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The Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic

[b]Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra[/b] is a popular Czech orchestra, established in 1945 in the town of Zlín. [a=Vojtěch Spurný] is the principal conductor of the Orchestra since 2015 (with [a=Walter Attanasi] acting as the main guest conductor). The orchestra changed its name a few times, initially presented as the [i]Symphony Orchestra of Bata National Enterprise[/i] and later known as [i]Philharmonic Orchestra of Working People[/i] and [i]State Symphony Orchestra of Gottwaldov Region[/i], before finally being named after the famous Czech composer [a=Bohuslav Martinů] in the early 1989. The orchestra recorded and released a number of albums and regularly participates in radio and television concerts. The musicians had been touring around the world and performed in Italy, Denmark, Hungary, Greece, Poland, Austria, Romania, Germany, France, Portugal, Spain and the USA. Many outstanding soloists gave concerts with Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra, including [a=Mstislav Rostropovich], [url=https://discogs.com/artist/2291147]Daniel Schafran[/url], [a=Mischa Maisky], [a=Vadim Repin], [a=Václav Hudeček], [a=Ivan Moravec], [a=Eugène Indjic], [a=Jennifer Larmore], [a=Libuše Domanínská], [a=Eduard Haken], [a=Dagmar Pecková], [a=Eva Urbanová], [a=Rolando Villazón], and [a=Joseph Calleja].

Members: Miloslav Bureš, Štefan Filas, Rudolf Linner, Josef Kubelka, Pavel Skopal, David Kefer, Jaroslav Aladzas, Vlastimil Kelar, Lucie Dümlerová, Roman Janů, Dana Božková, Michaela Slámová, Oldřich Šebestík, Jiří Kundl, Zdeněk Macek, Jana Holásková, Erich Hulín, Pavel Juřík, Aleš Pavlorek, Jiří Zatloukal, Miroslav Křivánek, Milan Kubát, Jaroslav Janoštík, Miloslav Žváček, Vladimír Vodička, Vítězslav Pelikán, Viktor Kozánek, Jiřina Vodičková, Svatopluk Holásek, Zdenka Aladzasová, Michal Pášma, Zdenka Hlaváčková, Hana Tesařová, Jana Štípková, Jitka Hanáková, Jitka Šuranská, Josef Vyžrálek, Miroslav Kašný, Mária Trevor Dúhová, Jiří Hammer, Martin Bzirský, Silvia Geryková, Alexander Erml, Michal Mrkvica, Pavel Mikeska, Alena Strojilová, Jana Šindelářová, Michal Kubáč, Vit Otábal, Líbor Macháček, Magdalena Šimečková, Vaclav Mareček, Iveta Trojanová, Hana Tomanová, Monika Skřivánkva, Pavel Kalivoda, Lucie Hromádková, Miroslava Kupka, Iveta Sklenářová, Helena Kotulanová, Nela Jelinková, Dana Kruyerová, Jan Kovalovský, Jiří Trávníček (3), Michal Vajda (2), Jakub Zívalík, Roman Sklenář (3), Jan Nedoma (2), Jiří Novák (5), Josef Vláčil (2), and Jaroslav Studenka (2)