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Georg Anton Benda (auch Jiří Antonín, * 30. Juni 1722 in Alt-Benatek an der Iser, Böhmen; † 6. November 1795 Köstritz) war böhmischer Kapellmeister und Komponist. Benda war der dritte Sohn von Johann Georg Benda und Dorothea Brixi. Sein älterer Bruder war der Komponist Franz Benda. 1735 war er im Piaristen-Kolleg in Kosmanos bei Jung-Bunzlau und von 1739 bis 1742 Seminarist im Jesuiten-Kolleg in Jicin. Als Benda 1742 von Friedrich II. auf Empfehlung seines Bruders Franz mit seiner Familie nach Potsdam geholt wurde, begann er dort mit zwanzig Jahren seine musikalische Karriere. Er bekam eine Anstellung als Violinist im königlichen...

Jiří Schelinger was an iconic Czech rock singer and composer. His voice was one of the most characteristic and colourful vocals in Czech rock history. Despite his short life, Jiří created many everlasting hits like Holubí dům (The House of Pigeons) or Kartágo (Carthage). (and Robber Willy, Frozen strawberries, I am just a crazy) In 1981, at the age of 30 and from reasons unknown, Jiří died after jumping from the Old Bridge in Bratislava. As neither his relatives or close friends could identify his dead body, many of Schelinger's fans believe that he survived the jump and spend the...

Jiří Stivín (born 23 November 1942 in Prague, Czech Republic) is a Czech flute player and composer. Jiří Stivín has been interpreting pre-classical music on the recorder since 1975. After graduating from the cinematography department of the Prague Film Academy (FAMU), he devoted himself exclusively to music. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music as well as at the Prague Academy of Music, where he studied composition. His flute teachers were Milan Muncingler (Ars Revidiva) and Jiří Válek (Czech Philharmonic). Stivin performs music from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Baroque periods. He has recorded flute concertos (Telemann...

Jiří Schmitzer is a Czech actor and singer-songwriter. He combines characteristic humour with folk rock sound of 12-strings guitar. Jiří's passion for wordplay is used not only in texts of songs but also in improvisating evenings in his home theater Ypsilon, where the audience chooses 10 words from which Jiří makes a song immediately. Jiří also loves to fill his own concerts with unintelligible sounds, changing the texts or ending in the middle of song saying the core of the story was said already. .

Jiří Korn is an important famous person in the Czech culture covering all spheres of music, dance and acting. He is known for his versatile abilities, originality and professional approach to every artistic performance. He has been the only singer in the Czech Republic who keeps his strong position on the top of popular music, and the first popularizer of modern trends. Step by step he has set up a huge range of his audience and important contacts and he influences culture in the whole Czech Republic this way. http://www.kornjiri.com/en/novinky.php .