![]() ![]() However Eben’s core activity was composing. He has given concerts abroad in Paris (Notre Dame), London (Royal Festival Hall and Westminster Cathedral), as well as at the festivals of Melbourne, Edinburgh, Vienna, Ossiach, Berlin and the USA. Apart from his concert activities he was a celebrated improviser on both piano and organ. In 1955-90 Eben was teaching at the department of musical science at CharlesUniversity before being designated professor of composition at the Academy of Performing Arts. After hard years of occupation he entered the Prague Academy of Music to study piano and composition. He spent his childhood in Česky Krumlov where he also studied piano, violoncello and organ. ![]() Petr Eben was counted among the best known Czech composers. ![]()
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