Education
He studied in Prague among others with Jaroslav Křička, conducting with Metod Doležil and Pavel Dědeček, musicology, aesthetics, and philosophy at Charles University.
composer conductor educationist musicologist university professor
He studied in Prague among others with Jaroslav Křička, conducting with Metod Doležil and Pavel Dědeček, musicology, aesthetics, and philosophy at Charles University.
From 1945, he worked as a pedagogue at the Prague Conservatory and Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. As a conductor of the Prague Symphony Orchestra, he made several innovations. He enlarged its repertoire with the music of 20th Century and larger vocal symphonic works (including those of Rejcha, Mozart, Cherubini, Dvořák, Foerster, Martinů, Orff, Kabeláč, and Fišer).
From 1938, he performed abroad.
He was invited later to the many important European and overseas music centres. He primarily devoted himself to the concert music, but he also studied operas.
From 1930 to 1933, he was a member of the Czechoslovakian Philharmonic Orchestra, and from 1934 to 1943, he worked on Czechoslovakian Radio as conductor and editors