MUSIClassical ALLEGRO
Topic: MILESTONESJun-Dec07
Prague, Dec 21 (CTK) - Czech composer Jiri Pauer died in Prague Friday [21 DEC 2007] at the age of 88, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra general director Vaclav Riedlbauch told CTK. Pauer was chief of the Prague National Theatre's Opera and he was the theatre director in 1979-1989. He participated in the organisation of the Prague Spring music festivals, was a professor at the Prague Academy of Performing Arts (AMU) and headed the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra for over 20 years. Pauer composed many pieces, many of which focus on the brass orchestral instruments, symphonies, and further orchestra pieces, a horn concerto and a trumpet concerto, chamber music pieces, and piano pieces. He also composed five operas. 
