Biography

Vladimír Doležal  was  born  in  Prague,  where  he graduated from Conservatoire of music as a pupil of prof. Miluše Dvořáková. While still a student he became a member of a well known early music vocal ensemble The Prague madrigalists.It was with this ensemble  that he visited almost all european countries, as well as Canada and USA.After graduation from Prague Conservatoire Mr.Doležal attended masterclasses in Stuttgart and in Siena, where he received higly coveted golden diploma. Upon returning from Italy, Mr.Doležal continued studying with  a famous  Czech singer prof. Karel Berman.
Since 1981 Mr.Doležal has been dividing his time between oratorio performances as well as opera, the latter mainly in the capacity of a soloist with the National theatre company in Prague. Among the orchestras Mr.Doležal has appeared with are the renowned  Czech Filharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Nürnberger Symphoniker,Maastrichter Symphoniker,etc. To name just a few. He has Worked with world class conductors – sir Colin Davis, sir Charles Mackeras, Václav Neumann, Zdeněk Košler, Jiří Kout, Jiří Bělohlávek, Helmuth Rilling, Aldo Ceccato Libor Pešek,Ondrej Lenard etc. Mr.Doležal has performed as soloist  in many countries including Japan, China, United Kingdom, USA, France, Spain, Italy , Luxembourg, Norway, Finland , Belgique etc. His operatic and oratorio repertoire is very verstile and contains well known masterpieces ( Beethovens Fidelio, C.Orff´s Carmina Burana, Mozart´s operas . Janáček´s Jenůfa, The case Macropulos, Dvořák´s Rusalka,Verdi´s Requiem  Leoncavallo´s  I Pagliacci) as well as rarities ( Gothic symphony by Havergal Brian) . Mr. Doležal  has made recording about 40 CD´s.