Liverpool Philharmonic conductor Libor Pesek dies aged 89

Czech conductor Libor Pesek has died, aged 89 (Michal Dolezal/CTK/AP)

Libor Pesek, a Czech classical music conductor best known for leading the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic orchestra for a decade, has died aged 89.

Jan Hasenohrl, director of the Czech National Symphony Orchestra where Pesek was a chief conductor till 2019, said he died on Sunday.