Life story
Antonín Dvořák was born on September 8, 1841 in Nelahozeves as the first of nine children. A village schoolmaster began teaching him violin; later in Zlonice, schoolmaster and organist Antonín Liehmann took him under his wing. At sixteen, he went to Prague to study at the organ school, which he completed in 1859.
From 1862 he played viola in the orchestra of the Provisional Theater, whose conductor Bedřich Smetana became in 1866; he remained there for nearly ten years. Then came recognition at home and abroad — the Slavonic Dances, Stabat Mater, operas, chamber music and symphonies.
During the years spent in the United States, he wrote the Ninth Symphony From the New World, the string quartet American, and the Cello Concerto in B minor. At home, Rusalka was created. He belongs among the most performed Czech composers in the world. He died on May 1, 1904 in Prague. He is buried in Vyšehrad Cemetery.
Constellation of Life
Important milestones that shaped their journey.