Biographical Notes

1962 - 1968 studied at the Prague Conservatory of Music (accordion with Josef Smetana, composition with Zdenek Hula)
1968 - 1973 continued his studies at the Musical faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts, Prague (composition with Vaclav Dobias)
1970 - 1978 lecturer on music theory at the Prague Conservatory
1971 - lectured on composition at the Musical Faculty of Academy of Perfoming Arts, Prague (1990 - 2004 - the head of the composition department)
1987 - 1989 National Theatre Prague - Artistic Director of the Opera
1990 - 1993 Prague Congress Center - Programme Director
1993 - 1995 Panton Publishers, Prague - Editor-in-chief ; Director of the Publishers House (1996)
1993 - 2000 Academy of Performing Arts, Prague - Artistic Director
From 2001 to 2009 (June) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra - Managing Director
2009 (July) - 2010 Minister of Culture (CR)

Compositional courses

1972 - Accademia Chigiana at Siena (with Franco Donatoni)
1974 - Torun, Poland (with Witold Lutoslawski and Tamasz Sikorski)

Awards

Young Composers Competition (3rd prize for Concert-Battle and Sonatina for Jacob)
Czech Music Fund Competition (1st prize)
Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic - Award
Prize of the Czechoslovak Composers's and Concert Artists Union (for Songs and Games to Excerpts from Shakespeare)

Vaclav Riedlbauch belongs to the comparatively numerous generation of composers who entered Czech musical scene in the early seventies. His work includes 12 orchestral pieces, an organ concerto and numerous chamber and vocal works for various kind of ensembles, pieces for children and pedagogical music. His full-length ballet Macbeth, premiered in 1984 at the New Stage of the National Theatre, was played in Prague for six seasons. The National Theater Ballet also performed the work at festivals in Czech lands and in Germany and Italy. He is a member of various music organizations, such as the Artistic Committee of the Prague Spring International Music Festival, Czech Radio Competition „Concertino Praga", Leoš Janáček Foundation, Brno, the Prague Autumn International Music Festival - Foundation. Riedlbauch initiated a festival of contemporary orchestral music in Prague - "Prague Premieres", which had been held annually for six years (2004 - 2009).