Jiří Stivín

Jiří Stivín
Jiří Stivín (2015)
Jiří Stivín (2015)
Background information
Born
Jiří Stivín

(1942-11-23) 23 November 1942 (age 83)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
GenresJazz
Classical
OccupationsMusician, multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator
InstrumentsFlute, Saxophone
LabelsSQS, Konnex
Websitejiri.stivin.cz

Jiří Stivín (born 23 November 1942 in Prague) is a Czech flute player and composer.[1]

Biography

He graduated from the Film Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU). He also studied composition at the Royal Academy of Music as well as at the Prague Academy of Music (AMU),[1] and studied the flute under Milan Munclinger.

Stivín performs music from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Baroque periods. As a sololist, he performed with the Prague Symphony Orchestra, with the Slovak Chamber Orchestra, with Suk Chamber Orchestra, Barocco sempre giovane as well as with several other ensembles. He is also involved in jazz, both as a performer and as a composer.[2] In the 1990s, he gave lectures at the Prague Conservatory and had conducted annual master classes in Barock music in the South Bohemian town of Bechyně in the summer in the 1970s-1980s.[3]

Stivín is active in the Jazz Quartet in the Czech Republic, playing both the flute and saxophone. His large discography ranges from jazz to classical music, and his nine separate CDs of suite and chamber music recordings of Georg Philipp Telemann for recorder and flute with Naxos and Supraphon labels are the most numerous of his contemporaries performing Telemann. In 2007, Stivín was awarded the Medal of Merit by President Václav Klaus for his contributions to culture and art.[4]

In recent years, Stivín has remained musically active well into his 80s. He continues to perform across the Czech Republic, including appearances at major events such as JazzFest Brno in November 2025. [5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Jiří Stivín" (in Czech). Český hudební slovník osob a institucí (Masaryk University). Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  2. ^ Dorůžka, Lubomír (1988). Jazz in der Tschechoslowakei. In: That's Jazz. Der Sound des 20. Jahrhunderts (in German). Darmstadt: Ausstellungskatalog.
  3. ^ Ulrychová, Marta. "Jiří Stivín as Pedagogue". Proceedings of the University of West Bohemia 2002. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Musicians who were awarded the Czech Medal of Merit". rateyourmusic.com. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Jiří Stivín - ut 25. 11. 19:30 - Divadlo Husa na provázku - GoOut". goout.net (in Slovak). 25 November 2025. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
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