Jan Pospíšil

Graduated from cello studies at the Conservatory in Brno with Miroslav Zicha and at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava with Jozef Podhoranský. During his studies, he became a laureate of several competitions, including the Bohuš Heran International Cello Competition in Ústí nad Orlicí, the Czech Conservatory Competition and the Czech National Chamber Music Competition. He furthered his professional education at master classes with Victoria Yagling, Jiří Bárta, Gerhard Mantel, Jozef Podhoranský and Bedřich Havlík. Since 2000, he has been a member of the Slovak National Theatre Orchestra, where he has also held the position of concertmaster of the cello group since 2004. He was a member of chamber orchestras with which he also performed as a soloist, namely Bratislava Classic and Slovak Festival Orchestra (an ensemble operating mainly in Ireland). He has had successful solo performances in Finland, Italy, Spain, Germany, Austria and at the international music festival Moravian Autumn in Brno. In 2009 he performed in Moscow as part of the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest. He performed with the cello group SND "Celists" as its artistic director at the Musical Vespers festival in Brno, together with the soloist of the SND opera, bassist Peter Mikuláš. Since 2003 he has been teaching at the Conservatory in Bratislava.