Photo: Moravské zemské muzeum Brno
Composer Leoš Janáček is one of the most famous sons of Moravia-Silesia. He had strong bonds to the region, its people and its music from which he drew inspiration for many of his famous works.
Leoš Janáček was born on July 3, 1854 into a large and relatively poor family in the small town of Hukvaldy in Moravia. His father was a local school teacher and his mother who had a love of music often sung folk songs, played the piano and organ. Leoš Janáček showed an exceptional musical talent from an early age and was immediately accepted as a choirboy at the local church. Later his parents sought to help him get a scholarship for gifted children and at the tender age of 11 he was sent to study at the Augustinian Monastery in Brno. Associate Professor Jiří Zahrádka who lectures at the Institute of Musicology at Masaryk University in Brno is an expert on Janáček’s life and work…
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