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The younger generation to which Ondřej Štochl (1975) belongs, has been struggling with the problem of how to define itself in relation to the very similarly orientated composers of the preceding generation and produce something genuinely new. What is more, the external conditions in which this generation has been entering the active music scene are no better than at the beginning of the 1990s – the Czech state is offering even less support to contemporary music than in the past. Younger composers have been reacting to this situation by striving for the highest possible quality in performance and for ingenious forms of concert presentation. In the framework of their synthetic style they are seeking to innovate in terms of expression and technique. One manifestation of the aspirations of the younger generation has been the founding of the composers' and performers' group Konvergence (which apart from Štochl includes Tomáš Pálka, Jan Rybář, and Michaela Plachká; the first three being not only composers but performers as well.) The aim of Konvergence is to present both pieces by the composers of the group and concert performance of pieces by established foreign composers.
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