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13-600: The Panocha Quartet was formed at the Prague Conservatory in 1968 from a trio consisting of Jiří Panocha (violin), Jaroslav Hlůže (viola), and Jaroslav Kulhan (cello). At the suggestion of their teacher, Josef Micka, they recruited violinist Pavel Zejfart to make up a quartet. In 1971 Hlůže was replaced on the viola by Miroslav Sehnoutka. In 1975 the ensemble won the Prague International String Quartet Competition and in 1976 they received

26-639: A 1743 violin by Carlo Antonio Testore of Milan . Miroslav Sehnoutka (born 1952) studied viola at the Prague Academy of Music with Milan Škampa . Pavel Zejfart (born 1952) studied violin at the Prague Conservatory with Josef Micka and at the Prague Academy of Music with Nora Grumlíková . Prague Conservatory The Prague Conservatory ( Czech : Pražská konzervatoř ) is a public music school in Prague , Czech Republic, founded in 1808. Currently,

39-637: A choir, and a theatre company. The conservatory's main campus is located at Na rejdišti 77/1, Prague 1 . It has two ancillary locations: one situated within Pálffyho Palace , in Prague's Malá Strana , and the other in Prague's Old Town . The following is a list of directors of the Prague Conservatory: Vil%C3%A9m Kurz Vilém Kurz (23 December 1872 – 25 May 1945) was a Czech pianist and renowned piano teacher. Kurz

52-504: A large number of quartets by Haydn , as well as many 20th-century works. They have collaborated on record and in concert with the pianists Rudolf Firkušný , Jan Panenka and András Schiff . Jaroslav Kulhan (born 1950) studied cello at the Prague Academy of Music with Josef Chuchro . Jiří Panocha (born 1950) studied violin at the Prague Conservatory with Josef Micka , and at the Prague Academy of Music with Jiří Novák . Panocha plays

65-512: A revision of the solo part, and it is this version that he frequently performed. Since that time, the original and the Kurz versions have been printed together in Otakar Šourek's critical edition of the score, one beneath the other, so that the soloist can choose which version to perform. The Kurz version has become a part of the standard piano repertoire. Dvořák's original orchestral material is not affected by

78-672: The Bordeaux Gold Medal. They made their US début in 1975 and their German and Irish débuts the following year. In 1980 they toured Japan with the Smetana Quartet , whose members had been among their teachers. Since then they have enjoyed an international reputation. The quartet's repertory, founded on the Czech masters and the Viennese classics, includes the complete cycles by Dvořák and Martinů (both of which they have recorded) and

91-651: The Union for the Improvement of Music in Bohemia ( Jednota pro zvelebení hudby v Čechách ) was formed, which ensured the financial operation of the school for the next hundred years. Classes started in 1811, after a delay caused by the Napoleonic Wars . Bedřich Diviš Weber was appointed the first director of the school, which was originally located in the monastery next to St. Giles' Church . In 1891, Antonín Dvořák joined

104-486: The conservatory left to found the Academy of Performing Arts . Theatre and ballet departments were also opened that year, from which the independent Dance Conservatory was created in 2001. The Prague Conservatory offers instruction in several instruments, including accordion , guitar, piano, and organ , as well as in singing, composition, conducting , and acting. The institution has its own symphonic and chamber orchestras,

117-413: The faculty as head of the composition department and served as the school's director between 1901 and 1904. Dvořák's students included the composers Vítězslav Novák , Josef Suk (who later also served as director of the conservatory), Rudolf Friml , Oskar Nedbal , and Franz Lehár . Another director of the school was pianist Vilém Kurz . In 1945, a number of professors and students of higher classes at

130-810: The school offers four- or six-year courses, which can be compared to the level of a high school diploma in other countries. Graduates can continue their training by enrolling in an institution that offers undergraduate education . The Prague Conservatory was founded in 1808 by local aristocrats and burghers following the example of the Conservatoire de Paris (est. 1795) and the Milan Conservatory (est. 1807). The founders are listed as František Josef of Vrtba, František Josef of Sternberg and Manderscheid, Jan Nepomuk Nostitz-Rieneck , Kristián Kryštof Clam-Gallas, Bedřich Nostitz, Karel of Firmian, Jan Josef Pachta of Rájov, and František Josef of Klebelsberg . In 1810,

143-427: The soloist's choice. In 1919, Ilona Kurzová played the first performance of the Kurz version of the concerto, conducted by Václav Talich . This revision was later adopted and recorded by Rudolf Firkušný , who in the 1950s also introduced a few cuts to the first and third movements. In the 1970s he abandoned all revisions in favour of the original version by Dvořák. Supraphon , the Czech recording company, issued

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156-525: The time he taught in Lviv . Later they were further developed by his daughter, Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová. He died in Prague in May 25, 1945. Kurz is known for his reworking of the solo part of Antonín Dvořák 's Piano Concerto in G minor , Op. 33, which was originally composed in 1876. For more than a decade after the concerto's first performance, it suffered from neglect and critical disdain. In his 20s, Kurz undertook

169-724: Was born in Německý Brod , Bohemia in December 23, 1873. He became a professor at the State Conservatory in Lviv and Vienna , and Prague Conservatory . His students included his daughter Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová , Rudolf Firkušný , Eduard Steuermann , Artur Rodziński , Břetislav Bakala , Pavel Štěpán , Stanislav Heller , František Maxián , Gidéon Klein , Rafael Schächter , Stefania Turkewich , Ilja Hurník , and Pavel Šivic . His teaching methods were largely based on those of Theodor Leschetizky and his pupils he met during

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