Lenka Hlávková ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** *========================================================================================= * *========================================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Musicologist, Director of the Institute of Musicology at the Faculty of Arts, CU ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (49 years old) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenka Hlávková (née Mráčková) was born on 17 August 1974 in Louny. After graduating from s in Most, she studied musicology at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University (M.A. 1998, Ph. During her studies, she completed internships in Cork and Utrecht and, from 1999 to 2000, scholarship holder at Humboldt University in Berlin. At the Institute of Musicology, Facul Charles University, she worked as an assistant professor specialising in music history bef music palaeography. From 2012 to 2015 and again from 2021 to 2023, she served as the direc Institute. *========================================================================================= * *========================================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Written by husband ZH (with the help of LJ, VK, PM): ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenka always wrote similar essays at home: grant applications, concert programmes, invitat you notes, testimonials... she always knew how to craft the right text for any occasion. O sit in the kitchen late into the night at her laptop, arranging conferences, concerts, gra exchanges, or recording CDs, while assigning us, the rest of the family, tasks such as pic or at least bringing or taking something away. She always knew she wanted to pursue music: she started singing in the Kvítek children’s c in kindergarten, soon added the violin, and later regularly attended events of the Musical the Summer School of Early Music. As soon as she discovered musicology, she was clear abou direction: she prepared thoroughly for the entrance exam, completed her master’s and docto then joined the Institute of Musicology as an assistant professor. She could always rely on her family: from having the opportunity to write notes for her th computer at the power plant in Počerady, to urgent repairs of the mixing console or the va piano, to sewing her graduation dress and many other elegant designs. There was mutual sup construction, gardening, home, and kitchen activities as well. She never worried too much about anything due to her vigorousness and did not let a lack o other minor problems get to her. When she could not afford to live in Prague on her univer did not complain and commuted from Louny to work at the faculty. Later, we lived together in Holešovice, and eventually, by some miracle, managed to acquire and renovate our own pl Many memories have been written and published by Lenka’s colleagues, for example, in the m Voice, Deník N, Deník Referendum, Hudební věda, and Cantus. Everyone unanimously praised L and organisational activities, which she also supported with her legendary conference cook wine or apricot dumplings. For concerts and choral events, she often prepared plum cider, or blackcurrant desserts, depending on what she had in her garden. At a conference in Brus approached the local Czech Centre and was able to acquire several bottles of Moravian wine served as an advertisement for Czech wine culture and musicology. Otherwise, she usually b such events with the per diems she saved on business trips. Lenka had many ideas, which she did not hesitate to promote and implement. Apart from chor and her professional interest in early music, she was also very fond of jazz. Many years a was involved in founding the Jazz Club Louny and organising successful jazz concerts. I be she invented and organised most of the other concerts and musical social events primarily friends and sing together, although she claimed that her main concern was to promote the I and the study of musicology. As an advertisement for early music and musicology, she also recorded several programmes for Czech Radio and appeared on the cover of Forum [ URL "UKEN uk_forum_cz_45_1_2019.pdf"] Magazine. Lenka was able to discuss practically anything with anyone in an engaging and informative history to literature, pedagogy, botany, chemistry, and medicine. In addition to her vast knowledge, she was keenly interested in fine wine and food, cooking, gardening, preserving practical activities (when she couldn’t find a nice and practical bag in the shop, she kni in the evenings). Her fondness for karate, which her younger brother introduced her to, ma since she was otherwise uninterested in sports; in the last 15 years, she had been ice ska cross-country skiing once or twice, and maybe three times on a bicycle. She had started pr primarily for health reasons and pursued it systematically with her usual full commitment. We all miss Lenka and will continue to miss her. I don’t know anyone who exudes similar en the cause, and organisational skills. But even with our limited possibilities, we can try motto: “I explore, I explore, I don’t slack off!” (which she used to set as a screensaver) off, not to complain about adversity, to go our own way, and work on what we consider impo undue regard for our own comfort. Recipe for Lenka’s apricot dumplings: Make a dough with a reasonable amount of cottage cheese, semolina, egg, and a pinch of sal in the dough, and cook.