Václav Smetácek
Born: 30th September 1906, Brno, Czechia
Died: 18th February 1986, Prague, Czechia
Nationality: Czech
Václav Smetáček was a Czech conductor, composer, and oboist.
He studied in Prague among others with Jaroslav Křička, conducting with Metod Doležil and Pavel Dědeček, musicology, aesthetics, and philosophy at Charles University, receiving his doctorate in musicology in 1933. He was the founder and member of the Prague Wind Quintet (1928), with whom he performed, composed and arranged compositions for it. From 1930 to 1933, he was a member of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, and from 1934 to 1943, he worked on Czech Radio as conductor and editor. From 1945 to 1966 he worked as a pedagogue at the Prague Conservatory and Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
As a conductor of the Prague Symphony Orchestra, he made several innovations.
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Wolfram Christ (viola), Koln Chamber Orchestra, Helmut Müller-Brühl, Bruno Meier (flute), Prague Chamber Orchestra, Václav Smetácek, Prague Radio Orchestra
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Dvořák: Mass in D Major, Biblical Songs, Te Deum
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