I attended piano classes in a local music school. This evoked very little interest from my part. I got realy deaply interested much later. This was triggered by an enthusiastic high school teacher prof. F. Hofman. Thanks to him I begun to play a contrabass (the double-base). At the same time I was enticed to try a pipe organ. Since 1974 I am an organist of St. Gothard church in Slany. I joint an amateur symphonic orchestra in Kladno (since 1978). The number of concerts is now difficult to count.
Historical organ by Anton Reiss (1782) in Slaný
Organs abroad, which I was allowed to play:
Chiesa nationale dei Cavalieri di S. Stefano, Pisa Italy
L'Eglise du S. Medard in Paris (organ made by Stoltz et Fils 1842)
I especially enjoyed playing the contrabass part in the following symphonic masterpieces:
- F. Poulenc: Stabat Mater
- R. Schumann: Symphony No. 1
- Beethoven: Symphonies No. 1, 2, 5, 6 and Scherzo of 9th
- Beethoven: Concertos for piano No. 1, 2, 5, violin concerto
- Mozart: Symphonies Jupiter, Haffner, Prager, Linzer, Es dur, g moll
- Mozart: Piano concertos C dur, A dur, d moll
- Mozart: Requiem
- Dvořák: Symphonies No. 8 and 9
- Dvořák: Concert for violoncello h moll
- Dvořák: Stabat Mater
- Mendelsohn-Bartholdy: Symphonies No. 1, 3, 5
- Mendelsohn-Bartholdy: Violin concerto
- Tschaikovski: Violin concerto
- Brahms: Symphony No. 1
- Musorgski: Night on Monte Carlo
- Smetana: My Country