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Ferdinand HavlíK

Ferdinand HavlíK is credited on 415 releases across 100 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1959–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

415

Pressings credited

100

Albums

8

Decades active

11

In collections

Biography

Ferdinand Havlík (17 June 1928 – 28 October 2013) was a Czech composer, and clarinet player. In 1959, Havlík and actor Jiří Suchý co-founded the Semafor musical theater in Prague. Havlík also became Semafor's head composer following the death of Jiří Šlitr in 1969. In addition to Semafor, he worked as a film composer and started a swing band in the 1970s. Born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, in 1928, Havlík died on October 28, 2013, at the age of 85.

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Credited work

415 releases · 100 albums · active 1959–2025

  • Performance · 567
  • Other credits · 355
  • Mastering · 1

Studios: Studio Dejvice · Studio Strahov · Mozarteum · Divadlo Semafor

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