Petr Vronský

{{short description|Czech conductor (born 1946)}}

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Petr Vronský (born 4 March 1946) is a Czech conductor, violinist and music teacher.{{Cite book |last=Burjanek |first=Josef |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MJM7AQAAIAAJ |title=Svaz českých skladatelů a koncertních umělců: (SČSKU) |last2=Zapletal |first2=Petar |date=1975 |publisher=Supraphon |page=250 |language=cs |trans-title=Union of Czech Composers and Concert Artists: (SČSKU) |quote=Petr Vronský n . 4. 3. 1946 , Praha: Vyrůstal původně jako houslista, jenž se stal v roce 1959 ví-tězem ústředního kola STM a v roce 1964 laureátem houslové soutěže o cenu Beethovena Hradce v Hradci u Opavy.}} He was born to a musical family, his grandfather Bóža Wronski (1889–1953) was an operatic tenor, his father, Karel Vronský (1918–1999), was a first violinist in the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.{{Cite web |last=Fribourg |first=Société des Concerts de |title=Artistes |url=https://www.concertsfribourg.ch/fr/artistes/sdc/Element/artist/a/petr-vronsk.html |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=www.concertsfribourg.ch |language=fr |quote=Petr Vronsky est un membre de la famille artistique Vronsky, puisqu'il est le fils du premier violoniste Vronsky et le père de l'actrice Alexandra Vronsky. |trans-quote=Petr Vronsky is a member of the artistic Vronsky family, as he is the son of first violinist Vronsky and the father of actress Alexandra Vronsky.}}{{Cite web |title=Karel Vronský |url=https://encyklopedie.plzen.eu/home-mup/?acc=profil_osobnosti&load=1618 |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=encyklopedie.plzen.eu |quote=1945–1947 koncertní mistr České filharmonie... |trans-quote=1945–1947 concertmaster of the Czech Philharmonic...}}

Having initially studied violin at the Plzeň Conservatory until 1967, Vronský continued his education at Prague's Academy of Performing Arts studying under Robert Brock, Alois Klíma, Bohumír Liška and Jindřich Rohan.{{Cite web |last=Paulík |first=Martin |year=2014 |title=Moravská filharmonie Olomouc a její umělecké osobnosti |trans-title=Moravian Philharmonic Olomouc and its artistic personalities |url=https://is.jamu.cz/th/o46hv/Moravska_filharmonie_Olomouc_a_jeji_umelecke_osobnosti_f8f6v.pdf |access-date=3 April 2025 |website=is.jamu.cz |publisher=Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts |page=28 |quote=Plzeňskou konzervatoř absolvoval v roce 1967 ... V roce 1967 přestupuje Petr Vronský na praţskou AMU obor dirigování, studuje u profesorů: Aloise Klímy, Jindřicha Rohana, Bohumíra Lišky a Roberta Brocka ... Petr Vronský se v době svého brněnského působení věnoval i pedagogické činnosti na Janáčkově akademii múzických umění.}} He graduated from the Academy's conducting course in 1972.{{Cite book |last=Vrbka |first=Tomáš |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UpMOAQAAMAAJ |title=Státni opera Praha: opera 1888-2003 : historie divadla v obrazech a datech |date=2004 |publisher=Státní opera Praha |isbn=978-80-239-2831-0 |page=404 |language=en |trans-title=Prague State Opera: opera 1888-2003: history of the theatre in pictures and data |quote=Vronský (born 1946). After graduating from the violin department of the Plzeň Conservatory Vronský studied conducting at Prague's Academy of Performing Arts, finishing in 1972.}}

After completing his studies, he joined the Pilsen Opera at the J. K. Tyl Theatre where he held the post of conductor.{{Cite web |title=Vronský, Petr, 1946- {{!}} Authority detail {{!}} Knihovna města Olomouce |url=https://tritius.kmol.cz/authority/865495 |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=tritius.kmol.cz |quote=Po ukončení vysokoškolských studií nastoupil za dirigentský pult v opeře Divadla Josefa Kajetána Tyla Plzeň, ... Roku 2016 mu byla udělena cena za celoživotní hudební činnost. |trans-quote=After completing his university studies, he took up the conductor's position at the opera house of the Josef Kajetán Tyl Theatre in Pilsen, ... In 2016, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for Music.}} From 1983 to 1991 he conducted the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra.{{Cite web |date=2011-12-14 |title=Petr Vronský |url=https://vltava.rozhlas.cz/petr-vronsky-5173356 |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=Vltava |language=en |quote=In 1978 Petr Vronský was appointed conductor of the State Brno Philharmonic and, during the years 1983-1991, he was its Chief Conductor.}} He was chief conductor of the Moravian Philharmonic from 2005 to 2018.{{Cite web |title=Historie |url=https://www.mfo.cz/historie/ |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=Moravská filharmonie Olomouc |language=cs-CZ |quote=2005–2018: Petr Vronsky *1946.}}

Vronský taught at the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno. He went on to lecture in conducting at the Faculty of Music at Prague’s Academy of Performing Arts where conductor Tomáš Brauner was among his students.{{Cite web |date=2012-02-16 |title=Tomáš Brauner |url=https://vltava.rozhlas.cz/tomas-brauner-5173290 |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=Vltava |language=cs |quote=Tomáš Brauner studied the oboe and conducting at the Prague State Conservatory. In 2005, he graduated from the Faculty of Music at the city’s Academy of Performing Arts, having studied conducting under Radomil Eliška, František Vajnar, Josef Kuchinka and Petr Vronský.}}

In 2016, Vronský was awarded the Lifelong Musical Achievement Award.