Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory
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Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory , located in Prague
, Czech Republic, is a conservatory specializing in contemporary music. Known primarily as a school for jazz
and commercial music, it also offers a six-year undergraduate diploma in Classical music, composition, conducting, scriptwriting and musical theatre
. The Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory offers instruction in piano, guitar, violin, viola, cello, bass, upright bass, flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, percussion instruments, accordion and voice.
founded the People's Art School which offered courses for working people and was the precursor to the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory. At the time of its founding, all music schools of the former Czechoslovakia
focused primarily on Classical music, but the People's Art School offered training in jazz and commercial music for radio, theater and television. Unfortunately, the school wasn't able to attain the status of conservatory for ideological reasons until 1990, the year after the Velvet Revolution
.
From the very beginning the personality of Jaroslav Ježek stood as an artistic and human inspiration. When the school finally managed to become a conservatory at the end of 1980s, the name of this impresario was accepted in the title of the school. In 1998, all the facilities of the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory moved into one building in Roškotova 4/1692, Prague 4.
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, Czech Republic, is a conservatory specializing in contemporary music. Known primarily as a school for jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
and commercial music, it also offers a six-year undergraduate diploma in Classical music, composition, conducting, scriptwriting and musical theatre
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
. The Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory offers instruction in piano, guitar, violin, viola, cello, bass, upright bass, flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, percussion instruments, accordion and voice.
History
In 1958, pianist-composer-educator Vadim PetrovVadim Petrov
Vadim Petrov is a Czech composer of Russian descent.Petrov is pianist and composer of classical and popular music. He stems from the family of a Russian emigrant, a family doctor, resident in Žižkov...
founded the People's Art School which offered courses for working people and was the precursor to the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory. At the time of its founding, all music schools of the former Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
focused primarily on Classical music, but the People's Art School offered training in jazz and commercial music for radio, theater and television. Unfortunately, the school wasn't able to attain the status of conservatory for ideological reasons until 1990, the year after the Velvet Revolution
Velvet Revolution
The Velvet Revolution or Gentle Revolution was a non-violent revolution in Czechoslovakia that took place from November 17 – December 29, 1989...
.
From the very beginning the personality of Jaroslav Ježek stood as an artistic and human inspiration. When the school finally managed to become a conservatory at the end of 1980s, the name of this impresario was accepted in the title of the school. In 1998, all the facilities of the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory moved into one building in Roškotova 4/1692, Prague 4.
Selected faculty
- Jaromír Honzák
- Svatopluk Košvanec
- Jaroslava MaxovaJaroslava MaxovaJaroslava Maxová is a Czech mezzo-soprano opera singer and vocal coach.- Biography :...
, singing - Libor Šmoldas
- Milan Svoboda
- Milan Tesař