Bohuslav Hřímalý

Bohuslav Hřímalý (8 April 1848, Plzeň - 11 October 1894, Helsingfors) was a Czech and Russian violinist and conductor. He was the son of Vojtěch Hřímalý and the brother of Maria, Vojtěch, Jan, and Jaromír Hřímalý.

He graduated from the Prague Conservatory in 1864, where he studied under Moritz Mildner. Early in his career he also performed as a violist in the family quartet and in a piano quartet with Antonín Bennewitz as first violin, František Hegenbart on cello, and Bedřich Smetana on piano.

From 1868 to 1872 he played violin and viola in the orchestra of the Provisional Theatre, the predecessor of the National Opera. In 1875 he moved to Finland following his brother Jaromír.

In Finland he worked as a conductor at the Finnish Theatre in Helsinki, then from 1878 at the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki, and from 1891 in Emmy Achté's opera company. At the same time, from 1888, he served as kapellmeister of the military band of the Nyland Finnish Rifle Regiment.

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