Mario Klemens
{{Short description|Czech conductor (1936–2025)}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
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| name = Mario Klemens
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1936|10|3}}
| birth_place = Chlumec nad Cidlinou, Czechoslovakia
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2025|1|11|1936|10|3}}
| death_place = Prague, Czech Republic
| othername =
| occupation = Conductor, Teacher
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| alma_mater = Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
| children = 1
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Mario Klemens (3 October 1936 – 11 January 2025) was a Czech conductor and educator of conducting. He was a conductor for the Film Symphony Orchestra.
Life
Klemens was born on 3 October 1936 in Chlumec nad Cidlinou.{{cite web |title=Master of Fine Arts Mario Klemens (1936 – 2025) |url=https://www.memoryofnations.eu/en/klemens-mario-1936|work=Memory of Nations|publisher=Post Bellum|access-date=15 January 2025}} He was awarded 1st mention at the 1966 International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors (no first prize was awarded that year).{{cite web| url = http://www.festival-besancon.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Laureats-depuis-1951.pdf| title = Laureats du concours international de jeunes chefs d'orchestre 1951 / 2015 | publisher = festival-besancon.com | date = | accessdate = 7 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170907174346/http://www.festival-besancon.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Laureats-depuis-1951.pdf | page = 5 | archive-date = 7 September 2017 | url-status = dead}} In 1967, he graduated in conducting from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.{{cite web |last1=Langr |first1=Ladislav |title=KLEMENS MARIO |url=https://podebradskeosudy.cz/klemens-mario/ |website=Poděbradské osudy |access-date=19 January 2025 |language=cs}} With the Film Symphony Orchestra, has recorded music for more than 150 films.{{cite web |title=Zemřel dirigent Mario Klemens, bylo mu 88 let. Natočil hudbu k 150 filmům|url=https://www.idnes.cz/kultura/hudba/dirigent-mario-klemens-smrt-orchestr.A250111_172811_hudba_pari|work=iDNES.cz|language=cs|date=11 January 2025|access-date=15 January 2025}}
He died on 11 January 2025, at the age of 88.{{cite web |title=Renowned conductor Mario Klemens passes away at 88 |url=https://english.radio.cz/renowned-conductor-mario-klemens-passes-away-88-8839698 |publisher=Czech Radio|access-date=14 January 2025|date=12 January 2025}} On 22 January 2025, the Czech Film and Television Academy announced, that he would be awarded the Czech Lion Award for Unique Contribution to Czech Film, together with Czech film director, actor and screenwriter Karel Smyczek.{{cite web |title=Českým lvem za mimořádný přínos české kinematografii budou oceněni dirigent Mario Klemens a režisér, scenárista a herec Karel Smyczek |url=https://www.ceskylev.cz/cz/novinky/ceskym-lvem-za-mimoradny-prinos-ceske-kinematografii-budou-oceneni-dirigent-mario-klemens-a-reziser-scenarista-a-herec-karel-smyczek |publisher=Česká filmová a televizní akademie |access-date=22 January 2025|date=22 January 2025 |language=cs}}
His son {{ill|Adam Klemens|qid=Q86593341|s=1|v=sup}} (born 1967) is a Czech composer and also conductor.
References
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External links
- {{imdb name|nm0459212}}
- {{discogs artist|Mario Klemens}}
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Category:Czech conductors (music)
Category:Czech male conductors (music)
Category:Czech music educators
Category:People from Chlumec nad Cidlinou