Jindřich Praveček

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Jindřich Praveček (born June 28, 1909 in Výprachtice , † February 11, 2000 in Prague ) was a Czech composer and conductor.

Praveček had violin lessons from Stanislav Ondříček . He then studied violin with Jaroslav Kocian and conducting with Pavel Dědeček at the Prague Conservatory . In 1931 he became the youngest military bandmaster in the history of the Czechoslovak army. In 1945 he became head of the military music school in Prague. After the communist coup d'état in 1948 , he was initially dismissed, but due to his qualifications he was hired to build a representative military orchestra.

In 1956 he was dismissed from military service because of "political unreliability". He took over the construction of a youth wind orchestra for the Amati musical instrument factory , which he led to international success. In 1970 it won the international World Music Concours in Kerkrade. In addition, Praveček has led numerous Bohemian and Moravian brass orchestras as a guest conductor and has acted as a juror in competitions. He composed more than 150 works and wrote about brass instruments and orchestras. His composition Flattert, ihr Fahnen was chosen as the hymn of the Festival Internacional des Jeunes Orchester Instruments á ven in Cheb.

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SURNAME Praveček, Jindřich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech conductor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Výprachtice
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 2000
Place of death Prague