Jaroslav Krček

Jaroslav Krček (born April 22, 1939 in České Budějovice ) is a Czech composer and conductor.

Krček attended the B. Jeremiás Music School in České Budějovice (Budweis) and then studied composition with Miloslav Kabeláč and conducting with Bohumír Liška at the Prague Conservatory . From 1962 he worked as music director at Radio Pilsen and from 1967 music editor at the record label Supraphon in Prague. Here he founded the folklore ensemble Chorea Bohemica in 1967 , which he directed for twenty years and for which he composed a number of songs and dances. In 1975 he founded the Musica Bohemica , a chamber ensemble specializing in Bohemian Christmas music.

Krček's intense preoccupation with Czech folk music resulted from around a thousand arrangements of Czech folk tunes. He also composed a. a. three symphonies, a double concerto for oboe, harp and orchestra, Four Renaissance Miniatures commissioned for the Trio Spektrum and the electroacoustic opera Raab , for which he was awarded first prize at the International Composers' Competition in Geneva.

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SURNAME	Krček, Jaroslav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Czech composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH	April 22, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH	České Budějovice