Background
He was the son of composer Bohuslav Jeremiáš and the brother of composer Jaroslav Jeremiáš. Jeremiáš was born in Písek.
He was the son of composer Bohuslav Jeremiáš and the brother of composer Jaroslav Jeremiáš. Jeremiáš was born in Písek.
He lived in České Budějovice, where he directed a local music school until February 1929, when he was appointed head conductor of the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 1945 Jeremiáš left the Radio Symphony Orchestra to become president of the Prague National Theatre Opera. From 1949 he was chairman of the Federation of Czechoslovak s (Svaz československých skadatelů).
He died in Prague.
Jeremiáš"s view of conducting was set out in an article in 1943 where he wrote "My ideal is a creative orchestra, whose members, in accord with the efforts of the conductor, creatively collaborate during their performance".
An accomplished cellist and pianist, he studied at the Prague Conservatory of Music. When he succeeded Charvat as conductor of the Radiojournal Orchestra in 1929, there were only 27 players, but he managed to increase its size to 45 by 1931 and by 1936 there were 70, achieved by much negotiation, good salaries for the players, as well as his own charisma.
Quotations: "My ideal is a creative orchestra, whose members, in accord with the efforts of the conductor, creatively collaborate during their performance".
