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Kvapil
Kvapil (feminine Kvapilová) is a Czech surname, it may refer to: * Carson Kvapil, American race car driver * Hana Kvapilová, Czech stage actress * Jaroslav Kvapil, Czech poet * Jaroslav Kvapil (composer), Czech composer * Marek Kvapil, Czech ice hockey player * Michala Kvapilová, Czech volleyball player * Radoslav Kvapil, Czech pianist * Travis Kvapil Travis Wade Kvapil ( ; born March 1, 1976) is an American former professional stock car driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 1 Chevrolet Silverado for Beaver Motorsports. He was the 2003 ..., American race car driver {{surname, Kvapil Czech-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travis Kvapil
Travis Wade Kvapil ( ; born March 1, 1976) is an American former professional stock car driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 1 Chevrolet Silverado for Beaver Motorsports. He was the 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion. Early career Kvapil grew up working on cars in his father's garage, and racing was a natural progression for the Wisconsin native. Kvapil began racing in 1992 at the age of 16 at Rockford Speedway, competing in the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series. He went on to win the American Short Tracker division track championship in 1994 at Rockford. In 1995, he moved up to super late models at Madison International Speedway, "Wisconsin's Fastest Half-Mile", and was named the track Rookie of the Year. He also became the track's Late Model Champion a year later in 1996. This honor made Kvapil the youngest to ever capture the title at the track at the age of 20. Kvapil moved to the ARTGO Series, a Midwest aspha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carson Kvapil
Carson Wade Kvapil (born May 22, 2003) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 1 Chevrolet SS for JR Motorsports. He is the son of 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion Travis Kvapil and older brother of Super Late Model driver Caden Kvapil. Racing career In 2017, Kvapil ran in select events in the Southeast Limited Late Model Series as well as the Challenger Division. It was in the latter series where he won in two of three starts in the division that year, with those wins coming at Dillon Motor Speedway and Florence Motor Speedway. In the following year, he ran select races in the ARCA Midwest Tour, winning in his first start at Golden Sands Speedway before twentieth and fourth in his next starts at Grundy County Speedway and Dells Raceway Park respectively. He also made his CARS Late Model Stock Tour debut that year, driving the No. 35 Chevrolet, and finished 17th at Tri-County Speedway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana Kvapilová
Hana Kvapilová (29 November 1860 – 8 April 1907) was a Czech actress. Early life Johanna Kubesch (Hana Kubešová) was born in Prague, the daughter of Gustav Kubeš. Her father ran an established gilding workshop. Later he wanted to get rich in land speculation but failed and lost almost all the family money. Her mother, strongly religious, was raised in a parsonage. She was probably the priest's daughter. She studied at a girls' high school in Prague but she found little interest in studying and her school performance was average. She was interested in theatre from a young age. Her piano teacher was Antonín Dvořák. After her father's bankruptcy, she lived in considerable material poverty. Her father was an amateur actor and painted sets for amateur theater groups. He performed occasionally as a comedian. Career Kubešová joined the National Theatre (Prague), National Theatre in 1889 as an actress of the second rank. In her previous engagement, she played Nora Helmer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaroslav Kvapil
Jaroslav Kvapil (25 September 1868 – 10 January 1950) was a Czech poet, theatre director, translator, playwright and librettist. Early life, education and family Jaroslav Josef Kvapil was born on 25 September 1868 in Chudenice, into the family of a psysician. He attended schools in Klatovy and Plzeň and graduated from the secondary school in 1886. He then gradually tried to study three fields (medicine, philology, law) at the Charles University, but finished none of them. Jaroslav Kvapil was married to actress Hana Kvapilová (née Kubešová) from 1894 until her death in 1907. They met in 1890. In 1910 he married for the second time, this time to actress Zdenka Rydlová (1884–1955). They had a daughter, Eva. Career and late life In 1888, Kvapil made his literary debut, when he published his poems in the '' Světozor'' magazine. From 1891, he worked as a journalist. From 1900, he was a director and Dramaturg at the National Theatre in Prague, where he introduced plays b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marek Kvapil
Marek Kvapil (born 5 January 1985) is a Czech professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for HC Sparta Praha of the Czech Extraliga (ELH). He has won the Gagarin Cup twice with Dynamo in 2012 and 2013. Although born in the Slovak city of Ilava, Kvapil has represented the Czech Republic in various international competitions. Playing career After training in HC Slavia Praha's development program, Kvapil moved to North America after being drafted by the Saginaw Spirit in the first round (11th overall) of the 2004 CHL Import Draft. He was drafted the following year by the Tampa Bay Lightning, though would never play for the team. After spending three years in their farm system, Kvapil returned to Europe in 2008 to continue his career. On 7 April 2017, Kvapil agreed to return to the KHL in signing a one-year contract as a free agent with Amur Khabarovsk Hockey Club Amur (), commonly referred to as the Amur Khabarovsk, is a professional ice hockey club based in Khabar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaroslav Kvapil (composer)
Jaroslav Kvapil (21 April 1892 – 18 February 1958) was a Czech composer, teacher, conductor and pianist. Life and career Born in Fryšták, he studied with Josef Nešvera and worked as a chorister in Olomouc from 1902 to 1906. He then studied at the Brno School of Organists under Leoš Janáček, earning a diploma in 1909. He studied with Max Reger at the Leipzig Conservatory from 1911 through 1913. Kvapil was an excellent accompanist, noted for his skill in sight reading. As the choirmaster and conductor of the Brno Beseda (1919–47) he gave the world première of Janáček's '' Glagolitic Mass'', and the Czech premières of Johann Sebastian Bach’s ''St Matthew Passion'' (1923), Arthur Honegger’s ''Judith'' (1933) and Karol Szymanowski’s ''Stabat mater'' (1937). He received the Award of Merit in 1955. He taught at the School of Organists and at the Brno Conservatory, and he was appointed professor of composition at the academy in 1947. His students included Hana Jank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michala Kvapilová
Michala Kvapilová (born 8 February 1990) is a Czech female volleyball player. She is part of the Czech Republic women's national volleyball team. She participated in the 2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, and in the 2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix The 2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 23rd edition of the annual women's international volleyball tournament played by 28 countries from 26 June to 2 August 2015. This was the first time that the Group 1 final round was held in Omaha .... On club level she played for PVK Olymp Praha in 2014. References External links Profileat ''FIVB.org'' * http://www.sc-potsdam.de/volleyball-bundesliga/michala-kvapilova-verstaerkt-den-sc-potsdam/ * 1990 births Living people Czech women's volleyball players Sportspeople from Ostrava Women's beach volleyball players {{CzechRepublic-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radoslav Kvapil
Radoslav Kvapil (born 15 March 1934 in Brno) is a Czech pianist. At the end of the 20th century, he devoted his concert programmes to works by Frédéric Chopin, particularly in France, in the Chopin International Piano Festival in Nohant. On 21 October 2016 Radoslav gave a recital of Beethoven, Chopin, Dvořák, Janáček and Martinů at St Mary's Parish Church in Hay-on-Wye. He has recorded a CD for Alto of Chopin Complete Ballades and Impromptus, some of which he performed at the concert. He is widely known as expert performer of Czech piano music, recording numerous discs of works by Dvořák, Smetana, Martinů, Janáček, Jan Václav Voříšek, Vítězslav Novák and Josef Suk. He has also recorded ''Studies'' by Chopin (coprod. Amat/Jean-Pierre Thiollet Jean-Pierre Thiollet (; born 9 December 1956) is a French writer and journalist. He is also affiliated with the European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions, a European trade union. Career Thiollet att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
