The Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra (''Janáčkova filharmonie Ostrava'') is a Czech orchestra based in
Ostrava
Ostrava (; pl, Ostrawa; german: Ostrau ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic, and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 280,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four riv ...
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Czech Republic
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. Named after composer
Leoš Janáček
Leoš Janáček (, baptised Leo Eugen Janáček; 3 July 1854 – 12 August 1928) was a Czech composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist, and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and other Slavic musics, including Eastern European f ...
, the orchestra performs its concerts at the City of Ostrava Cultural Centre.
History
The roots of the orchestra date back to 1929, with the establishment of a radio orchestra in
Ostrava
Ostrava (; pl, Ostrawa; german: Ostrau ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic, and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 280,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four riv ...
. In 1954, the orchestra was formally established under the name of the Ostrava Symphony Orchestra, with Otakar Pařík as its first chief conductor under that name, and gave its first concert under that name on 3 May 1954. In 1962, the orchestra changed its name to the ''Státní filharmonie Ostrava'' (Ostrava State Philharmonic Orchestra), then with Václav Jiráček as chief conductor. In 1971, the orchestra changed its name to its current form, the ''Janáčkova filharmonie Ostrava'' (Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava). In the 1990s, the orchestra developed a new emphasis on performance of contemporary music, including renditions of compositions by composers such as
Earle Brown
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Maria de Alvear
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Morton Feldman
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Petr Kotik
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Pauline Oliveros
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She was a founding member of the San Francisco Tape Music Cente ...
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Somei Satoh
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His musical career began with an experimental, mix media group called "Tone Field" in Tokyo. He studied at ...
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Martin Smolka
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Works
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* ''Slzy (Tears)'';
;1985-1988
: ''Hudba hudbička'' (''Music Sweet Music'') for ensemble;
;1988
* ''Music for Retuned Instrument ...
Stockhausen
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* Toru, Pakistan, village in Mardan District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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See also
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Vassily Sinaisky
Vassily Serafimovich Sinaisky ( Russian: Васи́лий Серафи́мович Сина́йский, born in Abez, Komi Republic, April 20, 1947) is a Russian conductor and pianist.
Biography
Sinaisky studied conducting with Ilya Musin at t ...
first guest-conducted the orchestra. He returned for a second guest-conducting engagement at the start of the 2019-2020 season. In April 2020, the orchestra announced the appointment of Sinaisky as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2020-2021 season. The orchestra's principal guest conductor is
Petr Popelka
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, effective with the 2020-2021 season.
Chief conductors
* Otakar Pařík (1954-1955)
* Jiří Waldhans (1955-1962)
* Václav Jiráček (1962-1966)
* Josef Daniel (1966-1968)
* Otakar Trhlík (1968-1987)
* Tomáš Koutník (1987-1990)
* Dennis Burkh
* Leoš Svárovský (1991-1993)
* Christian Arming (1996-2002)
* Petr Vronský (2002-2004)
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Theodore Kuchar
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Biography
Kuchar was born in 1963 in New York City.Heiko Mathias Förster (2014-2019)
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Vassily Sinaisky
Vassily Serafimovich Sinaisky ( Russian: Васи́лий Серафи́мович Сина́йский, born in Abez, Komi Republic, April 20, 1947) is a Russian conductor and pianist.
Biography
Sinaisky studied conducting with Ilya Musin at t ...