Prague Conservatory
The Prague Conservatory ( Czech : Pražská konzervatoř ) is a Czech secondary training facility in Prague for music and performing arts .
education
The Prague Conservatory offers training in the game of many musical instruments to and in classical singing and popular song, composition , conducting and acting . The training lasts 4 or 6 years and the course is completed with an Abitur after 4 years or with a state examination after 6 years. The curriculum includes specialized theoretical studies, language training and general education. The institution has its own symphony and string orchestras, as well as a baroque orchestra, various chamber music ensembles and an acting group with its own theater stage. Around 250 concerts and 40 stage performances are held annually.
In 2005/06 around 550 Czech and 40 foreign students studied at the conservatory.
history
The Prague Conservatory was founded in 1808 by local aristocrats and citizens. The first training courses started in 1811 after the coalition wars caused a delay. Friedrich Dionys Weber was appointed the school's first director.
In 1891 Antonín Dvořák joined the faculty as head of the composition department. From 1901 to 1904 he was director of the school. Dvořák's students included the composers Vítězslav Novák , Josef Suk (who later became the director of the conservatory), Rudolf Friml , Oskar Nedbal and Franz Lehár . The professors who taught at the school also included the pianist and later director of the Conservatory, Vilém Kurz .
The list of musicians who studied at the school includes: a. Jan Hřímalý , Otakar Ševčík , Jan Kubelík , Václav Talich , Karel Ančerl , Rafael Kubelik , Vítězslav Novák , Eugen Suchoň , Bohuslav Martinu (prematurely exiting) Jaroslav Jezek , Václav Neumann , Jiri Belohlavek , Franz Simandl , Václav Smetáček and many others.
After the establishment of Czechoslovakia in 1918, the departments for drama and ballet were established. Lída Baarová (left early), Jiří Langmajer , Tatiana Vilhelmová (left early), Filip Blažek and Zuzana Vejvodová studied here . Katya Zvelebilova began her classical ballet training at the Conservatory before entering the Royal Ballet School in London , where she is now a member of the artistic staff after retiring from professional ballet.
literature
- The Conservatory of Music in Prague. For the 100th anniversary of the foundation on behalf of the Association for the Promotion of Music in Bohemia , ed. by Jan Branberger and Emil Bezecný, Prague 1911
Web links
- Homepage (Czech, English)
Coordinates: 50 ° 5 ′ 26 " N , 14 ° 24 ′ 57" E