Czech Chamber Music Society • Concert of competition winners

VILÉM VLČEK
cello

Vilém Vlček received his first cello lessons at the age of six from Martin Škampa. In 2010 he enrolled in the class of Martin and Mirko Škampa at the Academic Secondary School of Music in Prague. Since then he has participated in master classes of Frans Helmerson, Alisa Weilerstein, Danjulo Ishizaka, Denis Severin, Jakob Koranyi, Michal Kaňka, Tomáš Jamník and others. Since 2018 he has been studying in the class of Danjulo Ishizaka at the Musik-Akademie Basel.

Vilém’s first significant achievement was first prize in the National Competition of Elementary Music Schools in 2008, followed by first prizes at other national and international competitions such as the Wettbewerb Violoncello in Liezen, Austria (2010, 2012), Talents for Europe in Dolný Kubín, Slovakia (2010), Heran Cello Competition (laureate title, 2013), National Competition of Czech Conservatories (absolute winner in cello, 2014), Concertino Praga (laureate and EMCY prize together with the pianist Ondřej Zavadil, 2015), Jan Vychytil Cello Competition (absolute winner, 2017) and Bohuslav Martinů Foundation Competition (laureate, 2017). In 2018 he became the winner of the Interpretation Competition of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and a laureate of the International Music Competition Beethovenʼs Hradec.

He has performed as a soloist with many renowned orchestras such as the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, North Bohemian Philharmonic Orchestra of Teplice, Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra, Württemberg Philharmonic Orchestra, Kaunas Symphony Orchestra, Europera Youth Orchestra and Zielona Gora Philharmonic Orchestra, and collaborated with conductors such as Jiří Bělohlávek, Petr Altrichter, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, Jiří Rožeň, David Švec and Nicolas Ellis.

Since August 2016, he has been a member of the LGT Young Soloists, with whom he appeared at nearly 50 concerts in Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, United Arab Emirates, Germany, China, Singapore, USA, France and Israel.

Vilém Vlček plays a cello made in 1754 by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini kindly on loan from the State Collection of Musical Instruments.