Miroslav Srnka
Miroslav Srnka (1975, Prague) studied musicology at the Charles University in Prague with Jarmila Gabrielová, and composition at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague with Milan Slavický. He has participated in exchange programmes and composition courses with Ivan Fedele, Philippe Manoury, and others. In 2009, he received the prestigious Ernst von Siemens Composers’ Prize and Wilfried-Steinbrenner-Stiftung Prize. In 2005, his short opera Wall (after Jonathan Safran Foer) was premiered at the Berlin State Opera. In 2016, the “double opera” South Pole was premiered at Bavarian State Opera in Munich, with Rolando Villazón and Thomas Hampson, conducted by Kirill Petrenko. His compositions have been commissioned, premiered, and performed by leading interpreters such as BBC Philharmonic, Ensemble Modern, and PKF – Prague Philharmonia. His work has appeared at various festivals, including: Contempuls, Milano Musica, Prague Spring, and others. He has given composition masterclasses at the Lucerne and Moscow Conservatories. In 2019, he was appointed professor of composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne. Ostrava Days festival has been presenting Srnka’s compositions since 2007. At Ostrava Days 2017,his opera Make No Noise received its first performance in the Czech Republic. He is a regular lecturer at the Ostrava Days Institute.
