Zdenek Kosler

about

Košler came from a musical family. His father was a member of the Prague National Theatre Orchestra, and his younger brother Miroslav was a choirmaster. After finishing his studies at the gymnasium he enrolled at the AMU in Prague. In 1948, still as a student, he began to work as a répétiteur at the Prague's National Theatre. In that time he began also to gain some experience with the baton. In 1949 Košler joined the Olomouc opera, where he conducted works by Leoš Janáček (The Makropulos Affair) and by W. A. Mozart (Così fan tutte, The Marriage of Figaro). In 1959 he won the International Young Conductors Competition in Besançon, France, and in 1963 he won the respected Mitropoulos conducting competition in New York, after which he became assistant conductor to Leonard Bernstein at the New York Philharmonic for one year.[1] From 1962 to 1964 Košler was appointed to the Zdeněk Nejedlý Theatre in Ostrava. He worked also with foreign ensembles and opera houses, conducted Richard Strauss's opera Salome at the Vienna State Opera, performed the complete cycle of Dvořák's symphonies with the Vienna Symphony. In the late sixties he also became the guest-conductor at the Comic Opera in Berlin. Košler was hired as the second conductor of the Czech Philharmonic and became the principal conductor of the Bratislava opera house in 1971. From 1980 to 1984 he also led the orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague. He retired in 1992.[1] Zdeněk Košler was well-known outside Czechoslovakia,

top songs

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Mozart: Requiem

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The Most Relaxing Classical Music in the Universe

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Dvorak: Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 & Op. 72

Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn - Academic Festival Overture - Tragic Overture

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Music from the Movies: 1960's

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DVORAK: Slavonic Dances, Opp. 46 and 72

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Smetana: The Bartered Bride

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Dvorák: Symphony No. 3; Symphony No. 4

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Symphonie Fantastique

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Tribute to Zdeněk Košler [Smetana, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Bartók…]

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Mozart: Requiem in D Minor

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R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Salome's Dance; Rosenkavalier Waltzes

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