Emil Hájek
Czech pianist
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| Intro | Czech pianist | |
| Places | Czech Republic | |
| was | Musician Educator Pianist Music educator | |
| Work field | Academia Music | |
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| Birth | 3 March 1886, Hradec Králové | |
| Death | 17 March 1974 (aged 88 years) |
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Emil Hájek, Serbian: Емил Хајек, Emil Hajek, Russian: Эми́ль Яросла́вович Га́ек (March 3, 1886, Königgrätz (Czech: Hradec Králové, north-east Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary – March 17, 1974, in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) was a famous Czech/Serbian pianist, composer (student of Antonín Dvořák) and music pedagogue.
As a Professor of Piano at the Belgrade Music Academy, he was one of the founders of modern Serbian pianistic school. He was also a founding member and first president of the Association of Musical Artists of Serbia. From 1920-1921, he served as director of the Saratov Conservatory.