Milan Vitek (born Ostrava, Czech Republic, 30 August 1938) is a violinist, conductor, educator and Professor of Violin at Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
[1] Milan Vitek received his diploma in 1959 from the Brno Conservatory, where he studied with Prof. Julius Remeš, a student of Otakar Ševčík.
In [1961] he won a prize at the Thibaud Violin Competition in Paris, and in [YEAR] he won a prize in the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in Wales, U.K. After completing his studies, Vitek was a founding member, concertmaster and soloist with the Prague Chamber Soloists conducted by Vaclav Neumann, member of the Czech Nonet, an official chamber ensemble of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, and the piano trio Pro Camera.
[3] In 1972, Vitek received an invitation to join the Czech String Quartet, resident at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, where he also became a professor of violin.
During his tenure there, he founded and conducted the Royal Danish Academy of Music Chamber Orchestra (1974),[3] with which he toured to England, Scotland and Germany.