Jaroslav Dvořák

Czech conductor and composer. Born in 1939 in former Czechoslovakia, he studied composition and conducting at the Prague Conservatory. He worked as a recording supervisor for [l=Supraphon] and founded the Chorea Bohemica ensemble and in 1975 the chamber orchestra [a=Musica Bohemica]. In Czechoslovakia he was known for his arrangements of Bohemian folk music.