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".
Quotations: "My ideal is a creative orchestra, whose members, in accord with the efforts of the conductor, creatively collaborate during their performance".