Iša Krejčí

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Iša Krejčí (July 10, 1904 - March 6, 1968) was a Czech Neoclassicist composer and conductor. He studied composition at the Prague Conservatory with Karel Boleslav Jirák and Vitezslav Novák and conducting with Vaclav Talich. He worked for the Bratislava Opera in 1928, Czech radio in 1934, Olomouc Opera in 1945, and Prague National Theatre in 1958. He wrote the operas Antigona (after Sophocles, 1934) and Revolt in Ephesus (after Shakespeare, 1943) as well as four famous symphonies.