Vadim Petrov (24 May 1932 – 7 December 2020) was a

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Biography

Petrov was a pianist and composer of classical and popular music. He stemmed from the family of a Russian emigrant of aristocratic origin (family

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), a family doctor, resident in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

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. At first, he attended a Russian high school in Prague district

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, during which time he was preparing for his future piano and composition studies at the Music Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts (AMU), taking piano lessons with Berta Kabeláčová and music theory and composition lessons with

Miloslav Kabeláč Miloslav Kabeláč (1 August 1908 – 17 September 1979) was a prominent Czech composer and conductor. Miloslav Kabeláč belongs to the foremost Czech symphonists, whose work is sometimes compared with Antonín Dvořák's and Bohuslav Martin ...

. At the Academy he was

Jaroslav Řídký Jaroslav Řídký (25 August 1897 – 14 August 1956) was a Czech composer, conductor, harpist, and music teacher. Life Řídký was born at Reichenberg, now Liberec. From 1919 to 1923 he studied at the Prague Conservatory with Josef Bohus ...

's student from 1952 to 1956. His graduation composition was the symphonic poem ''The Vítkov Hill'' (Vítkov – the place of the decisive battle in 1420 near Prague). He worked in the Prague Municipal Education Centre, where he was in charge of the Folk Entertainment department. In the 1960s he founded the People's Conservatory specialising in dance-music and jazz (now Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory and College), and became its first director. After crushing of the

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movement in 1968 his artistic work was banned. However, he managed to secure the position of professor at the Jan Deyl Conservatory and Secondary school for Visually Impaired. Later on he moved to the

Prague Conservatory The Prague Conservatory or Prague Conservatoire ( cs, Pražská konzervatoř) is a music school in Prague, Czech Republic, founded in 1808. Currently, Prague Conservatory offers four or six year study courses, which can be compared to the level ...

, where he taught music theory and composition from 1976 to 1992. He presided over the administrative board of Dilia, an international agency providing copyright protection. An awardee of the 2003

Supraphon Supraphon Music Publishing is a Czech record label, oriented mainly towards publishing classical music and popular music, with an emphasis on Czech and Slovak composers. History The Supraphon name was first registered as a trademark in 1932. T ...

Gold and Platinum Disc, Petrov composed nearly 1300 works, concentrating in his production mainly on theatre, film, radio, and television music. Besides that, he was the author of traditionally conceived orchestral and chamber compositions, the so-called "easy listening", choral works, songs, popular chansons, or music for prose and poetry recitation. His granddaughter is model Linda Vojtová.Topmodelka Linda Vojtová kradla slavnému dědečkovi bonbóny
– iDNES.cz (in Czech)

Movies

# ''Tobogan'' (1989) # ''Sedmé nebe'' (1987) # ''Úsměv diabla'' (1987)... . The Devil's Smile (International: English title) # ''

Krtek Mole (Czech: ''Krtek'', ''Krteček'') is an animated character in a series of cartoons created by Czech animator Zdeněk Miler. The premiere of the first short film with Mole took place at the Venice Film Festival in 1957. Since its inception, ...

'', (1974–1994) ... a.k.a. Little Mole (International: English title) # ''Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka'' (1986) ... a.k.a. The Good Soldier Schweik # ''Ohnivé ženy se vracejí'' (1986) (TV) (supervising composer) # ''Už se nebojím'' (1984) # ''Šéfe, vrať se!'' (1984) (TV) # ''O bílém jadýrku'' (1983) (TV) # ''Lukáš'' (1982) # ''Šéfe, to je věc!'' (1982) (TV) # ''Trnové pole'' (1981) # ''Řetěz'' (1981)... a.k.a. The Chain # ''Útěky domů'' (1980) # ''Causa králík'' (1980)... a.k.a. Payment in Kind (UK)... a.k.a. The Rabbit Case (International: English title) # ''Modrá planeta'' (1977)... a.k.a. The Blue Planet # ''Krkonošské pohádky'' (1974) TV series (1974)... a.k.a. Fairy-tale at Krkonoše Mountains (International: English title)

References

External links

Profesor Vadim Petrov
– official page * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Petrov, Vadim 1932 births 2020 deaths Czech composers Czech male composers Czech people of Russian descent Musicians from Prague Czech film score composers Male film score composers