Jan Talich

Jan Talich plays violin A.Stradivarius 1729.

Jan Talich (1967) studied at the Prague Conservatoire and later at the prague Academy of Music under Václav Snítil. Already at this time he was giving recitals and performing with orchestras around the Czech Republic. He received scholarships to further his education in both the USA with Shmuel Ashkenasi and then with Yfrah Neaman at the Guildhall School of Music in England. In 1989 he won 1st prize at the Václav Huml International Violin Competition in Zagreb, which started his international solo career, playing with orchestras and giving recitals throughout Europe (Paris, Birmingham, London, Brussels and the USA…). He has recorded several solo CDs of Czech music, as well as Beethoven and Mozart concertos. He regularly gives masterclasses both at home and abroad: in Telč, Dijon, Angers, Prades and the Conseratoire Superieur in Paris.

In 1992 Jan founded the Talich Chamber Orchestra, of which he is the soloist and artistic director. He was also a founding member of The Kubelík Trio which he left for the post of 1st violinist in the Talich Quartet in1997,one of the worlds leading ensembles of its kind. During his time with the trio he performed throughout Europe and recorded the complete set of Dvořák’s trios, along with the works of Smetana, Suk and Novák.

With the Talich Quartet he has performed to great reviews in most of the world’s most famous venues. This list includes the most famous venues in America and Canada,including Carnegie Hall, regularly in the best known halls of Europe such as Wigmore Hall, Beethovenhaus, Hercules Sal (Munich), Chatelet,Theatre de Champs Elysee and Gaveau also regularly touring the major venues of Japan, South America, Mexico and South Korea. Their discography is extensive, covering most of the famous Czech quartets, along with the complete quartets of Mendelssohn.

As well as conducting his own orchestra since its foundation he has, in the last several years, begun to broaden his career as a conductor. He is now increasingly asked to work as a guest conductor with many other orchestras in the Czech Republic and abroad.