# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vladimir-valek
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:32:37.156Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vladimir-valek"
name: "Vladimír Válek"
slug: "vladimir-valek"
description: "Vladimír Válek was a Czech conductor and educator, best known for leading the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1985 to 2011. He transformed the radio orchestra with few public performances to one of the country's leading orchestras, playing a broad repertoire. He toured in Europe, the United States and Asia, and worked with international orchestras."
tagline: "Czech conductor (1935–2025)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3d/Vladimir_Valek_conductor_%281a%29.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1935-09-02"
deathDate: "2025-02-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15
  historical:           9.872030666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4816809/"
    handle:    "nm4816809"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Vladimír Válek"
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    title: "Vladimír Válek"
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    title: "Vladimír Válek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vladimír Válek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vladimír Válek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Валек, Владимир"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Vladim%C3%ADr_V%C3%A1lek"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump