Dostalík, Jaroslav (1928-2010) Czech Republic

Jaroslav Dostalík graduated from the Janáček Academy of Music in Brno and studied musicology at the Masaryk University, ibid. It was there where his conducting and composing activities began, which soon led him to great success. In the area of music education, Dr Dostalík is known as an author of practicable methodological handbooks on the problems of working out and interpreting vocal works, as well as vocal intonation including homophonic and polyphonic singing.
His life's work was awarded the František Lysek Prize (1991) and the Minister-of-Education Prize (1998). He also worked in his subject as a university teacher at the Janáček Academy of Music and Drama in Brno.