Ján Bogdan

Ján started playing the cello at the age of 5. Shortly after, he became an extraordinary student of the external preparatory study at the Košice Conservatory for several years, and later also a regular student in the class of Milan Červenák. He then continued his studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.

In addition, he had the opportunity to participate in master classes with top cellists such as David Geringas, Ralph Kirshbaum, Amit Peled, Ofer Canetti, Hillel Zori, Daniel Veis, Csaba Onczay, Robert Nagy and others.

Ján first performed as a soloist with the Košice State Philharmonic Orchestra when he was 12 years old, and has since performed several more times. He has also performed with orchestras such as the Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic, the Slovak Chamber Orchestra, the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Franz Schmidt Chamber Orchestra, the Žilina State Chamber Orchestra, the Targu Mures Symphony Orchestra, and as an orchestral player he has collaborated with orchestras such as the Wiener Philharmoniker and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.

Since the age of seven he has won many awards at national and international competitions. Among them we can mention: 1st place at the "Buchmann-Mehta strings competition", 1st place at the international competition "Wettbewerb für Violoncello" in Austria, laureate of the international competition Talents for Europe, laureate of the Eugen Suchoň competition, laureate of the Slovak Conservatory Students Competition, laureate of the "Young Cellist of Slovakia" competition.

Ján is an eight-time winner of the "Talent of New Europe" Award and a grant from CEF and Slovnaft a.s.

Since 2015, he has been a member of the jury of the international Talents for Europe competition.

During his career, Ján has had the opportunity to play in famous concert halls such as the Musikverein in Vienna, the Wiener Staatsoper, and for prominent figures such as Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

In the 2021/22 concert season, he made his Israeli solo debut at the Charles Bronfman Auditorium under the baton of Maestro Lahav Shani, chief conductor of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.

In the field of chamber music, he won a competition for students of Slovak conservatories and participated in the Hotchkiss Chamber Music Program in the USA.

He has also performed with artists such as Dalibor Karvay, Sergey Ostrovsky, Hillel Zori, Andryi Viytovych, Garth Knox, Qian Zhou and others.

He has participated in the "Angelika Prokopp Sommerakademie der Wiener Philharmoniker" summer academy in Salzburg several times. He was a participant in the Keshet Eilon summer master classes in Israel and AIMS in Spain.

From 2015 to 2018, he was an active member of the Quasars Ensemble, with which he continues to work closely to this day.

He studied under Prof. Hillel Zori at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv University in Israel. He is currently a member of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.