Biography
Ilja Zeljenka (21 December 1932 – 13 July 2007) was a Slovak composer.
Born in Bratislava, Zeljenka studied music with Ján Cikker from 1951-1956. During the 1970s his more experimental idiom was suppressed by the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia, and he produced music based on folk music and neoromantic styles. His very large output includes three operas (including Bátoryčka (1994), based on the story of Elizabeth Báthory and Posledné dni Veľkej Moravy [The Last Days of Greater Moravia] (1996)), film music, piano works (including two pieces for piano and bongos), fourteen string quartets, nine symphonies, theatre music and electronic music. Among his vocal compositions is the cantata Oświęcim (1959), about the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Filmography
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Movies 38
Earthly Disturbance (1993)
Dolina (1973)
Maple and Juliana (1973)
Jano (1973)
Mŕtve oči (1972)
Ľudovít Fulla (1972)
If I Had a Gun (1971)
Taký obyčajný deň (1971)
Priehrštie vzdychov (1971)
Vyznavač snov (1970)
Ring voľný (1970)
National Artist Professor Karol Plicka (1970)
Brat (1970)
The Genius (1969)
Smrť Pavla Duchaja (1969)
Roľníci (1969)
Nevera (1969)
Dragon's Return (1968)
Three Daughters (1968)
Pomsta starej dámy alebo Na každého raz dôjde (1968)
Zpověď (1968)
Kryštál z Istanbulu (1967)
Miraculous Virgin (1967)
Mašinka (1967)
Štyri dni Ľudovíta Čonku (1967)
Nylon Moon (1966)
Water and Labor (1964)
Kto si bez viny... (1964)
The Sun in a Net (1963)
We're Entering the Nuclear Age (1963)
Men from the Gader Valley (1963)
Dáma v čiernom (1963)
My z deviatej A (1962)
Skaly a ľudia (1960)
Evička ide mestom (1958)
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1932-12-21
Deathday2007-07-13 (74 years old)
Birth PlaceBratislava, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]
CitizenshipsSlovakia
AwardsJán Levoslav Bella Prize, Ľudovít Štúr Order 1st class, Meritorious Artist
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