Nocturne – Breathe Deeply: Tomáš Jamník & AKH

Tomáš Jamník

A performer of classical and contemporary music, Tomáš Jamník studied cello in Prague, Leipzig and at the Universität der Künste in Berlin. After graduating he was awarded a scholarship from the Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic. He spent six months in the USA on a Fulbright-Masaryk scholarship, lectured and performed in New York and other American countries. Since autumn 2024 he has been teaching at the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno. Winner of numerous international competitions, he has been a guest soloist with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Czech Philharmonic, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Cordoba Symphony Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra London, among others. Together with Jan Fišer and Ivo Kahánek he is a member of the Dvořák Trio. As a chamber musician, he has performed at Prague’s Rudolfinum, London’s Wigmore Hall and Barbican Hall, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, Katowice’s NOSPR, Salzburg’s Mozarteum and Japan’s Kitara Hall and Tokyo Metropolitan Hall. In addition to the classical repertoire, Tomáš Jamník has also performed lesser-known works and has premiered numerous works by Czech composers. He is also the author of the Serious Interest initiative, which has helped to organize hundreds of concerts at home. He is also the artistic director of the Academy of Chamber Music and the founder and artistic director of the Ševčík Academy in Horažďovice.