Music lecture on Antonin Dvořák

The Beek en Donk Senior Citizens' Association is holding a music lecture on Antonin Dvořák.

The lecture will be held at the Community Center in Beek en Donk.

Antonín Dvořák wrote his first piece, the Forget-Me-Not Polka, at 14. He received organ, piano, and violin lessons and studied German. Through Karel Komzák's orchestra, he joined the Prague National Theatre. He destroyed his first symphony attempt at 21. At 33, he won the Austrian State Prize, with Johannes Brahms on the jury. His Slavonic Dances (1878) brought him great fame. Between 1892 and 1895, he worked in the United States as director of the National Conservatory in New York. There, in 1893, he composed his famous Symphony No. 9, "From the New World." In 1895, he returned to Europe and later became director of the Prague Conservatory. Dvořák died in 1904 at the age of 62. He became one of the most important Czech composers, with international significance.

Boudewijn Hopman, violinist, will take you into the world of Antonin Dvořák in a lecture, accompanied by various musical interludes. This afternoon's program includes: Cello Concerto Op. 104, Symphony No. 9: "From the New World," "The Wood Pigeon" from the Cycle by Karel Jaromir Erben, and Slavic Dance No. 1 performed by the Symphony and Wind Orchestra. The fee includes coffee and tea. Please register via the seniors' association's email address.