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announced the name of its new Chief Conductor. It is Jiri Belohlavek, one
of the most acclaimed Czech conductors, who is to replace the American
Leonard Slatkin at the helm of the orchestra next year. More
Current AffairsMartinu Festival celebrates legendary Czech composer
Beginning Monday, Prague will host the 10th annual Martinu Festival, a
series of classical music dedicated to one of the best-known 20th Century
Czech composers, Bohuslav Martinu.
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WitnessPetr Vlha: in praise of Zdenek Macal's magic wand at the Czech Philharmonic
You may remember an interview we broadcast last year with Zdenek Macal,
when he was appointed chief conductor of the greatest of all Czech
orchestras, the Czech Philharmonic. Despite a huge international
reputation after many years with top orchestras abroad, Macal was not
particularly well known in his native Prague. The Czech Philharmonic had
been going through a difficult few years, with financial problems,
internal disputes and even fears that its artistic standards were
suffering. So Zdenek Macal inherited a difficult job. Today, just a few
months later, critics are united in praising his work with the orchestra.
Not least among them is Petr Vlha, the secretary of the Year of Czech
Music, who sees the changes at the Czech Philharmonic as little short of
miraculous:
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