Radek Baborák (born 11 March 1976 in
Pardubice
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,
Czechoslovakia
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) is a Czech conductor
and
French horn
The French horn (since the 1930s known simply as the horn in professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. The double horn in F/B (technically a variety of German horn) is the horn most o ...
player.
Career
Radek Baborák was born into a musical family.
He commenced his horn studies at the age of eight under the tutelage of
Karel Krenek. At the age of twelve he was a winner of the Radio Competition Concertino Prague. Three years later he was a prize winner at the Prague Spring Competition.
From 1989 to 1994 Baborák studied horn with professor
Bedřich Tylšar
Bedřich Tylšar (born 9 July 1939 in Vrahovice, Prostějov, Second Czechoslovak Republic, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech Republic, Czech horn player and music pedagogue. He is the brother of hornist Zdeněk Tylšar, and a long-term member of the Czech ...
.
Baborák has appeared as guest artist with many notable orchestras worldwide, including the
London Philharmonic Orchestra,
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra,
Munich Philharmonic,
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
The Bamberg Symphony (German: Bamberger Symphoniker – Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie) is a renowned German orchestra top-class orchestra that has been residing in Bamberg since its foundation in 1946 and travels the world as a touring orchestra. ...
,
Württemberg Chamber Orchestra,
Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart,
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin,
SWR Symphony Orchestra,
Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg, the
Czech Philharmonic, St. Petersburg Philharmonic,
Orchestre National de Lyon,
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra,
NHK Symphony Orchestra. He has appeared several times on television and given recitals at international festivals worldwide.
At the ARD-Competition in Munich 1997 he performed with the Afflatus Quintet, winning first prize in the wind quintet category.
Baborák was only 18 when he was appointed principal horn of the
Czech Philharmonic. From 1996 to 2000 he was principal horn player of the
Munich Philharmonic, from 2000 to 2002 he was principal horn of the
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
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and from 1998 to 2000 guest professor of the Fondazione
Arturo Toscanini
Arturo Toscanini (; ; March 25, 1867January 16, 1957) was an Italian conductor. He was one of the most acclaimed and influential musicians of the late 19th and early 20th century, renowned for his intensity, his perfectionism, his ear for orche ...
in succession to
Hermann Baumann. From 2002 to 2011 he was principal horn player of the
Berlin Philharmonic. Baborák is currently a freelance player. He is distinguished visiting professor at the
Barenboim–Said Akademie.
He has arranged
Bach’s solo cello suites for Horn, and on one memorable occasion at a concert in
Teplice in 1998, entertained an audience with one of his Bach arrangements when the concert was delayed because the lights went out, due to testing the power supply in preparation for the Teplice-Sparta football match the following day.
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Honors
Baborák has received many honours. These include:
* Winner of International Competition Prague Spring (1992)
* Winner of International Radio Competition of UNESCO (1993)
* Second prize in Geneva 1993 (first prize was not awarded)
* First prize at the
ARD-Competition, Munich (1994)
* First prize at the International Instrumental Competition, Markneukirchen (1994)
* Grammy Classic Award of the Czech Republic (1995)
* Davidoff Prize 2001
* Mostly Classic Award 2002
* Prague Classic Award 2018
References
External links
Radek Baborak – Czech Music Information Centre
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1976 births
Czech classical horn players
Living people
People from Pardubice
Players of the Berlin Philharmonic
Players of the Czech Philharmonic
Players of the Munich Philharmonic
Prize-winners of the ARD International Music Competition