![]() Fantasy for choir, piano and orchestra, op.Concerto for Two Pianos and orchestra, op.Nálada ( Mood) for piano and strings (1967).Little Fantasia for piano and orchestra, op.Concerto grosso for Two String Orchestras, Two Pianos and Percussion, op.Slovak Mountains, symphonic suite, op.Strečno, symphonic poem on the village Strečno, op.Celebration Overture "For the Liberation of Bratislava", op.10 Homage to Haydn, for strings and woodwinds, op. 4 for soprano, tenor, choir and orchestra, op. Král' Oidipus, opera, based on Oedipus rex op.They show selected works in the other genres. The following lists show all his compositions in the genres opera, symphony, and works for piano and orchestra. He died in 1993 in Bratislava, at age 66. Ján Zimmer composed more than 120 works, including especially two operas (19), twelve symphonies (from 1955 to 1985), seven piano concertos (from 1949 to 1985), many other concertos for various instruments, chamber music, songs, choral works (including a Magnificat, 1951), and numerous pieces for piano solo. Some of his works, such as the cantata The Uprising (1954), the powerful symphonic poem Strečno (1958), and the vocal symphonic poem Liberation (1975) are written in a nationalist spirit. His works, in the post-romantic style, are overall expressionistic and occasionally incorporate Slovakian folk music. From 1952 he devoted his time exclusively to composition and performance as a concert pianist (he performed in particular the piano part of his own piano concertos). He also worked for the Czechoslovak Radio. From 1948 to 1952 he taught music theory and piano at the Bratislava Conservatory. Afterwards he studied composition with Ferenc Farkas at the Budapest Music Academy, and in Salzburg in 1949. He studied at the Bratislava Conservatory between 19 with Anna Kafendová (piano), Józef Weber (organ) and Eugen Suchoň (composition). Ján Zimmer was born in Ružomberok, North Slovakia. Ján Zimmer ( – 21 January 1993) was a Slovak post-romantic composer and pianist. Not to be confused with German film score composer, Hans Zimmer
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