title: Vladimír Válek
text: # Vladimír Válek
  
  Vladimír Válek (born 2 September 1935, in Nový Jičín) is a Czech conductor.
  
  He was conductor of the Prague Symphony for 10 years, in which he made his first tours of Europe and the United States.
  
  He was the Principal Conductor of the Slovak Philharmonic from 2004 until 2007, when he was succeeded by Peter Feranec.
  
  