Ivan Večtomov
Ivan Večtomov | |
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| Born | Иван Николаевич Вечтомов January 22, 1902 |
| Died | April 25, 1981 (aged 79) |
| Occupation(s) | Cellist, composer, arranger, pedagogue |
| Children | Saša, Vladimír |
| Relatives | Sonja Vectomov (granddaughter) David Woodard (grandson-in-law) |
Ivan Večtomov (Иван Николаевич Вечтомов, January 22, 1902, Yekaterinburg – April 25, 1981, Prague) was a Czech composer and cellist of Russian origin. He was the father of Czech cellist Saša Večtomov and guitarist Vladimír Večtomov and the uncle of Russian painter Nikolai Evgenievich Vechtomov.
Education
[edit]Večtomov studied at Prague Conservatory under Ladislav Zelenka, then from 1928 to 1930 in Paris under Diran Alexanian.
Career
[edit]Beginning in 1931 Večtomov served as cellist for the Prague Quartet.[1]: 355 In 1945 he became concertmaster of the Czech Philharmonic.[2]: 79
In 1949 Večtomov interpreted the premiere of "Concertino for cello, wind & brass ensemble, percussion & piano in C minor" by Bohuslav Martinů, under direction of Václav Neumann.
As soloist Večtomov collaborated with renowned musicians including Zuzana Růžičková.[3]: 427
From 1951 until retirement, Večtomov taught at Prague Conservatory.[4]: 38
References
[edit]- ^ Rautenberg, H.-W., ed., Wanderungen und Kulturaustausch im östlichen Mitteleuropa (Munich: Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 2006), p. 355.
- ^ Iblová, M., Česká filharmonie pod tlakem stalinské kulturní politiky v padesátých letech (Prague: Nakladatelství Karolinum, 2014), p. 79.
- ^ Růžičková, Z., Lebensfuge: Wie Bachs Musik mir half zu überleben (Berlin: Ullstein Verlag, 2019), p. 427.
- ^ Epstein, A. D., ed., Художник Оскар Рабин: запечатленная судьба (Artist Oscar Rabin: Sealed Fate) (Moscow: Новое литературное обозрение, 2015), p. 38.
External links
[edit]- Ivan Večtomov discography at Discogs
- Ivan Večtomov at Supraphon
- Ivan Večtomov at Library of Congress
- Ivan Večtomov at musicbase.cz
