Miloslav JELINEK

MILOSLAV JELÍNEK graduated from the Conservatory in Kroměříž (prof. Miloslav Gajdoš) and then from the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno (prof. Jiří Bortlíček). During his studies he took part in numerous performance competitions and won many awards.

Miloslav Jelínek has been the chief double bass player of the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra for 23 years. Currently, he has been a professor at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno, the University of Ostrava, the Karol Lipinski Academy of Music in Wroclaw, Poland (2012 - 2015) and the Brno Conservatory. He is an honorary professor at the Beijing Conservatory. Miloslav Jelinek is the founder and president of the Czech Society of Double Bassists. He cooperates with many chamber ensembles - (e.g. Janáček String Quartet, Brindisi String Quartet, Wallinger Quartet, RIX Quartet). Every year in September, he organizes the International Double Bass Convention in Brno, Czech Republic. He has made a large number of recordings for radio, television and CDs and, together with his wife Marcela Jelínková (piano), he gives numerous double bass recitals in the Czech Republic as well as abroad. He performs as a soloist with symphony orchestras - (Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra, Moravian Philharmonic Olomouc, Lower Silesia Philharmonic, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra of South Bohemia, Brno Chamber Orchestra, Czech Chamber Soloists and many others). He is also the conductor of the Brno Double Bass Orchestra. Miloslav Jelínek presents many contemporary pieces, which were written for him. For example Jiří Matys, Tony Osborne, Miloš Štědroň, František Emmert, Leoš Faltus etc.

Miloslav Jelínek gives numerous courses and master classes around the world (China, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Russia, Latvia, Singapore, USA etc.).