Irvin Venyš

Irvin Venyš is by all means an outstanding artist of the young Czech generation. He gained top awards in the world most renoun international music competitions - Prague Spring, Pacem in Terris Bayreuth, EBU New Talent, Paris, Zurich, Madeira. He repeatedly proves these honours at the most prestigeous festivals in Europe – Pablo Casals Festival Prades, Festival Mitte Europa, Mozart der Europaer - Mannheim – and podiums all over the world - Japan, Germany, France, Spain etc. Extraordinary is the range of his musical activities, reaching from classical repertoir through extremely demanding contemporary compositions – world and czech premiers - Osvaldo Golijov, Betty Oliveiro, Isang Yun, Jan Dušek, N-Tech etc. - to traditional folklore. He has collaborated with the world leading artists - Heinz - Jörg Schellenberger, Radovan Vlatkovič, Zakhar Bron, Peter Czaba, Igor Ardašev, Sir Libor Pešek, Ralph Gothoni, Elina Vahala, Michel Lethiec, Hagai Shaham, Andre Cazalet or Jean - Louis Capezzali etc. His musical education is also worth mentioning. He has graduated The Brno Conservatory - Prof. Břetislav Winkler - The Academy of performing arts in Prague – clarinet class of Prof. Vlastimil Mareš and Prof. Jiří Hlaváč - where he reached an academic title Ph.D, and is currently a clarinet professor. Also spent a year at Conservatoir National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris in the class of professor Michel Arrignon. In the mean time he has recorded for Czech Radio and Television, Mitteldeutsch Rundfunk, ORF, or Arco Diva.