Miroslav Košler
Miroslav Košler (born June 25, 1931 in Prague ; † September 20, 2016 there ) was a Czech choir conductor and music teacher.
Zdeněk Košler's younger brother studied at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague . From 1951 to 2010 he directed the Prague Mixed Choir, with which he performed in more than 20 European countries, in Japan, Israel and the USA. He performed works by contemporary Czech composers such as Petr Eben , Zdeněk Lukáš , Antonín Tučapský and Zdeněk Pololáník with the choir and gave concerts at the Prague Spring , the Dresden Music Festival , the Linz Bruckner Music Festival , the Bodensee Festival , the Bratislava Music Festival and the Netherlands Festival . With conductors such as Zubin Mehta , Riccardo Muti , Giuseppe Sinopoli , Kent Nagano , Herbert Kegel , Jiří Bělohlávek and Vladimír Válek , he performed oratorios and other works for choir and orchestra by Antonín Dvořák , Richard Wagner , Hector Berlioz , Gustav Mahler , Arnold Schoenberg , Igor Stravinsky and others.
From 1993 Košler was Professor of Choral Conducting at the Prague Conservatory and at the Pedagogical Faculty of the Charles University in Prague . He also acted as a juror at international choir competitions, as artistic director of the Praga cantat choir competition and the Prague Winter Opera and Orchestra Festival, and as a permanent guest conductor of the Prague Philharmonic Choir .
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- Alliance Publications, Inc. - K - Kosler, Miroslav
- Muzikus.cz - Jindřich Bálek: "Miroslav Košler - vztah učitele a žáka nikdy nekončí"
- Allmusic - Miroslav Kosler
Individual evidence
- ↑ novinky.cz , accessed on March 25, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Košler, Miroslav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech choir director and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 25, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th September 2016 |
| Place of death | Prague |