The Moravian Philharmonic (''Moravská filharmonie Olomouc'') is a Czech classical orchestra founded in 1945. Its resident venue is the Moravian Theatre in
Olomouc
Olomouc (, , ; german: Olmütz; pl, Ołomuniec ; la, Olomucium or ''Iuliomontium'') is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 99,000 inhabitants, and its larger urban zone has a population of about 384,000 inhabitants (2019).
Located on th ...
.
The current director is conductor
Petr Vronský
Petr Vronský (born 1946) is a Czech conductor. From 1983-1991 he conducted the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra
The Brno Philharmonic (Czech: ''Filharmonie Brno'') is a Czech orchestra based in Brno, the Czech Republic. Its principal concert venue ...
. Notable collaborators include
David Oistrach,
Václav Hudeček
Václav Hudeček (born June 7, 1952 in Rožmitál pod Třemšínem, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech violinist. A former student of David Oistrakh, Hudeček's records have sold many copies in the Czech Republic, especially a 1992 recording of Vivaldi's ...
,
Josef Suk (1929–2011) grandson of
the composer,
Sviatoslav Richter
Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter, group= ( – August 1, 1997) was a Soviet classical pianist. He is frequently regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time, Great Pianists of the 20th Century and has been praised for the "depth of his int ...
,
Yehudi Menuhin
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* Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999), violinist and conductor
** Yehudi Menuhin School, a music school in Surrey, England
** Who's Yehoodi?, a catchphrase referring to the v ...
,
Václav Neumann
Václav Neumann (29 October 1920 – 2 September 1995) was a Czech conductor, violinist, violist, and opera director.
Life and career
Neumann was born in Prague, where he studied at the Prague Conservatory with Josef Micka (violin), and Pav ...
,
Libor Pešek
Libor Pešek (22 June 1933 – 23 October 2022) was a Czech conducting, conductor. He was among the most famous conductors of his time, working regularly across Europe as chief conductor of orchestras in Prague, but also for ten years with the ...
and others. In 2003, in collaboration with composers
Jerry Martin and
Andy Brick, the orchestra recorded 5 songs for the
''Rush Hour'' expansion of the
Maxis
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SimCity 4
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''.
Petr Pololáník conducted the group for these recordings.
References
External links
Oficiální stránky orchestruČlánek o 63. koncertní sezóně{{Authority control
Czech orchestras
1945 establishments in Czechoslovakia
Musical groups established in 1945