Vaclav neumann biography

Czech conductor and violinist Václav Neumann was born on this day in 1920

Czech conductor and violinist Václav Neumann was born on this day in 1920.

Dying in 1995, Maestro Neumann was a founding violinist with the Smetana Quartet– and served coveted conducting positions with the Komische Oper Berlin, Leipzig Gewandhausorchester and the Czech Philharmonic.

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DVORAK | SYMPHONY NO. 9 'FROM THE NEW WORLD' | VACLAV NEUMANN & CZECH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA | 1993

Václav Neumann (29 October 1920 – 2 September 1995)^[1] was a Czechconductor, violinist, violist, and opera director.

Life and career

Neumann was born in Prague, where he studied at the Prague Conservatory with Josef Micka (violin), and Pavel Dědeček and Metod Doležil (conducting) from 1940 through 1945.^[1] He co-founded the Smetana Quartet, playing 1st violin and then viola.^[1]

Neumann made his debut as a conductor with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in 1948, remaining as a conductor with that ensemble through 1950.^[1] In 1951 he became principal conductor of the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra. He left that post in 1954 to become principal conductor of the Brno Symphony Orchestra (SOKB). In 1956, he began to conduct at the Komische Oper in Berlin; beginning with a celebrated production of Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen on 30 May 1956.^[1] He toured with that production to Paris and Weisbaden; conducting a total of 215 performance between the three cities.^[1] He remained at t

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