Libor Pešek

Libor Pešek (2009)

Libor Pešek (born June 22, 1933 in Prague ) is a Czech conductor .

He studied conducting, piano , violoncello and trombone at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague , with Václav Smetáček , Karel Ančerl and Václav Neumann , among others . At first he played jazz trombone and directed a swing orchestra. After employment at the opera houses in Pilsen and Prague from 1958 to 1964, he founded a chamber orchestra in Prague. In the 1970s he led orchestras in Pardubice , Leeuwarden and Enschede . From 1981 to 1982 he was chief conductor of the Slovak Philharmonic and from 1982 to 1990 "Conductor in Residence" of the Czech Philharmonic . From 1987 to 1997 he was chief conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra .

As a conductor, Pešek believes in the spirit of an orchestra in the sense of a special sound or a special variety that can be heard if you respect the musicians and give them some creative freedom. Indeed, with the orchestras he regularly conducts, Pešek achieves an extraordinary sense of sound. Drama and brio, on the other hand, were occasionally missed by record critics. Pešek's main interest in vinyl recordings is Czech music. He has made a complete recording of all Dvořak symphonies on Virgin Records , as well as a large selection of the works by Josef Suk , some several times with the Czech Philharmonic with Supraphon in the early 1980s and again with the Liverpool Orchestra in the early 1990s with Virgin. He has also made lesser-known composers such as Vítězslav Novák better known with a series of recordings.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b David Vaughan: Libor Pesek - Czech conductor and Knight of the British Empire. In: Radio Prague International. August 3, 2003, accessed March 1, 2020 . : "I hope I managed to create a special sound for the [Liverpool] orchestra"
↑ "Pesek's reading fails to develop enough urgency in the first movement", ..., "slow and relaxed view of the first movement", ..., "the result lacks dramatic tension", ..., "Peseks produces elsewhere Gentleness a reading that could use more adrenaline ... ”- on movements from Dvorak symphonies, The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs, London 2001, p. 426, translated

personal data
SURNAME	Pešek, Libor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Czech conductor
DATE OF BIRTH	June 22, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH	Prague

[radio.cz-1] A ^b David Vaughan: Libor Pesek - Czech conductor and Knight of the British Empire. In: Radio Prague International. August 3, 2003, accessed March 1, 2020 . : "I hope I managed to create a special sound for the [Liverpool] orchestra"

[2] "Pesek's reading fails to develop enough urgency in the first movement", ..., "slow and relaxed view of the first movement", ..., "the result lacks dramatic tension", ..., "Peseks produces elsewhere Gentleness a reading that could use more adrenaline ... ”- on movements from Dvorak symphonies, The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs, London 2001, p. 426, translated