Biography

Leos Janácek(1854-1928)

Music Department
Writer
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Leos Janácek was born on 3 July 1854 in Hukvaldy/Hochwald, Moravia, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), Cunning Little Vixen and NET Opera Theater (1967). He was previously married to Zdenka Schulzova. He died on 12 August 1928 in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].

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Known for:

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

7.3

Music Department(selected works from)

1988

Cunning Little Vixen

Music Department(from "The Cunning Little Vixen")

Elaine Bonazzi in The Trial of Mary Lincoln (1972)

NET Opera Theater

TV Series

Music Department

The Red Turtle

7.5

Soundtrack("String Quartet No.2 'Intimate Letters'")

2016

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Music Department

Janácek: Jenufa
- music
- Video
- 2022
Czech Roots: Kazushi Ono dirige le London Symphony Orchestra
- Music Department
- 2020
Jenufa
- composer
- TV Movie
- 2019
From the House of the Dead
- music
- TV Movie
- 2018
Lukava mala lisica
- music
- Video
- 2017
Kater
- stock music
- 2016
Polychrome Dances
- music
- Video
- 2015
Katia Kabanova
- music
- TV Movie
- 2015
Vec Makropulos
- music
- Video
- 2015
Leos Janácek: Jenufa
- music
- TV Movie
- 2015
Jenufa
- music (as Leos Janacek)
- Video
- 2015
Janácek: Jenufa
- music
- Video
- 2014
Die Sache Makropulos
- music
- Video
- 2014
Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen
- music
- Video
- 2012
New World Symphony Wallcast Concert 6
- music
- Video
- 2011

Writer

Janácek: Jenufa
- libretto
- Video
- 2022
Jenufa
- libretto
- TV Movie
- 2019
From the House of the Dead
- libretto by
- TV Movie
- 2018
Lukava mala lisica
- libretto
- Video
- 2017
Vec Makropulos
- libretto
- Video
- 2015
Leos Janácek: Jenufa
- libretto
- TV Movie
- 2015
Jenufa
- libretto (as Leos Janacek)
- Video
- 2015
Janácek: Jenufa
- libretto
- Video
- 2014
Die Sache Makropulos
- libretto
- Video
- 2014
Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen
- libretto
- Video
- 2012
Janácek: Jenufa
- libretto
- TV Movie
- 2011
Vec Makropulos
- libretto
- Video
- 2011
Katia Kabanova
- libretto
- TV Movie
- 2008
De la maison des morts
- libretto
- TV Movie
- 2008
The Cunning Little Vixen
- libretto
- TV Movie
- 2003

Soundtrack

Fluorescence
- writer: "From the House of the Dead" ("From the House of the Dead")
- Short
- 2018
Sen
- writer: "V mlhách"
- Short
- 2017
The Red Turtle
- writer: "String Quartet No.2 'Intimate Letters'"
- 2016
Ash vs Evil Dead
- music: "Knife Edge"
- TV Series
- 2015
Baku 2015 European Games Opening Ceremony
- writer: "On an Overgrown Path"
- TV Special
- 2015
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
- writer: "Tema con Variazioni"
- 2011
Catarsis
- writer: "Sonata 1.X.1905"
- Short
- 2010
Obcan Havel
- writer: "Sinfonietta"
- 2008
Bozí pole s.r.o.
- writer: "Smrt"
- TV Mini Series
- 2007
L'occitanienne
- writer: "Lettres intimes"
- 2006
Innocence
- writer: "Orchestral Suite from La Petite Renard Rusée", "Musique pour exercises de gymnastique I-V"
- 2004
Poem - Ich setzte den Fuß in die Luft und sie trug
- writer: "In Tränen"
- 2003
End of the Century
- Soundtrack (as Leos Janacek, "Knife Edge")
- 2003
Aleph, lectures contades
- writer: "From the House of the Dead", "The Excursions of Mr. Broucêk"
- TV Series
- 2001
Asylum
- writer: "Romance" and "Dumka"
- 1997

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Alternative name
- Leos Janacek
Born
- July 3, 1854
- Hukvaldy/Hochwald, Moravia, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]
Died
- August 12, 1928
- Ostrava, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic](pneumonia)
Spouse
- Zdenka SchulzovaJuly 13, 1881 - August 12, 1928 (his death, 2 children)
Other works
(book) "Janacek's Uncollected Essays on Music". Translated and edited by Mirka Zemanova. London: Marion Boyars Publishers, Ltd., 1989. ISBN 0714528579
Publicity listings
- 1 Print Biography
- 1 Article