“Mr. Arnošt Moulík, a great conductor, is gone forever. I had the honor of working with him on Noci na Karlštejne and on my first staging of Funny Girl. He was brilliant,” he said. wrote on Facebook the singer Monika Absolonová.
Moulík was born on January 5, 1935 in Pečky. According to family tradition he was supposed to become a furrier, but his talent took him to the Prague Conservatory, where he studied composition and conducting.
In 1960 he became director of the Karlín Music Theater, where he returned intermittently throughout his life. In 1963 he went to the State Theater in Brno where he worked as chief conductor and staged the musicals My Fair Lady, West Side Story and others as well as classical operettas. In 1986 he returned to Karlín, where he took over the artistic direction of the symphony orchestra and the Karel Vlach Orchestra. He worked there until 1992 and established a collaboration with director Petr Novotný.
They were the first to perform the Czech version of the musicals Sugar (Někdo to rad horké), Gypsies go to heaven, Funny Girl, Bídníci and Jesus Christ Superstar. In 1994, Moulík became the chief conductor of the Brno Music Theater, and held the same position two years later after returning to the Karlín Music Theater.
As a conductor, he signed a contract with the musicals Superhvězda Mařenka (music for operetta), Hello, Dolly!, Něk to rad horké (Sugar), Klec bláznů, (Rek) Zorba, Viktor – Viktorie, Chicago and West Side Story. With the Karlín Theater he repeatedly toured Japan, where, in addition to musicals, he also conducted Strauss’s operetta The Bat and the musical concert That’s Musical Highlight. He has made numerous films for radio, television and record companies. He was one of the recognized and sought-after music and operetta conductors at home and abroad. For his work she received the Oldřich Nový Diploma (National Theater Brno, 2002) and the Special Prize of the Thália Prize College (2012).
At his request, farewell to Arnošt Moulík will take place in the family.
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