Vladimír Godár
Vladimír Godár is a Slovak composer who is active in the fields of contemporary classical music and film music. He is also known for his collaboration with the Czech violinist, singer and composer Iva Bittová. As an academic, he is a writer, editor and translator of books on historical music research. He has been active in reviving the music and reputation of 19th Century Slovak composer Ján Levoslav Bella.
He studied composition under Juraj Pospíšil and piano under Mária Masariková at the Bratislava Conservatory. In 1979 he began work as editor of the music books department of OPUS, and he taught at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava from 1985.
His work is little known outside Slovakia, but much of his music has been released by Slovart Records. Amongst his compositions is a large scale sonata for cello dedicated to the memory of Victor Shklovsky.
He won the 2001 Georges Delerue Award for the score of the film Landscape.
His collection of essays "Heretical Quodlibets" is scheduled to be published in English by Dalkey Archive Press in December 2020 in its "Eastern European Literature" series.Discography
- Concerto Grosso and Partita; conducted by period performance specialist Andrew Parrott.
- Music for Cello, performed by Jozef Lupták, Slovart Records SR-0027
- Barcarolle - Music for Violin, Slovart Records SR-0047
- Chamber Music, performed by Albrecht Quartet, Jozef Lupták, Nora Skuta, Slovart Records SR-0018
- Mater; suite for female voice, choir and Baroque string orchestra.
- Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs; songs by Janáček, transcribed by Godár, performed by Iva Bittová and the Skampa Quartet.
- Five arrangements of Grieg's Lyric Pieces by Godár
