Ludvík Vítězslav Čelanský

Ludvík Vítězslav Čelanský (csⓘ) (17 July 1870 in Vienna – 27 October 1931 in Prague) was a Czech conductor and composer.

[2][3][4] Jan Čelanský, Ludvík's father, worked as a kapellmeister in Horní Krupá (Havlíčkův Brod district).

He simultaneously led the opera stages in Kraków and in Łódź and was engaged as a director of the Philharmonic Orchestra in Kiev (from 1904 to 1905) and Warsaw (from 1905 to 1906).

[1] In recognition of his performances of the works of Jacques Offenbach, Čelanský was appointed an officer of L'Académie française.

Following the Czechoslovak proclamation of independence in 1918, Čelanský became the director of the Czech Philharmonic again, but was soon replaced by Václav Talich.

He was particularly renowned as a conductor of Smetana's symphonic cycle Má vlast (My Country), Dvořák's Slavonic Dances and the works of Zdeněk Fibich.