String Instruments Department

Graduated from the Music Grammar School in Prague under Prof. Václav Kučera (2002), Conservatory in Pardubice under Prof. Petr Saidl (2004), one-year internship at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Listz in Weimar under Prof. Thomas Müller-Pering (2008). Graduate of the JAMU in Brno under Prof. Martin Mysliveček and Prof. Vladislav Bláha (2009) and doctoral studies there under Prof. Barbara Maria Willi (2012). Laureate of many international competitions. As a soloist and chamber player (duo Siempre Nuevo and Prague Guitar Quartet) he actively performs all over the world, is often invited to juries of international competitions and teaches at master classes.

What are you most proud of during your time as an artist?

Of course, I am grateful to be part of our JAMU faculty and also that at a relatively young age I had the opportunity to perform on three continents in 15 countries.

Where do you look for a source of motivation and inspiration?

I get my motivation from the belief that what I give, I get back. That’s why I do everything I do with 100% commitment. I look for inspiration in my surroundings, i.e. family, nature, students and colleagues. The artistic life is full of inspiration at every moment.

If you had to give one piece of advice to students, what would it be?

Don’t be satisfied with yourself too soon – Dissatisfaction is the best motivator.

What does JAMU mean to you personally?

A place of knowledge, familiarity and mutual understanding that we must continually work to make more and more attractive to future generations of students.

www.siempre-nuevo.com
www.pgq.cz

There is a compulsory entry level corresponding to the SERR levels (see above) for inclusion in the A language in the core subject.
Students studying Music Management: entry level B1 SERR, students studying other specialisations A 2 SERR.

WINTER SEMESTER

In order to obtain credit in the winter semester, a minimum of 70% attendance in classes and successful completion of the credit test, or completion of other assigned tasks within the scope set by the teacher (presentations, reports, etc.) is required. In the case of exceptional artistic activities and obligations, special conditions may be set for individual students to make up for missed classes – this also applies to the LS.
THE WINTER SEMESTER IS TO BE CLOSED IN THE RELEVANT EXAMINATION PERIOD; IN JUSTIFIED AND DULY EXCUSED CASES, AN EXCEPTION MAY BE REQUESTED.

SUMMER SEMESTER

To close the summer semester it is necessary to successfully pass the exam or complete the assigned tasks (papers, presentations, etc.), even in the summer semester there is a minimum 70% attendance requirement.
If the student fails to appear (without excuse) for the examination, withdraws from the examination after it has begun or violates the rules of the examination, he/she forfeits the term. (According to Article 40 of the JAMU SaZ)

STUDYING ABROAD OR AT OTHER UNIVERSITIES

Credit may be awarded on the basis of proof of completion of a language course of the appropriate level abroad.
If a student passes a foreign language examination of the required level abroad, this examination may be recognised if the assessment is demonstrably compatible with the assessment used at the JAMU HF (ECTS). The student must also demonstrate knowledge of musical terminology at the required level.
The conditions for credits and examinations taken at other HEIs are set out in the JAMU Examination and Study Regulations.

LITERATURE WITH A FOCUS ON MUSICAL TERMINOLOGY

From publications of KCJ teachers at HF:

• Batušek/Horová: Czech-German and German-Czech dictionary of musical terminology. SPN, Prague 1988, 1989.
• Hajn: An English-Czech Reader for Students of Music. JAMU, Brno 2012.
• Horace: Textauswahl für den Deutschunterricht an der Musikfakultät, Teil I. JAMU, Brno 2011.
• Horáčková:Übungsbuch Deutsch für Musiker A1/A2. JAMU, Brno 2019.
• Jarešová: English Texts for students of music management of Music Faculty of JAMU, Brno 2009.
• Jarešová: English Texts for students of the Music Faculty. JAMU, Brno 2018.
• Pavlova/Horova: English-Czech and Czech-English Dictionary of Music Terminology. SPN, Prague 1986.
• Vybíralová: Italian-Czech dictionary of musical terminology. JAMU, Brno 2000.
• Vybíralová: Italian grammar practice book for intermediate and advanced learners. JAMU, Brno 2011.
• Exercises and tests on the continuously updated website: http://moodle.jamu.cz/

Other literature is determined by individual teachers.

Miloslav Jelínek (*1965) is a graduate of the Conservatory in Kroměříž (M. Gajdoš) and the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno (Prof. J. Bortlíček). During his studies, he won a number of national and international double bass competitions.

Miloslav Jelínek is intensively engaged in solo concert activity, performs on concert stages in Europe, China, Japan and the USA, is invited as a teacher of international performance courses and a member of competition juries. Since 2008 he has been an honorary professor at the Beijing Conservatory of Music, and from 2012 to 2015 he was also a professor at the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music ( Wroclaw). In 1998 he founded the Czech Society of Double Bassists. He is also the founder and artistic director of the Brno Double Bass Orchestra, composed of students and graduates of the JAMU.

His extensive concert activity is captured in radio and television images and on CD recordings. From 1988 to 2011 he was a member of the Brno Philharmonic, since 1994 as a solo double bassist. He has been teaching at the Brno Academy of Performing Arts since 1990, at the same time teaching at the Brno Conservatory and the University of Ostrava.

What are you most proud of during your time as an artist?

I wouldn’t call it pride, but rather joy that one could bring something useful to society through one’s work. I fondly recall many concert performances, including a recital in Beijing for almost 3000 people or a concert in Moscow, and the very kind reactions from the audience and fellow professionals. However, I most appreciate the concerts for our home audiences, especially for the circle of friends of music – to the sincere and pure joy of the concert-goers for the music and the art performed. It is very inspiring as well as obliging.

Of course, I am also pleased with the artistic results of my students, who are laureates of many performance competitions and members or concert masters of many major orchestras around the world. Some of them are also already working as high school and university teachers.

I consider the organization of the International Double Bass Meetings to be important. During the twelve editions, several hundred double bassists from about forty countries visited Brno and our school. Apart from the importance of the meetings for our field and the satisfaction of double bassists with the course of the event, I was always pleased and appreciated that the participants perceived Brno as a city with a cultural tradition, which has its own charisma and atmosphere.

Where do you look for a source of motivation and inspiration?

In faith, family, nature, and work with students.

If you had to give one piece of advice to students, what would it be?

Always approach art with humility and respect the work of your colleagues.

What does JAMU mean to you personally?

It is an institution that builds on our best cultural traditions and strives to further develop them and pass them on to the next generation. I appreciate the fact that I was able to work at JAMU as a student and as a teacher.

• Graduate of JAMU Brno and Sibelius Academi Helsinki
• Winner of four international competitions.
• Teacher of cello at JAMU Brno
• World record holder of the song Flight of the Bumblebee
• Artistic director of Shadow Quartet
• is one of the most sought-after Czech cellists of the young generation for his bravura virtuoso programme and depth of artistic expression. His repertoire also includes a number of curiosities that have attracted recognition not only in artistic circles.

He received his basic musical education from double bassist Karel Malana. He studied at the Brno Conservatory under Prof. Martin Šranek. During his studies he won twice the 1st prize at the Conservatory Competition in the 1st and 2nd categories, the 1st prize at the International Double Bass Competition of František Simandl in Blatná and two years later the 2nd prize at the same competition in the 2nd category.

Since 2006 he has studied with Prof. Miloslav Jelínek at the JAMU in Brno. He continued his doctoral studies at the Faculty of Music of the JAMU, which he completed in 2018. He is a member of the orchestra of the Municipal Theatre in Brno. In 2013 he took up the position of the leader of the double bass group of the Brno Philharmonic.

In 2018 he toured Japan with horn player Radek Baborák. In 2019, he began collaborating on chamber concerts with oboist Vilém Veverka. Since 2018 he has been teaching at the Faculty of Music of the JAMU in Brno. Since 2020 he has been the secretary of the Department of Stringed Instruments.

• He studied violin at the Brno Conservatory and at the JAMU.
• In 1985 he was violinist of the Brno Philharmonic.
• From 1986 to 2008 he was a member of the Moravian Quartet – as a second violinist and since 1992 as a violist.
• In 1996 he graduated from the JAMU.
• From 2000 to 2008 he was violist of the Brno Philharmonic.
• Since 1990 he has been teaching at the Brno Conservatory and since 2012 at JAMU.
• Since 2008 he has been a member of the Janáček Quartet.
• He performs as a quartet player and as a soloist in concerts at home and abroad.

www.janacekquartet.com

František NOVOTNÝ (a graduate of JAMU) also studied violin with virtuosos and teachers Zakhar Bron and Viktor Tret’yakov. He has won prizes, laureateships and special awards in more than twenty competitions (e.g. KHS – laureate in 1979, Concertino Praga, P. I. Tchaikovsky in Moscow, Prague Spring, Premio Paganini in Genoa, International Competition in Tokyo…). He is the recipient of the RAI Prize and the Henryk Wieniawski Medal. He continues to expand his exceptionally wide repertoire (e.g. more than seventy titles with orchestra) and to collaborate with leading symphonic ensembles, performing on major stages in Europe, Japan and the USA. In addition to the traditional repertoire, he presents lesser-known or completely unknown works by world composers. His interpretation of Arensky and Taneyev’s Romantic Concertos (2017) was also published for the first time in the Czech Republic. He has made recordings for foreign and Czech labels, e.g. violin concertos by Dvořák and Brahms (with Jiří Bělohlávek), a unique double-CD with the complete violin works of Ernest Bloch, etc. He cooperates with radio and television companies. He is a teacher at the Faculty of Music of JAMU, Academy of Performing Arts, regularly teaches at master classes (Czech Republic, France, Japan, USA). In 2009 he was awarded the title of university professor. He is a jury member of a number of international violin competitions (e.g. Prague Spring, Ernst-Szymanowski, Carl Flesch, G.F. Telemann, Jenö Hubay, Balys Dvarionas, etc.) and chairman of the new International Violin Competition at the Academy of Performing Arts (Bratislava, 2022). w w ww.frantiseknovotny.com

What are you most proud of during your time as an artist?

Let me use the word grateful instead of proud. For me, it describes much better the many rare meetings and collaborations with great artistic personalities – conductors, pianists, directors… It is of course a pleasant result of such collaborations, for example, the release of a CD by the Victor Company, recitals and concerts with orchestras in Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Carnegie Hall, Festspielhaus… But I consider the spiritual dimension to be absolutely essential on a generally human level. That is why the most valuable thing for me is the opportunity to come into contact with great people in a spiritual sense, whatever their profession.

Where do you look for a source of motivation and inspiration?

Nature, space, books, travel, harmonious relationships, a few really close friends…

If you had to give one piece of advice to students, what would it be?

Watch out for the ego! It can often not only complicate your career, but above all, it can divert you from the most important thing – the search for the true meaning of life.

What does JAMU mean to you personally?

When I enter the Faculty of Music building, Janáček almost always comes to mind and, of course, the first Czechoslovak president. As a graduate of JAMU, I remember with respect several extraordinary personalities who have enriched me greatly. And from the perspective of a current teacher, I can recall, among other things, the sixty graduation concerts of my students, all of whom have gained quality professional employment in this country or abroad. I think that this is one of the important positive feedbacks for the teacher and the school.

Education:

Conservatory and Academy of Performing Arts Bratislava, Prof. Skladaný, Tchaikovsky Conservatory Moscow, Prof. Jankelevich, Royal Conservatory Brussels, Prof. Gertler (Premier Prix avec Grande Distinction), UNESCO Akademie für Solisten Wolfenbüttel(BRD), studies also under H. Szeryng and W. Schneiderhan

Chairman and member of many national and international competitions

Pedagogical activity:

Academy of Performing Arts Bratislava (1969-1973, had to leave the school after political vetting, invited back in 1989), Bratislava Conservatory, Michigan State University (1982 and 1983), Wayne State University Detroit (1985-1988), since 2001 JAMU Brno

He has given concert performances in 40 countries and dozens of masterclasses in the USA, Canada, Ireland, India, Japan, Russia and Slovakia.

Vladimír Hollý is a graduate of the Prague Academy of Performing Arts from the class of Prof. Jan Panenka. He has repeatedly participated in Eugene Indjic’s international performance courses. He is a chamber musician and gives concerts in the Czech Republic and abroad. He teaches at the JAMU in Brno as an associate professor.