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colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Vladimir_Valek_conductor_(1a).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Colour publicity shot of a clean-shaven man with short, dark, curly hair, looking smoulderingly from under his eyebrows at the camera" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3d/Vladimir_Valek_conductor_%281a%29.jpg/220px-Vladimir_Valek_conductor_%281a%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="277" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3d/Vladimir_Valek_conductor_%281a%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="280" data-file-height="352" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Válek in the 1970s</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1935-09-02</span>)</span>2 September 1935<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Nov%C3%BD_Ji%C4%8D%C3%ADn" title="Nový Jičín">Nový Jičín</a>, <a href="/wiki/First_Czechoslovak_Republic" title="First Czechoslovak Republic">Czechoslovakia</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">16 February 2025<span style="display:none">(2025-02-16)</span> (aged 89)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Conductor</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Organizations</th><td class="infobox-data org"><a href="/wiki/Prague_Radio_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra">Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Merit_(Czech_Republic)" title="Medal of Merit (Czech Republic)">Medal of Merit</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Vladimír Válek</b> (2 September 1935 – 16 February 2025) was a Czech conductor and educator, best known for leading the <a href="/wiki/Prague_Radio_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra">Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra</a> from 1985 to 2011. He transformed the radio orchestra with few public performances to one of the country's leading orchestras, playing a broad repertoire. He toured in Europe, the US and Asia, and worked with international orchestras. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vladim%C3%ADr_V%C3%A1lek&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Válek was born in <a href="/wiki/Nov%C3%BD_Ji%C4%8D%C3%ADn" title="Nový Jičín">Nový Jičín</a> on 2 September 1935.<sup id="cite_ref-Zapletal_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zapletal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He studied trombone, viola and piano<sup id="cite_ref-Violin_Channel_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Violin_Channel-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at the Conservatory of <a href="/wiki/Krom%C4%9B%C5%99%C3%AD%C5%BE" title="Kroměříž">Kroměříž</a> from 1953 to 1958. He then studied conducting at the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Performing_Arts_in_Bratislava" title="Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava">Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava</a> with <a href="/wiki/%C4%BDudov%C3%ADt_Rajter" title="Ľudovít Rajter">Ľudovít Rajter</a> for a year, and further at the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Performing_Arts_in_Prague" title="Academy of Performing Arts in Prague">Academy of Performing Arts in Prague</a> with Robert Brock and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Alois_Kl%C3%ADma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alois Klíma (page does not exist)">Alois Klíma</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_Kl%C3%ADma" class="extiw" title="cz:Alois Klíma">cz</a>]</span>,<sup id="cite_ref-Zapletal_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zapletal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who was then chief conductor of the <a href="/wiki/Prague_Radio_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra">Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra</a> (PRSO),<sup id="cite_ref-Violin_Channel_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Violin_Channel-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> graduating in 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-Zapletal_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zapletal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1970, he founded the Dvořák Chamber Orchestra,<sup id="cite_ref-Zapletal_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zapletal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fraňková_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fraňková-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an ensemble mostly of members of the <a href="/wiki/Czech_Philharmonic" title="Czech Philharmonic">Czech Philharmonic</a>, performing in Prague and abroad, and recording, also for radio.<sup id="cite_ref-Zapletal_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zapletal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He kept playing his instruments, including in popular music and jazz.<sup id="cite_ref-Zapletal_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zapletal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Válek stepped in to conduct the <a href="/wiki/Prague_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Prague Symphony Orchestra">Prague Symphony Orchestra</a> at age 33,<sup id="cite_ref-Violin_Channel_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Violin_Channel-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for a program of <i><a href="/wiki/Till_Eulenspiegel%27s_Merry_Pranks" title="Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks">Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks</a></i> by Richard Strauss, Beethoven's <a href="/wiki/Violin_Concerto_(Beethoven)" title="Violin Concerto (Beethoven)">Violin Concerto</a> with soloist <a href="/wiki/Igor_Oistrakh" title="Igor Oistrakh">Igor Oistrakh</a>, and Prokofiev's <a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._7_(Prokofiev)" title="Symphony No. 7 (Prokofiev)">Symphony No. 7</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Zapletal_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zapletal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was so successful that he was offered a tour of the United States, which earned him the nickname Prague's <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein" title="Leonard Bernstein">Leonard Bernstein</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Violin_Channel_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Violin_Channel-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was engaged by the orchestra as conductor in 1975,<sup id="cite_ref-Violin_Channel_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Violin_Channel-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> alongside <a href="/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_B%C4%9Blohl%C3%A1vek" title="Jiří Bělohlávek">Jiří Bělohlávek</a> as chief conductor,<sup id="cite_ref-Zapletal_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zapletal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> touring with them in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-Naxos_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Naxos-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also permanent guest conductor in <a href="/wiki/Leeuwarden" title="Leeuwarden">Leeuwarden</a>, Netherlands, from 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-Violin_Channel_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Violin_Channel-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Válek was chief conductor of the PRSO from 1985 to 2011,<sup id="cite_ref-Fraňková_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fraňková-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> touring Europe and Asia extensively.<sup id="cite_ref-Naxos_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Naxos-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1996, he was conductor of the <a href="/wiki/Czech_Philharmonic" title="Czech Philharmonic">Czech Philharmonic</a>, touring Japan, Germany, Denmark and the US.<sup id="cite_ref-Naxos_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Naxos-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the Principal Conductor of the <a href="/wiki/Slovak_Philharmonic" title="Slovak Philharmonic">Slovak Philharmonic</a> from 2004 until 2007, when he was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Feranec" title="Peter Feranec">Peter Feranec</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PRSO_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PRSO-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Válek conducted radio orchestras in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands, and other major orchestras in Europe and the Far East,<sup id="cite_ref-Naxos_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Naxos-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Osaka_Symphony_Orchestra&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Osaka Symphony Orchestra (page does not exist)">Osaka Symphony Orchestra</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E9%98%AA%E4%BA%A4%E9%9F%BF%E6%A5%BD%E5%9B%A3" class="extiw" title="ja:大阪交響楽団">ja</a>]</span>,<sup id="cite_ref-Violin_Channel_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Violin_Channel-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Israel_Philharmonic_Orchestra" title="Israel Philharmonic Orchestra">Israel Philharmonic Orchestra</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Gewandhausorchester" class="mw-redirect" title="Gewandhausorchester">Gewandhausorchester</a> of Leipzig, the <a href="/wiki/Tonk%C3%BCnstler_Orchestra" title="Tonkünstler Orchestra">Tonkünstler Orchestra</a> of Vienna, the <a href="/wiki/Vienna_Radio_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra">Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Philharmonic_Orchestra" title="Japan Philharmonic Orchestra">Japan Philharmonic Orchestra</a> and the Yomiuri Symphony Orchestra, among others.<sup id="cite_ref-Zapletal_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zapletal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He participated regularly in the <a href="/wiki/Prague_Spring_International_Music_Festival" title="Prague Spring International Music Festival">Prague Spring Festival</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Naxos_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Naxos-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for example conducting Smetana's <i><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A1_vlast" title="Má vlast">Má vlast</a></i> at the festival's opening concert in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-Zapletal_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zapletal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 2002, Válek lectured conducting at the Academy in Prague.<sup id="cite_ref-Zapletal_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zapletal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2000, Válek was awarded the inaugural <a href="/wiki/Hanno_R._Ellenbogen_Citizenship_Award" title="Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award">Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award</a> jointly with <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Ashkenazy" title="Vladimir Ashkenazy">Vladimir Ashkenazy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ken%27ichiro_Kobayashi" title="Ken'ichiro Kobayashi">Ken'ichiro Kobayashi</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Charles_Mackerras" title="Charles Mackerras">Charles Mackerras</a>, given by the <a href="/wiki/Prague_Society_for_International_Cooperation" title="Prague Society for International Cooperation">Prague Society for International Cooperation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Prague_Society_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prague_Society-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Válek was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Merit_(Czech_Republic)" title="Medal of Merit (Czech Republic)">Medal of Merit</a> from President <a href="/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Klaus" title="Václav Klaus">Václav Klaus</a> in 2010, and the Classic Prague Awards for Lifetime Achievement in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-Violin_Channel_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Violin_Channel-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fraňková_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fraňková-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Válek died on 16 February 2025, at the age of 89.<sup id="cite_ref-Violin_Channel_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Violin_Channel-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fraňková_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fraňková-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="PRSO">PRSO</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vladim%C3%ADr_V%C3%A1lek&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: PRSO"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Válek transformed the PRSO from a radio orchestra with only few public concerts<sup id="cite_ref-Zapletal_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zapletal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> into one of the most versatile orchestras of the Czech Republic.<sup id="cite_ref-PRSO_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PRSO-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He recruited young performers, often prize winners of international competitions.<sup id="cite_ref-Zapletal_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zapletal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He broadened its musical scope, performing a wide range of repertoire, including classical music, <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_classical_music" title="Contemporary classical music">contemporary classical music</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Symphonic_rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Symphonic rock">symphonic rock</a>, and film and ballroom music. He refined the orchestra's artistry, and focused in recordings on Czech music.<sup id="cite_ref-PRSO_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PRSO-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He performed vocal-symphonic and symphonic music by <a href="/wiki/Anton%C3%ADn_Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k" title="Antonín Dvořák">Antonín Dvořák</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leo%C5%A1_Jan%C3%A1%C4%8Dek" title="Leoš Janáček">Leoš Janáček</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bohuslav_Martin%C5%AF" title="Bohuslav Martinů">Bohuslav Martinů</a> and <a href="/wiki/Josef_Suk_(composer)" title="Josef Suk (composer)">Josef Suk</a>, and works by <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Bart%C3%B3k" title="Béla Bartók">Béla Bartók</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Honegger" title="Arthur Honegger">Arthur Honegger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gustav_Mahler" title="Gustav Mahler">Gustav Mahler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Prokofiev" title="Sergei Prokofiev">Sergei Prokofiev</a> and <a href="/wiki/Igor_Stravinsky" title="Igor Stravinsky">Igor Stravinsky</a>, and by contemporary Czech composers such as <a href="/wiki/Jind%C5%99ich_Feld" title="Jindřich Feld">Jindřich Feld</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Jaroch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jiří Jaroch (page does not exist)">Jiří Jaroch</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Jaroch" class="extiw" title="cz:Jiří Jaroch">cz</a>]</span>, <a href="/wiki/Otomar_Kv%C4%9Bch" title="Otomar Kvěch">Otomar Kvěch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Otmar_M%C3%A1cha" title="Otmar Mácha">Otmar Mácha</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ladislav_Simon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ladislav Simon (page does not exist)">Ladislav Simon</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladislav_Simon" class="extiw" title="cz:Ladislav Simon">cz</a>]</span> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Zden%C4%9Bk_%C5%A0est%C3%A1k&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zdeněk Šesták (page does not exist)">Zdeněk Šesták</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zden%C4%9Bk_%C5%A0est%C3%A1k" class="extiw" title="cz:Zdeněk Šesták">cz</a>]</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-Zapletal_1-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zapletal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recordings">Recordings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vladim%C3%ADr_V%C3%A1lek&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Recordings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Válek's recordings inclusde Bartók's <a href="/wiki/Concerto_for_Orchestra_(Bart%C3%B3k)" title="Concerto for Orchestra (Bartók)">Concerto for Orchestra</a>, Prokofiev's suite from <i><a href="/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet_(Prokofiev)" title="Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)">Romeo and Juliet</a></i>, and contemporary French ballets. He recorded with the PRSO, the Prague Symphony Orchestra, and the Dvořák Chamber Orchestra. His recording of <a href="/wiki/Erwin_Schulhoff" title="Erwin Schulhoff">Erwin Schulhoff</a>'s piano concertos received the <a href="/wiki/International_Classical_Music_Awards" title="International Classical Music Awards">International Classical Music Awards</a> of Cannes.<sup id="cite_ref-Naxos_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Naxos-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vladim%C3%ADr_V%C3%A1lek&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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