Milan Škampa
Milan Škampa (born June 4, 1928 in Prague , Czechoslovakia ; † April 14, 2018 there ) was a Czech violist and music teacher.
Life
Milan Škampa 1941 studied violin from 1941 with Ladislav Černý at the Prague Conservatory . In 1944, when he was only 16 years old, he became a soloist for the Czech Radio . After the war he had his first successes in international competitions, for example in Berlin in 1951.
In 1956 he accepted an offer from cellist Antonín Kohout to represent Jaroslav Rybenský in the Smetana Quartet . Škampa had to switch from violin to viola relatively quickly and eventually he worked for one of the most famous Czech violists.
Škampa taught at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (Akademie múzických umění v Praze). In 1975 he was appointed lecturer and in 1990 professor .
He was the brother of the musician Mirko Škampa.
Web links
- Recordings with Milan Škampa in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature and other media by and about Milan Škampa in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Milan Škampa at Discogs (English)
- Novinky.cz: Ve věku 89 let zemřel uznávaný violista Milan Škampa (April 16, 2018)
Individual evidence
- ↑ “Violist Milan Skampa died” on magazin.klassik.com on April 16, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Škampa, Milan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Skampa, Milan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech violin and viola player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 14, 2018 |
| Place of death | Prague |