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| Born | Lenka Mráčková (1974-08-17)17 August 1974 |
| Died | 21 December 2023(2023-12-21) (aged 49) Prague, Czech Republic |
| Occupation | Musicologist |
Lenka Hlávková (néeMráčková; 17 August 1974 – 21 December 2023) was a Czechmusicologist. She served as head of the Institute of Musicology ofFaculty of Arts, Charles University from 2012 to 2015 and again from 2021 until being fatally shot in the2023 Prague shootings.
Hlávková studied musicology at theFaculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague. She finished her master's studies in 1998, and in 2004 she received her Ph.D. During her studies, she completed internships abroad, including a doctoral internship at theHumboldt University of Berlin from 1999–2000.
Hlávková worked as an assistant professor at the Institute of Musicology at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University, where from 2012 to 2015 she was director, then deputy director, and then from December 2021, director of the institute again. She participated in various research projects and was the author of several professional articles. She had been a member of theEuropean Academy of Sciences and Arts since 2019.[1][2][3] She specialized inRenaissance music, the musical culture of Central Europe in theLate Middle Ages, and researched Czech music of the 15th and 16th century.[1][2] She also worked to relate musical traditions within the context of theHussite and post-Hussite time periods for contemporary listeners and experts.[4]
Hlávková was a fatality of thePrague mass shooting atthe Faculty of Arts of Charles University on 21 December 2023.[3][5] Hlávková was apparently on her way out of her office on the fourth floor when the shooting started, as anAdvent concert was also starting in the faculty building, in which thirteen more people were also killed. She was 49.[6]
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