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Curriculum vitae

”The musician does not invent improvisation, instead he humbly mediates to his listeners what his soul is full of”- these are words of the best contemporary Czech improviser Jaroslav Vodrážka, organist, composer and pedagogue

He studied organ at the Prague Conservatory of Music and at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Prague. During his concert activity he excelled at organ improvisation which made him famous not only in our country but in all Europe. He was a teacher at the Prague Conservatory of Music and at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Prague. He passed his experience in organ, improvisation and Gregorian chant interpretation on to most of the contemporary well-known organists in Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia. Many pupils came to him from abroad and after finishing their studies with prof. J. Vodrážka they returned to their home countries to work there. In the field of composition he has specialized in sacred music. He has made many recordings for radio, television, phonograph and CD’s.

Discography

Verbum Patris

Jaroslav Vodrážka
Komunita sester kláštera
Mnišek Kazatelského řádu

Karmelitánské nakladatelství
2005

Volání Královny nebes

Václav Hálek
Pavla Kšicová - alt
Jan Kvapil - housle, viola
Josef Kšica - varhanní pozitiv a hosté
Jaroslav Vodrážka - varhanní improvizace

Rosa, 2001

Únětické varhany

Gregoriánský ch.
Únětické varhany - obal cd
Jaroslav Vodrážka - varhany
Christina Kluge - sopran
Jaroslav Mrázek - tenor
Vladimír Vytiska - bas
Josef Turchich - varhany

Karmelitánské nakladatelství, 2002

Tobě, Bože, díky

Improvizace vokální skladby
Tobě, Bože, díky - obal cd
Christina Kluge - sopran
Jaroslav Mrázek - tenor
Jaroslav Vodrážka - varhany

Karmelitánské nakladatelství, 2002

MP3

Jaroslav Vodrážka