Jaroslav Řídký
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Jaroslav Řídký (August 25, 1897, Reichenberg, now Liberec – August 14, 1956, Poděbrady) was a Czech composer, conductor, harpist, and music teacher.
Řídký studied at the Prague Conservatory with Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Karel Boleslav Jirák, and Jaroslav Křička. Besides teaching at the Conservatory from 1924 to 1949, he also played the harp for the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra between 1924 and 1938, and conducted the Philharmonic choir from 1925 to 1930.
He composed seven symphonies and one sinfonietta, one string serenade, concertos for violin (1), piano (1), and cello (2), chamber music, pieces for piano, cantatas, and also prepared his own arrangements of folk songs.
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