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CENTRAL EUROPEAN MUSIC AGENCY
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CONDUCTOR SINGERS PIANO HARPSICHORD ORGAN HARP VIOLA CELLO FRENCH HORN ENSEMBLES PROJECTS |
| Jana Bouskova has to her credit some truly remarkable artistic triumphs, a record which has turned her to a much sought-after harpist and a regular guest of the world´s foremost concert platforms, appearing both as a soloist and as the partner of the likes of Mstislav Rostropovich, Yuri Bashmet, Patrick Gallois, Maxim Vengerov, Janne Thomsen, Sharon Kam, Christian Tetzlaff, Gustav Rivinius Jiri Barta and others. Jana Bouskova studied at the Prague Conservatory and, subsequently, in the class of Professor Libuse Vachalova at Ostrava University. As a Fulbright scholar, she then pursued her education with Professor Susan McDonald, at Indiana University in the U. S. A. She has accumulated many major competition achievements, including awards from the world´s two most prestigious harp contests: in 1992, gold medal at the International Harp Competition (U. S.); and second prize at the International Harp Contest in Israel. Besides that, she is likewise the winner of the 1998 edition of Paris´ Concours International de Musique de Chambre, T.I.M. Torneo Internazionale di Musica, Rome-Italy (1999), Laureate of the International Music Festival “Juventus”- France (1998) and holder of the 1999 Harpa Award of Switzerland, for her exceptional achievement as a concert artist and her outstanding contribution to the advancement of the art of harp interpretation. Jana Bouskova features permanently, both as a soloist and as a member of various chamber music ensembles, on the programmes of leading concert halls and music festivals in her home country and internationally (Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center in New York; Gewandhaus in Leipzig; Symphony Center in Chicago; Théâtre de la Ville in Paris; Berlin Philharmonic Hall; Concertgebouw in Amsterdam; Chatelet in Paris; Rudolfinum in Prague; as well as the Prague Spring; Concentus Moraviae; Berliner Festtage; Parry Sound, Ontario; or Festival des Lauréats Juventus Cambrai, Elba Isola Musicale d´Europa, Festival „Spannungen“ im Kraftwerk Heimbach – Germany, among other festivals). As a soloist, she works with a number of orchestras, including the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the Prague Philharmonia, the Chicago Sinfonietta, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the MDR Symphonieorchester Leipzig, and the Tokyo Chamber Orchestra; and with conductors Gerd Albrecht, Christian Arming, Jiri Belohlavek, Petr Altrichter and many others. She has taken part in a long list of international harp congresses and symposia, and receives numerous invitations to teach at master classes. In 2004 she was a member of the Jury at the USA International Harp Compeitition. Since 1993 she is a professor of the Prague Conservatory. She was also made artistic director of the 7th World Harp Congress in 1999. Her other commitments include membership of the Artistic Directorate of Prague´s Academy of Music. In 2002, she has accepted an invitation to teach for two months at Indiana University in the U. S. A. Most receintly, she won an audition to become the principal harpist of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Jana Bouskova has made over two dozen CD recordings for both Czech and international record labels, as well as an extensive catalogue of titles for various radio and television companies. In 2004 was released a CD by EMI record with live concert from the Festival „Spannungen“ im Kraftwerk Heimbach – Germany . Jana Bouskova´s wide-ranging repertoire encompasses all periods and styles. In the domain of contemporary music, she has been privileged by dedications of many new works from composers in the Czech Republic and the rest of the world –including Sonata for cello and Harp by Ravi Shankar – world premiere with Mstislav Rostropovitch at the festival Rencontres Musicales d´Evian in France; Concerto for Violin, Viola, Flute, Harp and Orchestra by Benjamin Yusupov performing with Maxim Vengerov, Janne Thomsen and Ozcan Ulucan; Concerto for Two Harps by Jan F.Fischer premiered together with Isabelle Moretti at the Seventh World Harp Congress , and others. Jana Bouskova plays on a Lyon & Healy harp, an American instrument she received for her victory in the U. S. A. International Harp Competition, in 1992. |
