PT Journal AU Mandysova, D Feiferlikova, R SO Aura musica PY 2021 BP 200 EP 206 VL 13 IS 1 DE Jan Vicar; musicologist; contemporary Czech composer; choral work; folklore inspiration; Jiri Zacek AB The article presents Jan Vicar, a professor at Czech and foreign universities, a musicologist and composer, who is one of the leading figures in contemporary Czech music and musicology with extensive publishing activities. His compositional work is characterized by postmodernism, neoclassicism, folklore and jazz inspirations and the use of avant-garde techniques. He imprinted his relationship with choral singing in many choral cycles, inspired by Moravian folklore or texts by the poet Jiri Zacek. ER