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The career of Czech conductor Václav Neumann was closely linked with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, that he served as chief conductor during three split tenures, totaling 25 years, starting in 1948 and ending in 1993. He also garnered various other important podium tasks, including key conductor from the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig …

Few chamber music groups have as very pleased a brief history as the Smetana Quartet, or a brief history that evokes as very much nationalistic passion. Founded through the Nazi job of Czechoslovakia, the group’s extremely lifetime was an anomaly during a time when any manifestation of Czech nationalism was …