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PRAGUE PHILHARMONIC CHORUS The Prague Philharmonic Chorus (formerly Czech Philharmonic Chorus) is one of the worlds most prominent
and highly regarded choral bodies. Founded as the Czech Choir in 1935 by the opera singer and director Jan
Kühn, the ensemble was originally affiliated with Czechoslovak Radio; in 1953 it was integrated with the Czech
Philharmonic Orchestra. Under Kühns successors, Josef Veselka, Veselkas pupil Lubomír Mátl, and Jaroslav Brych, the
choir has developed into a fully professional ensemble and assumed an important role on the international concert
scene. It has collaborated with such renowned conductors as Erich Kleiber, Hermann Scherchen, George Szell, Karl
Böhm, Rafael Kubelík, Václav Neumann, Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel, Wolfgang
Sawallisch, Kurt Masur, Charles Dutoit, Riccardo Muti, Riccardo Chailly, Claudio Abbado, Christoph von Dohnányi,
David Zinman, Sir Simon Rattle, and Sir Charles Mackerras. Independent since 1990, the choir now performs and
records regularly with the worlds great orchestras, including the Berlin, Vienna, and Israel philharmonics, the Royal
Concertgebouwand, of course, the Czech Philharmonic.
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