Leoš Janáček

Leoš Janáček (3 July 1854 in Hukvaldy – 12 August 1928 in Ostrava) was a Czech composer. He was inspired by the broader field of Slavic folk music, weaving it into some of his greatest compositons: his Sinfonietta, Glagolitic Mass, Taras Bulba, string quartets and operas. Janáček is generally recognised as an inimitable composer, and one of his country's foremost talents.

Janáček, the son of a schoolmaster, sang as a boy in the choir of the monastery in Brno. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/+noredirect/Leo%C5%A1+Jan%C3%A1%C4%8Dek">Read more on Last.fm</a>