Václav Talich (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvaːtslaf ˈtalɪx]; 28 May 1883, Kroměříž – 16 March 1961, Beroun) was a Czech conductor, violinist and later a musical pedagogue. He is remembered today as one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, the object of countless reissues of his many recordings.
Václav Talich (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvaːtslaf ˈtalɪx]; 28 May 1883, Kroměříž – 16 March 1961, Beroun) was a Czech conductor, violinist and later a musical pedagogue. He is remembered today as one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, the object of countless reissues of his many recordings.
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Life Born in Kroměříž, Moravia, he started his musical career in a student orchestra in Klatovy. From 1897 to 1903 he studied violin with Otakar Ševčík at the Prague Conservatory, and later became the concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic for the 1903–04 season; he was so fascinated by the chief conductor Arthur Nikisch that he decided to become a conductor, studying conducting with Nikisch in Leipzig. He first conducted in Tbilisi in 1906, and his first conducting post was in Ljubljana with the Slovenian Philharmonic. He then went to Plzeň, where he conducted opera from 1912 to 1915. From 1915 to 1918 he was the violist of the Bohemian Quartet (later called Czech Quartet). Talich's career with the Czech Philharmonic began on 30 October 1918 when he conducted the premiere of the symphonic poem Zrání (Ripening) by Josef Suk. From 1919 to 1941 he was the orchestra's chief conductor, raising its prestige to world levels, touring widely with it, and recording Czech music for EMI. Concurrently he was chief conductor of the Scottish National Orchestra in the 1926–27 season, and of the Konsertföreningen Orchestra in Stockholm from 1926 to 1936. In 1935 he was appointed chief opera administrator at the…
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Barber, Charles (2001). "Talich, Václav". New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, vol. 25. London: Macmillan Publishers Ltd. ISBN 0-333-60800-3.
Sláma, František (2001). Z Herálce do Šangrilá a zase nazpátek (in Czech). Říčany: Orego. ISBN 80-86117-61-8.
Kuna, Milan (1980). Václav Talich (in Czech). Prague.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Československý hudební slovník osob a institucí, II (Czechoslovak Music Dictionary) (in Czech). Prague: SHV. 1965.
Holzknecht, Václav (1963). Česká filharmonie, příběh orchestru (Czech Philharmonic. History of the Orchestra) (in Czech). Prague: SHV.
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(in French) Éric Baude: Václav Talich
Supraphon Václav Talich Recordings. CD Special Edition. Supraphon 2005. SU 3825-2
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Václav Talich at AllMusic
Václav Talich conducts Antonín Dvořák's Slavonic Dances on YouTube. - More about this recording with the Czech Philharmonic Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine