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The son of a provincial teacher, one of the fourteen children in the family
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Czech composer, musicologist-ethnographer and teacher
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Leos Janacek sang in the choir from the age of eleven and studied music at the Starobrno Monastery (Brno) -
He studided in Prague, Viena and Leipzig
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He met A. Dvorak in Prague, the acquaintance turned into a long-term friendship -
Janacek got married and returned to Brno -
After the successful premiere of Jenufa, Janacek's operas (nine in total) began to be staged in the best musical theaters in the world
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He founded the conservatory, which was later named after him -
After the death the name of Janacek is also the international airport in Ostrava. And also Leos Janacek's writings have been used in films since 1988 to 2010