Lukáš Sommer (1984) studied at the Conservatory South Bohemia in the composition class of prof. Jiří Churáčka. He finished the study of music at the Academy of performing arts in the composition class of prof. Ivan Kurze. Between the years 2007-2009, he was the editor of the Internet portal A tempo Revue. With his wife Maria he has daughter Julliette and son Mathyas.

His music was premiered in Tokyo (Concerto for harp and Orchestra), Amsterdam (Symphony for organ and Orchestra), Paris, Vienna or Toronto. He cooperates with many prominent orchestras (Stadtisches Orchester Bremerhaven, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hradec Kralove Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Philharmonia Pardubice, Radio Symphonie Orchester Pilsen, Bohuslav Martinů Symphony Orchestra) conductors (Stephan Tettzlaf, Koji Kawamoto, Marko Ivanović, Jiří Malát, Sebastian Weiser) and musicians (Roman Novotný, Jan Ostrý, Petra Poláčková, Jan Thuri, Sedláčkovo Quartet, Opera Diversa ad.)

He is a sought-after arranger of film and popular music (orchestration of the musical Joan of Arc, orchestration of Oscar-winning film Kolya ad.), collaboration with music producers Ondrej Soukup, Sundar Challapally, Oh Joon Sung ad. Permanently collaborates with prestigious agency TRIART.

To order the Prague Spring Festival he wrote flute concerto Letter to father, became youngest author in the course of the history of the Prague Spring.

 

Selection of works

  • Guitar album (no ending..:) - Tramín, Regina coeli, No wind, January, Lullaby for Mathyas, When I see spider web, Second letter to father, Legend about Victoria (suite from theatre music), Por caminos de Sagunto, From the depth (suite in old style), Windsurfing)

  • Capriccio concertante for wind orchestra (2002, rev. 2012)

  • Hercules - children musical (2012-2013)

  • Xcape - piano trio (2012-2013) - commissioned by Czech-Luxemburg ensemble Alea trio

  • Déjà vu (in memoriam Maurice Ravel) - for violin and piano (2012)

  • Song about Victoria - String quartet No. 1 (2012)
  • Letter to father – Concerto for flute and orchestra (2009-11) – prem. 2012 on Prague Spring festival
  • Sonnet 90 – song for countertenor and guitar (2011)
  • Ela, Hela a stop – chamber opera on Václav Havel's text (2009) – prem. 2010 Disk theatre, Ensemble Opera Diversa
  • Souvrať – songs on poemas by Víta Slívy (2009) – prem. 11. 11. 2009, Czech Radio prize
  • Spines into vail (2008) – cantata for speaker, choir and symphon orchestra, prem. 16. 3. 2009, Dvořák's hall Rudolfinum
  • Concerto for harp and orchestra (2008) – prem. 29. 10. 2008, Stadttheater der Seestadt Bremerhaven, Jana Boušková – harp, conductor Stephan Tettzslaff, publ. Čro
  • Labyrint – sonata for cembalo (hommaje a Freud) (2006) – prem. 22. 11. 2006, Monika Knoblochová – cembalo,
  • Thanksgiving –  for organo and symphony orchestra (2006) – prem. 15. 11. 2007, Dvořák's hall Rudolfinum, Michal Hanuš – organo, Hradec Kralove symphony orchestra, cond. Andreas Sebastian Wieser, publ. Čro
  • The Shepherd – movement for piano and orchestra (2006) – prem. 11. 1. 2007, Veronika Böhmová – piano, South Bohemia Chamber Orchestra, cond. Stanislav Vavřínek
  • Monolit – Concerto for wind orchestra and percussions (2004) – 11. 11. 2006, Concerto Bohemia Competition– palac Žofín, Prague, broadcast on Czech television