions.

Hrabánek has been recognized at several national composition competitions, and his works have been performed at Prague´s "Days of Contemporary Music" festival and have been recorded for Czech Radio. 

His compositional style is rooted in the legacy of the 20th-century modernists, in particular the avant-garde of the 1920s. In addition, Hrabánek is also interested in electronic and computer music.

This website contains detailed examples of the author´s works and offers original CDs for sale.

For more information about the artist, see www.musica.cz.

 
Chamber music I THE MISSING OF WORDS TWO ESSAYES THE HOUSE MUSIC INSOMNIE POUR FELICITÉR
Chamber music II THE TALKS THE SEEKING OF MANTRA THE SCENIC MUSIC THREETIMES FROM RIMBAUD THE ENIGMATES SINGS
Chamber music III SONATA BREVIS LUX IN FINIS THE REALM OF FINITIES THE PATH
Komorní hudba IV QUARTET II FOUR DUETS TOUCHES OCTET DIVERTIMENTO
Symphony music I DOUBLE CONCERTO TWO PICTURES SI TU MARCHES, SPLENDEUR THE LAST SUMMER DAY CONCERTO
Symphony music II SYMPHONY SYMPHONY DOVE
Symfonická hudba III FRAGMENT I FRAGMENT II FRAGMENT III FRAGMENT IV FRAGMENT V FRAGMENT VI
Symfonická hudba IV CONCERTO FOR TRUMPETE CONCERTO FOR ORGANO CONCERTO FOR VIOLINO
Rehabilitace
(chamber opera - czech version only)
PREVIEW 1 PREVIEW 2
Vlastimil Mareš plays
the works of Pavel Hrabánek
THE MISSING OF WORDS THE SEEKING OF MANTRA LUX IN FINISH THE ENIGMATES
     
I WANT TO BUY: Total price (each CD): 14 EU or 17 USD. You will be sent the bank account number for making a money transfer after the order on this email address. Please do not forget to supply your home address in order to receive CDs via surface mail. E-mail: pavel.hrabanek@centrum.cz