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Milan Guštar

About

Milan Guštar (b. 18 August 1963, Prague) is a Czech composer, organologist, programmer, and builder of electronic and electroacoustic devices. Since the 1980s he has worked at the intersection of science and art, drawing on microtonality, algorithmic methods, and generative principles to create compositions that often double as sonic or multimedia installations. He lectures at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (HAMU) and authored the two-volume encyclopedia Elektrofony, a thousand-page survey of electrophonic instruments.

since the 80s
duration of active creation
~1000 pages
scope of the Elektrofony encyclopedia

What's new

  • 2026-06

    At the NODO 2026 festival in Ostrava, the world premiere of Guštara's microtonal opera New Theory of Harmony for two voices and chamber ensemble, inspired by Alois Háby's theory, will be heard.

  • 2026-02

    Guštara's name was announced among the composers of the eighth NODO biennial, where creators from Great Britain, Canada, USA, Slovakia and Czech Republic gather.

  • 2025-08

    At the Ostrava Days 2025, the world premiere of Guštara's composition Kadence in C dur was performed by Mivos Quartet and other guests.

  • 2025-04

    At the Prague Atrium Žižkov, the premiere of Guštara's composition Trigon for intonarumori was performed by the Ensemble of Futurist Noise Intoners.

  • 2023-08

    At the Ostrava Days 2023, the world premiere of Guštara's composition 36 views on Edo for six-quarter-tone harmonium was heard.

Tracks

New Theory of Harmonymicrotonal opera for two voices and chamber ensemble, world premiere NODO Ostrava June 2026
Densatio in 128 edofor electronically processed virtual microtonal mechanical piano, released on Czech Music Information Centre portrait (2021)
240× Four Seasonsfor virtual piano and theremin, part of Composer Portraits Edition album (2021)
Trigoncomposition for intonarumori, premiere April 2025 in Prague
36 views on Edofor six-quarter-tone harmonium, world premiere Ostravské dny 2023

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