Jiří Stivín

Jiří Stivín

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Jiří Stivín

Sound 1942-11-23 Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic]

Jiří Stivín (born 23 November 1942 in Prague) is a Czech flute player and composer. 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. He gives regular lectures at the Prague Conservatory. Stivín is also famous jazz musician...