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Born in Rakovník on 7 October 1968. He studied the violin at the Prague Conservatoire and the Music Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He played in the Czech Philharmonic from 1989 to 1997. Around that time, he established the Apollon Quartet, of which he is still a member. From 2000 to 2015, he organised several festivals under the joint label of Czech Culture Festivities (Tanvald Musical Spring, Martinů Fest in Polička, Malá Strana Chamber Festivities, Bystřice Chateau Festivities, etc.). In 2014 he accepted the job of presenter at Radio Classic, but withdrew from the post when he was offered the position of programming director of the Dvořák Prague Festival. At the conclusion of his term of office, he accepted the Czech Philharmonic’s invitation to head the programming of the Czech Chamber Music Society. He is the executive director and owner of Film and Concert Production, s.r.o., a company that focuses on recording film music classical music. Its achievements include the music for the Academy Award-winning film I Served the King of England, or projects for renowned music labels such as Decca, Sony, and Deutsche Grammophon, or the BBC. In 2017 the Czech Association of Music Artists and Scholars nominated Křižanovský as a board member of the State Culture Fund, where he currently serves as Chairman of the Board.