Tomáš Jamník

Tomáš Jamník is a Czech cellist, currently residing in Prague and Berlin. He has established himself as a celebrated soloist in both classical and contemporary music. At the Prague Spring competition he was awarded a number of special prizes and he was also a finalist and winner of a special prize at the Pierre Fournier Award 2011 in London. Since then, Tomáš has performed extensively with top international orchestras in Europe, the U.S., and Asia, including the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonia, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonia Orchestra London. As a chamber musician he has performed with pianists Leif Ove Andsnes and Ivo Kahánek, violinist Josef Špaček, mezzosoprano Magdalena Kožená, the Pavel Haas Quartet, and his “home ensemble” the Dvořák Trio. Tomáš began his musical training in the Czech Republic at the Prague Academy of Performing Arts. He continued at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Leipzig and at the Universität der Künste Berlin. He enriched his education at the Karajan Academy in Berlin and at the Kronberg Academy. In 2023, he completed his six-month stay in the USA on a Fulbright-Masaryk Fellowship, which gave him the opportunity to lecture and perform in New York and other American states. From autumn 2024 he will become a professor at the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno. Tomáš plays a violoncello made by Lorenzo Storioni in 1784, which was generously lent to him from the private collection of Mr. Aleš Voverka.