Background
Polednák, Ivan was born on December 31, 1931 in Velké, Mezirici, Czech Republic. Son of Frantisek and Melanie (Novotná) Polednák.
educator musicologist researcher
Polednák, Ivan was born on December 31, 1931 in Velké, Mezirici, Czech Republic. Son of Frantisek and Melanie (Novotná) Polednák.
Master of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechoslovakia, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1967. Computer Sciences Corporation, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1969.
Doctor of Science, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, 1989.
Lecturer Masaryk University, 1956-1959. Science worker, lecturer, head department music education Institute for Pedagogical Research, Prague, 1959-1968. Science worker Institute Musicology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 1968-1990, director, 1990-1997.
President Czech Music Council, 1993-2001. Member Governmental Accreditation Committee for Universities, 1993-1997. Professor Charles University, Palacky University.
Participant conferences in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Brno, Dijon, France, Innsbruck, Austria, Interlochen, Michigan, Lyon, France, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Moscow, Prague, Stockholm, Tokyo, Vienna, Austria. Lecturer University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, University Copenhagen.
Member Czech Association Musicians and Musicologists (past president).
Married Marie Jandová, June 14, 1961 (divorced April 1966). 1 child, Petr; married Stanislava Kuldová, December 9, 1977.