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Cenek J. Vrba (born 11 April 1947 in Brno, Czechoslovakia) is a violinist and concertmaster of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra between 1975 and 2011. He is one of Canada's foremost violinists, being described as a "True inheritor of the Czech string tradition…violinist of a rare distinction". (Tokyo – Japan).[ citation needed]
He began music training at the age of eight and six years later, he joined the state music conservatory. [1] Later he attended the music academy. He won prizes including the first place in the Beethoven National Violin Competition. [1] He went on to play with the Czechoslovakia Symphony Orchestra, before leaving Czechoslovakia due to the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. [1]
After immigrating to the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1968, [1] he pursued further studies in the United States and Europe. While a senior at the University of Calgary in 1970 he won the Greater Spokane Music and Allied Arts Festival Grand Award. [2] After two years at Calgary, Vrba moved to Indiana in order to continue his studies. [1] Vrba went on to play First Violin with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, where he stayed for four years. [1]
Vrba was appointed concert master of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra in August 1975. [1] He remained there for 36 years until his retirement in 2011. [3]
Vrba is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). [4]
Cenek J. Vrba | |
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![]() Cenek Vrba performing in April 2013 |
Cenek J. Vrba (born 11 April 1947 in Brno, Czechoslovakia) is a violinist and concertmaster of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra between 1975 and 2011. He is one of Canada's foremost violinists, being described as a "True inheritor of the Czech string tradition…violinist of a rare distinction". (Tokyo – Japan).[ citation needed]
He began music training at the age of eight and six years later, he joined the state music conservatory. [1] Later he attended the music academy. He won prizes including the first place in the Beethoven National Violin Competition. [1] He went on to play with the Czechoslovakia Symphony Orchestra, before leaving Czechoslovakia due to the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. [1]
After immigrating to the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1968, [1] he pursued further studies in the United States and Europe. While a senior at the University of Calgary in 1970 he won the Greater Spokane Music and Allied Arts Festival Grand Award. [2] After two years at Calgary, Vrba moved to Indiana in order to continue his studies. [1] Vrba went on to play First Violin with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, where he stayed for four years. [1]
Vrba was appointed concert master of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra in August 1975. [1] He remained there for 36 years until his retirement in 2011. [3]
Vrba is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). [4]