Zdenek Tylsar

Background

Tylšar was born in Vrahovice.

Education

Since 1958, he studied at the Brno Conservatory and later continued at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts, under František Šolc. He graduated in 1964.

Career

He was the principal hornist and leader of the horn section with the Czechoslovakian Philharmonic Orchestra for almost 40 years. During his career, he created numerous recordings and performed worldwide. He began studying violin, later switched to trumpet, and at the age of 12 he began to play the French horn.

In 1968, he was appointed principal hornist and leader of the horn section of the orchestra.

He has worked with a number of renowned conductors and orchestras, such as London Chamber Orchestra, Kammerorchester der Wiener Symphoniker, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Helsinki Philharmonic, et cetera His repertoire included the most renowned compositions for horn by Telemann, Zelenka, Mozart, Weber, Rejcha, Hindemith, Carl and Anton Stamitz and others

Since the 1970s, he made several solo recordings (i e for Pony Canyon and Supraphon). He was also a sought-after chamber musician.

Since the 1970s, he taught at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (Professor since 1997).

Radek Baborák, former principal horn player of the Berlin Philharmonic, said in an interview:.

Achievements

• In 1962 he won the 3rd prize at the Prague Spring brass competition. In 1968, he won the 1st prize and became a laureate of the same competition. In 1969, he won a special prize at a competition in Munich interpretation competition in Geneva.

Membership

In 1965, he became a member of the Czechoslovakian Philharmonic Orchestra, where he worked for more than four decades.

Connections

associate:

Prague Spring, Munich