Štěpán Koníček, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Štěpán Koníček

Czech conductor and composer

Date of Birth: 07-Mar-1928

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 26-May-2006

Profession: composer, conductor

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Štepán Konícek (7 March 1928 – 26 May 2006) was a Czech composer and conductor.
He is known for his long-term collaboration with the Film Symphony Orchestra (FISYO) and for recording film music.Konícek was born in Prague.
He studied conducting under Karel Ancerl and composing as a pupil of Pavel Borkovec, both at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
During his career, he collaborated with film directors such as Roman Polanski, David Lynch and Jane Campion.
He created music for the film Munro, which won the Academy Award for Animated Short Film in 1961.
He also wrote the music of the Jan Svankmajer first short film The last trick Some of Konícek's compositions incorporate elements of Brazilian music such as bossa nova and samba.
He contributed the musical score for Gene Deitch's 1961–62 Tom and Jerry cartoons, in which he was credited as Steven Konichek.