Karel Ančerl

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Karel Ančerl was a renowned Czech conductor celebrated for his interpretations of 20th-century repertoire and his leadership of major orchestras in Europe and North America.

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Václav Talich 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Czech person
conductor
human
orchestra conductor
activeYearsEnd 1973
activeYearsStart 1930
awardReceived Order of the Republic (Czechoslovakia) NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath cancer
citizenship Czech Republic NERFINISHED
Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED
countryOfBirth Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED
countryOfDeath Canada NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1908-04-11
dateOfDeath 1973-07-03
educatedAt Prague Conservatory NERFINISHED
employer Czech Philharmonic NERFINISHED
Toronto Symphony Orchestra NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Jewish
familyName Ančerl NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork classical music
orchestral conducting
gender male
genre 20th-century classical music
classical
givenName Karel NERFINISHED
influenced Czech orchestral performance tradition
knownFor interpretations of 20th-century repertoire
performances of Czech music
recordings with the Czech Philharmonic
name Karel Ančerl NERFINISHED
nationality Czech
notableWork recordings of works by Bohuslav Martinů
recordings of works by Béla Bartók
recordings of works by Igor Stravinsky
recordings of works by Leoš Janáček
occupation conductor
music director
participantIn Auschwitz concentration camp NERFINISHED
Second World War NERFINISHED
Terezín concentration camp NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Tucepy u Sedlčan NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Toronto NERFINISHED
positionHeld chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic
music director of the Czech Philharmonic
music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
residence Prague NERFINISHED
Toronto NERFINISHED
studentOf Václav Talich NERFINISHED
style clarity of orchestral texture
precise conducting technique
survived Holocaust NERFINISHED

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Prague Conservatory notableAlumni Karel Ančerl
this entity surface form: Václav Talich
Prague Conservatory notableTeacher Karel Ančerl
this entity surface form: Václav Talich