Ferdinand Havlík
Ferdinand Havlík (born June 17, 1928 in Brno , † October 28, 2013 in Prague ) was a Czech film composer , band leader , arranger and jazz musician ( clarinet , alto saxophone ).
Live and act
Havlík founded the Semafor Music Theater in Prague with the actor Jiří Suchý in 1959 , where he directed the Divadla Semafor orchestra . From 1959 he made recordings for Supraphon . After Jiří Šlitr's death in 1969, Havlík became the main composer of the Semafor . In addition, he worked as a film composer from 1964, a. a. for the feature film Der Tod ist mit (1979, director: Ivo Toman). In the 1970s he founded a swing band , with which he performed at the 1979 and 1984 International Traditional Jazz Festival Breda . In the field of jazz he was involved in 16 recording sessions between 1959 and 1985.
Web links
- Works by and about Ferdinand Havlík in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature and other media by and about Ferdinand Havlík in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Ferdinand Havlík at Discogs (English)
- Ferdinand Havlík in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ferdinand Havlík in the Česko-Slovenské filmové databázi
- Ferdinand Havlík in the Filmové databázi
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary on Idnes.cz (Czech)
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed December 15, 2013)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Havlík, Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech jazz musician, band leader and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brno |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 2013 |
| Place of death | Prague |