Jana Obrovska

Background

Jana Obrovská was born in Prague, the daughter of painter and sculptor Jakub Obrovský.

Education

At the Prague Conservatory she studied with M. Krejčí and Emil Hlobil from 1949-1955.

Career

Her early studies were piano with B. Kabeláčová-Rixová and theory with Jaroslav Řídký. Her Hommage a Béla Bartók became compulsory in the same Paris competition in 1975. Obrovská also composed music for orchestra and chamber ensembles.

Achievements

• She won a prize in the 1972 Concours International de Guitarre in Paris for Passocaglia und Toccata.