Allegro Brillante - MVSR2047 | Musica

Evzen Zámecník was born in Frýdek-Místek (Czech Republik) in 1939 . He studied violin and composition at the conservatory in Brno and continued his composing studies at the Janácek-Academy with Jan Kapr. Due to his exceptional musical abilites Zámecník received a scholarship at the conservatory in Munic with Günter Bialas in the 60's. Later he worked at the Academy of the Arts in Prague. For many years he was violinist of the philharmonic orchestra in Brno and later dramaturg of the Janácek-Opera. From 1994 he was headmaster of the conservatory in Brno for many years.

Zamecník composed for many different instruments and genres, e.g. three string quartets, two quintets for wind instruments, several duos for strings, orchestral works, a violin concerto, three cantatas, one opera buffa, two children's operas and a musical.
His works for wind band are also very respected by national and international musicians and audiences.

Evzen Zamecník wrote "Allegro Brillante" for a composers competition in 1997. The fast overture should be performed in a virtuoso and slightly Italian manner.
Towards the end of the piece, there is a somewhat disfigured musical quotation which shows that the composer esteems the humor and compositional virtuosity of Jacques Offenbach.