In May 1916 Czech composer Leos Janacek was preparing to go to a spa for some well-deserved R&R when he happened to read a group of anonymous poems published in a local newspaper. The verses told the ...

Czech Composer Leos Janacek was 40 when he started his masterpiece, the opera Jenufa. He was close to 50 when he finished the work and past 60 before he found an audience that could appreciate it. In ...

It could have been a scandal. Leoš Janácek was past 60 years old, and his compositions were finally winning him acclaim. He had been married for decades, yet he fell in love with a woman nearly 40 ...

Tom Manoff has a review of a new CD of piano music by Leos Janacek, a Czech composer who lived and composed in the late 1800s and early 1900s. It's called Leos Janacek, A Recollection. Janacek was ...

Bedrich Smetana is one of the most beloved Czech composers -- two others are Antonin Dvorak and Leos Janacek -- and particularly admired for the orchestral cycle "Ma Vlast" ("My Country") and the ...

On an Overgrown Path Slavka Pechocova, Piano Leoš Janáček, Composer Sonata 1.X.1905, 'From the street' Slavka Pechocova, Piano Leoš Janáček, Composer Reminiscence Leoš Janáček, Composer Slavka ...

Over three nights, the Czech Philharmonic presented Dvorak’s concertos and more, including a rare performance of Janacek’s “Glagolitic Mass.” By Joshua Barone Our critics and writers have selected ...

Charles Mackerras, born 100 years ago, had a vast and versatile repertoire. But he also left an indelible mark on the legacy of at least one composer. By David Allen Des Moines Metro Opera has become ...

Czech composer Leos Janacek created a love duet for cello and piano and called it "Pohadka," or "Fairy Tale." And though Janacek was proud of his Czech heritage and based many of his works on folk ...