Ladislav Slovák (10 September 1919, Veľké Leváre – 22 July 1999,

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) was a Slovak conductor. He was a long-time director of the Slovak Philharmonic, taking over the job from his teacher and mentor Václav Talich. Amongst his most important recordings is the entire collection of

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's fifteen symphonies with Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, published by

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. He studied in

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under the

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n conductor

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, and met Shostakovich while participating in rehearsals of his music. From 1990 until 1995, Slovák recorded all twelve symphonies by

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for the Marco Polo label of

. These recordings were re-released between 2018 and 2019 on the Naxos label. Slovák's daughter, Kamila Magálová, is one of Slovakia's best-known theatre actresses and a member of the Slovak National Theatre. His son Marián Slovák is also an actor.

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