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1958 – 1962
percussion at the Brno Conservatory (under Josef Lukáš)
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1958
member of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra (director of the percussion section and first timpanist)
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1994
member of the international, Vienna-based, United Philharmonic Orchestra as a timpanist and head of the percussion section
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since 1995
regularly cooperation with the Solistes Européens Luxemburg Orchestra
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He has performed as a soloist in almost all imaginable genres – brass, popular, Dixieland, folk, operetta, opera, chamber, and symphony music. He has also performed as a soloist at concerts of the Slovak Philharmonic and the international Bratislava Music Festival.
František Rek's solo performances generally receive rave reviews.