| On Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Philharmonic |
| Alternative Spellings | Česká filharmonie |
| Creation | 1896, January 4th |
| Participants |
Ludvík Čelanský
- Conductor
from 1901
to 1903
Vilém Zemánek - Conductor from 1903 to 1918 Václav Talich - Conductor from 1919 to 1931 Václav Talich - Conductor from 1933 to 1941 Rafael Kubelik - Conductor from 1942 to 1948 Karel Šejna - Conductor from 1950 Karel Ančerl - Conductor from 1950 to 1968 Václav Neumann - Conductor from 1968 to 1989 Jiří Bělohlávek - Conductor from 1990 to 1992 Gerd Albrecht - Conductor from 1993 to 1996 Vladimir Ashkenazy - Conductor from 1996 to 2003 Zdeněk Mácal - Conductor from 2003 to 2007 Eliahu Inbal - Conductor from 2009 to 2012 Jiří Bělohlávek - Conductor from 2012 to 2017 Semyon Bychkov - Conductor from 2018 |
| City | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Country | Czech Republic |
The name "Czech Philharmonic Orchestra" appeared for the first time in 1894, as the title of the orchestra of the Prague National Theatre. It played its first concert under its current name on January 4, 1896 when Antonín Dvořák conducted his own compositions, but it did not become fully independent from the opera until 1901. The first representative concert took place on October 15, 1901 conducted by Ludvík Čelanský, the first artistic director of the orchestra. In 1908, Gustav Mahler led the orchestra in the world premiere of his Symphony No. 7. The orchestra first became internationally known during the principal conductorship of Václav Talich, who held the post from 1919 to 1931, and again from 1933 to 1941. In 1941, Talich and the orchestra made a controversial journey to Germany, where they performed Bedřich Smetana's My Country in a concert enforced by the German offices.
Subsequent chief conductors included Rafael Kubelík (1942–1948), Karel Ančerl (1950–1968), Václav Neumann (1968–1989), Jiří Bělohlávek (1990–1992),Gerd Albrecht (1993–1996), Vladimir Ashkenazy (1996–2003), Zdeněk Mácal (2003–2007), and Eliahu Inbal (2009–2012). In the wake of the Velvet Revolution, the orchestra reorganised in 1991 and controversially voted to appoint Gerd Albrecht its new chief conductor and to dismiss Bělohlávek. Instead of remaining until Albrecht's accession, Bělohlávek resigned from the orchestra in 1992.[3] In December 2010, the orchestra announced the reappointment of Bělohlávek as chief conductor, beginning in 2012, with an initial contract of 4 years. The orchestra can be seen recording Dvořák's Cello Concerto with Julian Lloyd Webber and their principal conductor Václav Neumann on the film Dvořák - In Love?
Past principal guest conductors of the orchestra have included Sir Charles Mackerras. Manfred Honeck is the orchestra's current principal guest conductor.
The Czech Philharmonic's first phonograph recording dates from 1929, when Václav Talich recorded My Country for His Master's Voice.
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