Vilém Petrželka, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vilém Petrželka

Czech conductor, music educator and composer

Date of Birth: 10-Sep-1889

Place of Birth: Brno, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 10-Jan-1967

Profession: composer, conductor, pianist, music pedagogue

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Vilém Petrželka (10 September 1889, Brno, Moravia – 10 January 1967, Brno) was a prominent Czech composer and conductor. Petrželka was a pupil of Leoš Janácek, Vítezslav Novák and Karel Hoffmeister.
From 1914 he taught composition at the Janácek Academy of Music and Performing Arts and the School of the Philharmonic Society in Brno.