Štepán Rak
Encyclopedia
Štěpán Rak is a Rusyn
-born Czech
classical guitar
ist and composer. He is well known for the technical
innovations that he uses in his compositions.
Rusyns
Carpatho-Rusyns are a primarily diasporic ethnic group who speak an Eastern Slavic language, or Ukrainian dialect, known as Rusyn. Carpatho-Rusyns descend from a minority of Ruthenians who did not adopt the use of the ethnonym "Ukrainian" in the early twentieth century...
-born Czech
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
classical guitar
Classical guitar
The classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...
ist and composer. He is well known for the technical
Extended technique
Extended techniques are performance techniques used in music to describe unconventional, unorthodox, or non-traditional techniques of singing, or of playing musical instruments to obtain unusual sounds or instrumental timbres....
innovations that he uses in his compositions.
Interviews
- A Conversation with Štěpán Rak (by Graham Wade, 1992)
- Kytara si zaslouží lásku (in Czech)
- Štěpána Raka přivezli do Prahy na tanku ruští vojáci (in Czech)
Photos
- http://campusapps.fullerton.edu/news/arts/2004/photo/Rak.jpg, http://www.klassika.info/Komponisten/Rak_Stepan/index.html, http://archiv.radio.cz/pictures/muzikanti/rak_stepan1.jpg, http://www.mandolineorkest.nl/samples/rak.htm, http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/vyhledavani/index_img.php?id=26350, http://www.guitarchina.com/news/zt/show/yyds/20041103/145257.htm Concert in China, http://www.lyrapragensis.cz/repertoar-divadla.php?id=14 Performance with Alfred Strejček, http://www.lyrapragensis.cz/repertoar-divadla.php?id=37 Performance with Alfred Strejček 2
Audio
Works
- Stepan Rak’s "Tracy" (1994): A Transcription and Commentary Thesis by Reza Khota (2006)
See also
Classical guitarClassical guitar
The classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...