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Václav Riedlbauch

Václav Riedlbauch
Václav Riedlbauch nad Prahou 2009.jpg
Minister of Culture
In office
8 May 2009 – 13 July 2010
Prime Minister Jan Fischer
Preceded by Václav Jehlička
Succeeded by Jiří Besser
Personal details
Born (1947-04-01)1 April 1947
Dýšina, Czechoslovakia
Died 3 November 2017(2017-11-03) (aged 70)
Prague, Czech Republic

Václav Riedlbauch (1 April 1947 – 3 November 2017) was a Czech composer, pedagogue and manager. He was the Minister of Culture in the caretaker government of Jan Fischer (2009–2010).

Riedlbauch studied accordion with Josef Smetana and composition with Zdeňek Hůla at the Prague Conservatory from 1962 to 1968. He continued his studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in the class of Václav Dobiáš.

He was program director at the Prague Congress Centre, formerly the Palace of Culture, and director of the National Theatre in Prague and music publishing house Panton. From 2001, he was the Director General of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Riedlbauch was a professor of composition at the Faculty of Music, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.


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