Elena Petrová
Elena Petrová, née Krupková was a Czech composer. She was born in Modrý Kameň, and studied piano with Karel Hoffmeister and composition with Jan Kapr and Miloslav Istvan at the Janáček Academy of Music. After completing her studies, she taught music theory at the Charles University in Prague.
Works
Petrová composed for orchestra, chamber ensemble, stage and opera performance, choral and vocal works, and incidental music for ballets, television and radio. Selected works include:;StageSlavík a růže, Ballet after Oscar Wilde Podivuhodná raketa, Ballet after Oscar Wilde Slunečnice, Ballet after Ovid Kdyby se slunce nevrátilo, a six-act opera after Si le soleil ne revenait pas... by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
;Orchestral
- Symphony No. 1 Slavnostní předehra
- Symphony No. 2 Smutecní hudba Passacaglia Slavnostní hudba
- Symphony No. 3 Longing Odysseus
- String Quartet No. 1
- Sonata for viola and piano
- String Quartet No. 2 - received II. prize at the international competition in Philadelphia, 1968Invokace for bass clarinet and piano Pantomima for viola d'amore solo Capricci for bass clarinet and piano
- String Quartet No. 3 Capriccia for bass clarinet and percussion Čarování for flute, piano and percussion Mýty, 4 Pieces for flute solo
- Sonata for violin and piano
- Sonata No. 1 for piano Inspirace for piano 4-hands - received I. prize at the international competition in Denver, 1975Impromptus I. for piano Preludium a passacaglia for organ Impromptus II. for piano
- Sonata No. 2 for piano Čtyři impromptus for piano Preludia for piano