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Petr Eben
org, 1929-2007 CZ, Žamberk
Musician / Composer of Classical
Czech composer, organist and pianist (January 22, 1929, Žamberk, former Czechoslovakia - October 24, 2007, Prague, Czechia). Very important part of his opuses represent compositions of sacred music. He was awarded many prizes for his works: 1990 - by the Czech Government for his organ cycle “Job”, 1991 - he received the Order Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres from French Minister of Culture, in 1993 - he received the Stamitz Prize of the German Künstlergilde, and 1994 - the doctor’s degree h.c. of Prague Charles University. Father of David Eben, Marek Eben, Kryštof Eben. Brother-in-law of Ilja Hurník.
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Prague Nocturno for Orchestra (Hommage à W. A. Mozart) - Live on Petr Eben by Petr Eben & Various Artists Cantico delle creature on Eben: Salve Regina & Sacred Choral Works by Petr Eben & Matthias Jung De Angelis on Lacappella: Shimmering by LaCappella, Ola Gjeilo, Simon Wawer, Ēriks Ešenvalds & Clytus Gottwald Eben: Ókna (Windows) - after Marc Chagall: I. Modré Okno (The Blue Window) on Music for Trumpet and Organ by Alison Balsom De Spiritu Sancto on Les plus belles chorales d'enfants : Maîtrise de la Basilique de NotreDame de Fourvière by Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Marc Eben: Ókna (Windows) - after Marc Chagall: III. Cervené Okno (The Red Window) on Music for Trumpet and Organ by Alison Balsom Eben: Ókna (Windows) - after Marc Chagall: II. Zelené Okno (The Green Window) on Music for Trumpet and Organ by Alison Balsom Eben: Ókna (Windows) - after Marc Chagall: IV. Zlaté Okno (The Gold Window) on Music for Trumpet and Organ by Alison Balsom Sunday Music: No. 1, Fantasia I on Organ Music by Petr Eben & Jaroslav Tůma Písne K Loutne: 3. Quand ce beau printemps on Songs my mother taught me by Magdalena Kožená, Dorothea Röschmann, Michael Freimuth & Malcolm MartineauTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labyrinth | Petr Eben, Martinů Quartet, Karel Košárek | 2017 | Album |
| Eben: Noční hodiny - Klega: Pantomima - Křička: Severní noci | Petr Eben, Miroslav Klega, Jaroslav Křička, The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Václav Neumann, Zdeněk Košler, Věra Soukupová | 2016 | Album |
| Landscapes Of Patmos, Okna, Concerto No. 2 For Organ | Petr Eben / Gunther Rost, Tine Thing Helseth, Babette Haag, Bamberger Symphoniker, Gabriel Feltz | 2012 | Album |
| The Paths Of Love | Andrea Kalivodová, Bohuslav Martinů / Leoš Janáček / Jan Kunc / Antonín Dvořák / Petr Eben / Otakar Ostrčil | 2011 | Album |
| Konzert für Orgel und Orchestra Nr. 1 "Symphonia Gregoriana" | Petr Eben | 2010 | Album |
| Piano Trios | Puella Trio, Petr Fiala, Sylvie Bodorová, Petr Eben | 2009 | Album |
| Risonanza | Jan Hanuš, Petr Eben, Pavel Haas, Kateřina Englichová, Vilém Veverka, Ivo Kahánek | 2009 | Album |
| Ančerl's Contemporaries | Karel Ančerl, The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra : Pavel Bořkovec, Benjamin Britten, Václav Dobiáš, Petr Eben, Ilja Hurník, Ivan Jirko, Viktor Kalabis, Julius Kalaš, Jan Kapr, Jan Seidel | 2008 | Compil. |
| Labyrint Světa A Ráj Srdce | Petr Eben, Jan Amos Komenský | 2008 | Album |
| Sonntagsmusik, Laudes, Zwei Choralfantasien, A Festive Voluntary | Petr Eben, Gunther Rost | 2005 | Album |
| Organ Music 4 - Protestant Chorales . Sunday Music | Petr Eben, Halgeir Schiager | 2005 | Album |
| Paul Freeman Introduces...Marilyn Mason | Marilyn Mason -- Emma Lou Diemer • Leo Sowerby • Petr Eben • William Bolcom - Czech National Symphony Orchestra / Paul Freeman | 2004 | Album |
| Hammered Brass | The Wallace Collection - Luciano Berio / Robert Crawford / Petr Eben / Steve Martland / Iannis Xenakis | 2001 | Album |
| Kórusművek = Choral Works | Farkas Ferenc, Petr Eben, Alberto Balzanelli, Augustin Kubizek, György Orbán, Miklós Sugár, Kocsár Miklós, Péter Nógrádi, Miklós Mohay, Karai József, Erzsébet Szőnyi, Zsuzsánna Mindszenty, Musica Nostra Choir | 1999 | Album |
| Praha '68 | Alois Pinos, Petr Pokorný, Petr Eben, Miloslav Ištvan, Milan Knížák, Francesco Lotoro | 1999 | Album |
| Piano Concertos • Rhapsodic Variations | Pavel Bořkovec, Petr Eben, Klement Slavický, The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Ančerl | 1999 | Compil. |
| Antica E Moderna | Schola Gregoriana Pragensis, Petr Eben | 1998 | Album |
| Lumière (Trompette & Orgue) | Daniele Zanettovich, Eric Schmidt, Jean Rivier, Pascal Clarhaut, Petr Eben, Philippe Raynaud, Robert Planel, Viviane Loriaut | 1997 | Compil. |
| Labyrint Světa A Ráj Srdce | Jan Amos Komenský, Petr Eben, Marek Eben | 1997 | Album |
| Dvořák / Janáček / Eben | Prague Chamber Choir / Josef Pančík - Antonín Dvořák / Leoš Janáček / Petr Eben | 1996 | Album |
| A composer portrait Petr Eben | Petr Eben | 1992 | Album |
| JOB for Ogan | Petr Eben / David Titterington, Howard Lee | 1992 | Album |
| Composer Petr Eben | Petr Eben, Kamila Klugarová, Radovan Lukavský, Josef Kšica, The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Václav Neumann, Libor Pešek, Czech Philharmonic Chorus, Komorní Soubor, Lubomír Mátl | 1992 | Album |
| Laudes - Two Choral Phantasies - Landscapes Of Patmos | Petr Eben / Sieglinde Ahrens, Martin Lenniger | 1992 | Album |
| Konzert Für Orgel Und Orchester „Symphonia Gregoriana“ | Petr Eben - Andreas Meisner und Paul Wißkirchen (Orgel), Händelfestspielorchester Halle Leitung: Volker Hempfling | 1991 | Album |
| The Sacred Trombone | Christian Lindberg, Gunnar Idenstam - Gardner Read • Franz Liszt • Anders Hillborg • Petr Eben • Alfred Schnittke • Jan Sandström | 1991 | Album |
| Holy Father John Paul II At Prague / Svatý Otec Jan Pavel II. V Praze | Peter Dvorský, Petr Eben, The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Bohumil Kulínský | 1990 | Album |
| Nedělní Hudba / Laudes / Hommage À Dietrich Buxtehude | Petr Eben, Kamila Klugarová | 1990 | Album |
| Sunday Music / Fantasia Chorale 1 | Petr Eben - Галина Булыбенко | 1990 | Album |
| Lukáš • Eben • Raichl • Kalach | Zdeněk Lukáš, Petr Eben, Miroslav Raichl, Jiří Kalach, Kühn Mixed Choir, Pavel Kühn | 1989 | Album |
| Prague Nocturne - Cantico Delle Creature - Salve Regina - Landscapes Of Patmos | Petr Eben, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Kühn Mixed Choir, The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Aleš Bárta, Václav Macáček, Pavel Kühn | 1989 | Album |
| String Quartet - Three Episodes For String Quartet (String Quartet No. 4) - String Quartet No. 2 | Petr Eben, Smetana Quartet, Otmar Mácha, Jiří Baur | 1987 | Album |
| Elce Pelce Kotrmelce | Petr Eben | 1985 | Single |
| 3 Ritornelli / Monolit / Rapsodia Eroica / Mutationes Per Organo Grande E Piccolo | Jiří Teml / Milan Slavický / Ctirad Kohoutek / Petr Eben, Jan Hora • Věra Heřmanová | 1984 | Album |
| Trojan: Divertimento, Hanuš: Hudba Věže, Even: Okna | Václav Trojan, Jan Hanuš, Petr Eben | 1983 | Compil. |
| Svatováclavský Triptych = Triptych "St.Wenceslas" / Faust - Suita Pro Varhany = Suite For Organ | Vítězslav Novák / Petr Eben - Alena Veselá / Kamila Klugarová | 1983 | Album |
| Faust-Szenen | Petr Eben - Johannes Geffert | 1983 | Album |
| Kytara / Guitar | Martin Mysliveček, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Leo Brouwer, Joaquín Turina, Petr Eben, Petr Fiala | 1981 | Album |
| Sunday Music / Three Impressions, Op. 72: Harmonies Du Soir • Clair De Lune • La Nuit | William Osborne - Petr Eben / Sigfrid Karg-Elert | 1981 | Album |
| Leoš Janáček, Petr Eben, Arnošt Parsch | Leoš Janáček, Petr Eben, Arnošt Parsch | 1980 | Album |
| Suite For Cymbalom / Ordo Modalis For Oboe And Harp / Hommaggi Gravicembalistici / Preludii Dodici | Alois Hába, Petr Eben, Jan Rychlík, Zdeněk Pololáník | 1976 | Album |
| Laudes / Fantazija Ir Fuga / Pasakalija | Leopoldas Digrys - Petr Eben, Johann Sebastian Bach | 1974 | Album |
| Vox Clamantis • Ex Post • II. Symfonietta • Fragment | Petr Eben • Jiří Dvořáček • Pavel Bořkovec • Josef Boháč • The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra | 1972 | Album |
| Apologia Sokratus · Ubi Caritas Et Amor | Petr Eben | 1971 | Album |
| Второй Всесоюзный Фестиваль Органной Музыки, Вильнюс, 1969 г. | Petr Eben, Olivier Messiaen - Bernardas Vasiliauskas, Giedré Lukšaité-Mrázková | 1971 | Album |
| Antrasis Sąjunginis Vargonų Muzikos Festivalis, Vilnius, 1969 | Petr Eben / Olivier Messiaen - Bernardas Vasiliauskas / Giedré Lukšaité-Mrázková | 1971 | Album |
| Moderní Dechové Komorní Skladby | Darius Milhaud / Petr Eben / Albert Roussel / Tadeusz Baird / Gian Francesco Malipiero - Rejcha Wind Quintet | 1967 | Album |
| Hudba Pro Mládež „Schulwerk‟ | Carl Orff, Ilja Hurník, Petr Eben | 1967 | Album |
| Piano Jde Do Světa | Petr Eben - Kamil Bednář | 1967 | Single |
| Selection Of Works By Petr Eben | Petr Eben | 1967 | Single |
| Shulamite / Passer Catulli / Loveless Songs | Ilja Hurník, Jan Novák, Petr Eben, Věra Soukupová, The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Martin Turnovský | 1965 | Album |
| oeuvres pour coeur mixte | Petr Eben | Album |
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