Ladislav Černý

Sources Riley, Maurice W. (1991), "The Czechoslovakia Viola School", The History of the Viola, Volume II, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Braun-Brumfield, pp. 214–246.

Viola Hector Berlioz: Harold en Italie, Op. 16 – Ladislav Černý (viola); Václav Jiráček (conductor); Czech Philharmonic; Supraphon (1953, 1954) Bloch and Britten – Ladislav Černý (viola); Josef Páleníček (piano); Supraphon 1110847G (1959, with Britten: 1970, 1971) Ernest Bloch: Suite for viola and piano (1919) Benjamin Britten: Lachrymae, Reflections on a Song by John Dowland for viola and piano, Op. 48 (1950) František Brož: Jarní sonáta (Spring Sonata; Frühlingssonate) for viola and piano, Op. 18 (1946) – Ladislav Černý (viola); Jan Panenka (piano); Supraphon LPM 458 (1957) Osvald Chlubna: Sonatina for viola and piano, Op. 119 – Ladislav Černý (viola); Jarmila Kozderková (piano); Panton 11 0312 (1972) Paul Hindemith: Viola Works – Ladislav Černý (viola); Jan Panenka (piano); Martin Turnovský (conductor); Prague Chamber Orchestra; recorded 1957–1961; Supraphon SU 3021-2 911 (1991) Sonata in F for viola and piano, Op. 11 No. 4 (1919) Sonata for solo viola, Op. 25 No. 1 (1922) Trauermusik for viola and orchestra (1936) Arthur Honegger: Sonata for viola and piano, H. 28 (1920) – Ladislav Černý (viola); Josef Páleníček (piano); Supraphon SUF 20036 (1953) Hummel, Reger and Tausinger – Ladislav Černý (viola); Jarmila Kozderková (piano); Brigita Šulcová (soprano); Panton 11 0430 (1974) Johann Nepomuk Hummel:…Citește mai mult

Biography Černý was born on 13 April 1891 in Plzeň in Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. He studied violin at the Prague Conservatory (1906–1912) with Ferdinand Lachner and Jindřich Bastař, and chamber music with František Spilka. He became assistant concert master of the Czech Philharmonic (1916–1918) and in 1919 was accepted into the opera orchestra in Ljubljana, not as a violinist, but as principal violist (solo violist). While in Ljubljana, he taught at the Ljubljana Conservatory (Glasbena matica) and also founded the Zika Quartet (Zikovo kvarteto) in 1920 along with fellow countrymen Richard Zika (violin) and Ladislav Zika (cello), and Slovene violinist Karel Sancin. The Quartet returned to Prague in 1921 where it was called the Czechoslovak Quartet, and from 1929, the Prague Quartet. Černý remained as the violist of the ensemble for 46 years giving more than 1300 performances until it disbanded in the mid-1950s. Černý was a pioneer for the viola in the former Czechoslovakia. He enjoyed a solo career often performing the solo viola part of Berlioz's Harold en Italie and other repertoire. In 1922 at the Festival of Contemporary Music in Donaueschingen, Černý befriended Paul Hindemith and they became lifelong friends. Hindemith dedicated his Sonata for Solo Viola, Op.…Citește mai mult

Chamber music Johannes Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 – Prague Quartet; Supraphon (1950) Leoš Janáček: String Quartet No. 2 – Černý Quartet; Ultraphon (1943); Supraphon (1948) Robert Schumann: String Quartet in A major, Op. 41 No. 3 – Prague Quartet Erwin Schulhoff: 5 Pieces (Pět kusů) for string quartet (1923) – Prague Quartet; Supraphon (1962)