Ctirad Kohoutek

Ctirad Kohoutek (18 March 1929, Zábřeh, Czech Republic – 19 September 2011, Brno, Czech Republic) was a contemporary Czech composer, music theorist, and pedagogue.^[1]

Life

In 1948–1949 he studied composition, musical theory and conducting under the famous composers Vilém Petrželka, Jan Šoupal, and Jaroslav Kvapil at the Brno Conservatory, later at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno. In 1963, he attended the Summer School of Music in Dartington, he attended also courses of Pierre Boulez and György Ligeti in Darmstadt (1965). He worked as a teacher at the JAMU in Brno. Since 1980 he was appointed the director of the Czech Philharmonic.

References

1. ^ "Zemřel hudební skladatel, teoretik a pedagog Ctirad Kohoutek" (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 2011-09-21. http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/kultura/hudba/zpravy/zemrel-hudebni-skladatel-teoretik-a-pedagog-ctirad-kohoutek/690558. Retrieved 17 October 2011. 

Čeští skladatelé současnosti. Prague: Panton, 1985.

Persondata
Name	Kohoutek, Ctirad
Alternative names
Short description	Composer
Date of birth	18 March 1929
Place of birth	Zábřeh, Czech Republic
Date of death	19 September 2011
Place of death	Brno, Czech Republic