Milan Munclinger

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Milan Munclinger (1923-1986) was a Czech flutist, conductor, composer and musical scientist.

After graduation at Prague Conservatory he studied conducting (he was a pupil of Václav Talich) and composition at Academy of Performing Arts (AMU). He also graduated in musical science, aesthetic, philosophy and oriental studies at Charles University in Prague. He devoted himself to Baroque music. He participated in Musica Antiqua Bohemica series – his Benda and Richter flute concert recording from 1956 was awarded Grand Prix du Disque (Jean-Pierre Rampal - flute, Milan Munclinger – conductor). He revised and restored archive compositions (collaborated with Supraphon Music Publishing and Bärenreiter-Verlag), was a juror at many music performers´ competitions (Paris) and lecturer at performance courses in Bayreuth and Nice. He was a professor at Conservatory in Prague.

He also occupied himself by jazz improvisation and premiered works of modern composers (André Jolivet, Ilja Hurník) in then Czechoslovakia. He was a co-founder of the Czechoslovak Musical Youth. For the 1st time ever he translated Arnold Dolmetsch’s The Interpretation of the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries Revealed by Contemporary Evidence and several other major HIP works into Czech.

His Ars Rediviva ensemble played a key role in the revival of Baroque music in Czech Republic.