Václav Smetáček has been played on NTS in shows including Tafelmusik w/ Francesco Fusaro, featured first on 16 March 2024. Songs played include Dalibor.

Václav Smetáček (30 September 1906 - 18 February 1986) was a Czech conductor, composer, and oboist.

He studied in Prague among others with Jaroslav Křička, conducting with Metod Doležil and Pavel Dědeček, musicology, aesthetics, and philosophy at Charles University. He was the founder and member of the Prague Wind Quintet (1928), with whom he performed, composed and arranged compositions for it. From 1930 to 1933, he was a member of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, and from 1934 to 1943, he…