Composer Ilya Hurník dies at 90

Czech composer, pianist, dedicated teacher and writer Ilya Hurník has died at the age of 90. He authored a number of operas (including Oldrich and Bozenka and A Lady and Robbers (a tragi-comic opera in four acts to the composer's own libretto loosely adapted after William Rose's The Lady killers), several symphonic works, a ballet (Ondráš) children’s songs and many essays and short stories. As a pianist he specialized in the works of Claude Debussy and Leos Janacek.