About Václav Smetáček
Lived 1906 – 1986 (aged 79). Václav Smetáček was a Czech composer, conductor, oboist, pedagogue, musicologist and university teacher.
Václav Smetáček (30 September 1906 – 18 February 1986) was a Czech conductor, composer and oboist.
Life and career
Smetáček was born on 30 September 1906 in Brno. He studied in Prague among others with Jaroslav Křička, conducting with and , musicology, aesthetics, and philosophy at Charles University, receiving his doctorate in musicology in 1933. He was the founder and a member of the Prague Wind Quintet (1928), for whom he also composed and arranged compositions.
Smetáček died on 18 February 1986 in Prague.
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Czech conductor, oboist, music educator and composer
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Václav Smetáček was born on 30 September 1906 in Brno.
When did Václav Smetáček die?
Václav Smetáček died on 18 February 1986 in Prague.
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Václav Smetáček was a composer, conductor, oboist, pedagogue, musicologist and university teacher.
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Václav Smetáček was Czech.
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