Jiří Bělohlávek
Czech conductor
Died when: 71 years 96 days (855 months)Star Sign: Pisces
Jirí Belohlávek, CBE (Czech pronunciation: [j?r?i? bj?lo?la?v?k]; 24 February 1946 – 31 May 2017) was a Czech conductor.
He was a leading interpreter of Czech classical music, and became chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in 1990, a role he would serve on two occasions during a combined span of seven years (1990–92, 2012–17).
He also served a six-year tenure as the chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra from 2006 to 2012.He gained international renown and repute for his performances of the works of Czech composers such as Antonín Dvorák and Bohuslav Martinu, and was credited as "the most profound proponent of Czech orchestral music" by Czech music specialist Professor Michael Beckerman.
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