Pamětní síň Františka Drdly

About the museum

František Drdla was born on 28 November 1868 in Žďár nad Sázavou and became a world-renowned violin virtuoso and composer. He studied at the conservatories in Prague and Vienna, worked in Vienna as a violinist and conductor, and performed across Europe and in the United States. He wrote more than six hundred compositions, the best known of which are Vision, Souvenir and Lenore. Although he lived in Vienna, he regularly returned to his hometown.

The memorial room was established in 1988, when the citizens of Žďár named the then people’s art school after Drdla on the 120th anniversary of his birth. The room by the entrance to the school building is maintained by the town of Žďár nad Sázavou. It displays documents and photographs from the musician’s life, examples of his work, concert posters, paintings and personal items from his Vienna apartment, as well as his piano; the composer’s music archive is also kept here. Digitisation of the room’s exhibits has been under way since 2010.

Highlights

• Documents and photographs from the life of the violinist and composer
• The piano of František Drdla
• Concert posters and examples of his work
• Paintings and personal items from his Vienna apartment
• The composer’s music archive

Permanent exhibition

• Pamětní síň Františka Drdly – Documents, photographs, posters and personal items from the apartment of the violinist and composer František Drdla, together with his piano and music archive.

Founded

1988

Operated by

Město Žďár nad Sázavou

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Getting there & parking

The room is in the building of the František Drdla Basic Art School (ZUŠ) on Doležalovo náměstí, in the room by the school entrance.

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