Martin Smolka
Person · male · Czech Republic · Prague · born 1959 · recording since 2019
Czech composer
Timeline
1950s
2010s
· Debut release
Debut release: Erbe: Neue Werke für Harry Partch Instrumente
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
2020s
Biography
Biography
Martin Smolka (born 11 August 1959 in Prague) is a contemporary Czech composer of classical music.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 3 | 15.8th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (2 release groups · 2 studio albums)
Albums · 2
Erbe: Neue Werke für Harry Partch Instrumente
2019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 59:03
1Heritage16:102Wooden Clouds: I4:313Wooden Clouds: II3:154Wooden Clouds: III4:205Wooden Clouds: IV2:426Wooden Clouds: V4:287Voices for Harry Partch23:37Moon on the Sea – Sea in the Moon
2022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 53:36
1Bashō: Prelude0:142Bashō: I. Mountain Path8:573Bashō: Interlude: Cypress Hat (Triple Haiku)3:134Bashō: II. Slosh and Foam6:025Bashō: Postlude: Moon Mirror3:406Music for Marcel Duchamp5:217LiPoLied11:448Eight Pieces: I1:529Eight Pieces: II1:4910Eight Pieces: III1:5911Eight Pieces: IV2:1312Eight Pieces: V / VI2:2913Eight Pieces: VII2:1814Eight Pieces: VIII1:45
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Martin Smolka head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 3 | 15.8th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c16b2d21-3127-479f-b003-c07f783ac4ccdiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c16b2d21-3127-479f-b003-c07f783ac4cccore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1314661genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1314661seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Smolkabiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Smolka
Why this artist is in the database
- List of composers by name
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: no portrait (not displayed: the licence credit is missing)
Wikidata: Q1314661 · MusicBrainz: c16b2d21-3127-479f-b003-c07f783ac4cc
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