Vojtěch Semerád

O Vojtěch Semerád

Vojtěch Semerád studied the viola at the Prague Conservatoire and choir conducting at the Faculty of Education of the Charles University. Following his studies of the baroque violin and Gregorian chant at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse, Paris, with François Fernandez, he has been focussing on baroque repertoire and has performed with a number of period ensembles in the Czech Republic and abroad. In 2011, he is finalist of prestige Telemann-Wettbewerb competition in Magdeburg. He is currently broadening his horizons by postgraduate degree at the Papal Institute Musica Sacra, Roma, focusing on the Gregorian chant and vocal polyphony. Vojtěch Semerád is also a member of Collegium Marianum ensemble, with which he solo-performed with ensembles as Le Poème Harmonique, Les Folies Françoises, Les Paladins, Ensemble Inégal on many occasions (Thêatre Champs Elyssée, Palau de Música Barcelone, Concertgebouw Rotterdam, Tage Alter Musik Regensburg, Bachfest Leipzig, Prague Spring International Festival) under the leadership of Andrew Parrot, Peter Kooij, Sergio Azzolini or Benjamin Lazar. He has also taken part in many recording sessions for Deutsche Gramophon, Naïve, Supraphon, Česká televize or Český rozhlas.