Witness Petr 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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