Jiří M. Procházka
Jiří Miroslav Procházka
The project entitled Čierna zem (Black Soil) attempts to present Janáček’s work and the paradigm from which it originates, i.e. folklore, to the broadest possible audience. It strives to show them that folklore is not dead and that Janáček deserves more than just school theatre visits and music lessons.
The reasons why I have become addicted to Janáček are simple and emotional. Like nobody else before or since, Janáček is capable of authentically capturing and heightening the emotions of folk music, so much so that they are almost tangible. The poetry of his composition warms and replenishes the soul. This album features songs that tell stories about people, stories that are still alive and talking to the listeners. And I had the chance to tell them.
Jiří M. Procházka, 2008
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Jiří Miroslav Procházka (* 21st September 1988) He gained his first singing experience as a member of the KANTILÉNA Children’s Choir at the Brno Philharmonic, under the supervision of Professor Ivan Sedláček and a voice coach Professor Anna Barová. In 2004 he was admitted to the Brno Conservatory under the supervision of Mgr. Petr Julíček.
After graduation, he studied opera at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU) under the supervision of Professor Hana BandováŠtolfová, ArtD. Throughout his studies, he gathered numerous accolades at competitions both in the Czech Republic (1st place at the Conservatoire Competition, Bohuslav Martinů Competition – where he also won the price for interpretation of folksong, Mozart Competition and Olomouc 2006, etc.) and abroad 2nd place at the ATC Competition in London. He also has some theatre experience, having played several characters at the conservatory and as a guest actor at JAMU in Brno. He cooperates with many orchestras, e.g. Brno Philharmonic, Musica fi guralis, Musica da Camera Brno, KANTILÉNA and he creates a lot of concert perfomances with them.
Biography (2025)
Jiří Miroslav Procházka, born in Brno in 1988.
He gained his first singing experience in the Kantiléna children’s choir with the Brno Philharmonic. In 2004, he enrolled at the Brno Conservatory, studying under Mgr. Petr Julíček, followed by classical singing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU) under the guidance of Prof. Hana Bandová-Štolfová, ArtD. In 2013, he completed his studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (HAMU) under MgA. Martin Bárta. Since 2013, he has been a regular guest at the Janáček Opera in Brno and collaborates with the National Theatre in Prague and the Antonín Dvořák National Theatre in Ostrava. He also performs as a guest with the JAMU Chamber Opera.
He has achieved success in numerous national and international singing competitions, including 1st place in the Bohuslav Martinů Competition, where he also won an award for folk song interpretation; 1st place in the Czech Conservatories Competition; 1st place in the Mozart Competition of the Czech Republic; absolute winner of the Olomouc 2006 Competition; 2nd place in the ACT Competition in London; 2nd prize in the 2011 Baroque Music Summer School interpretation competition, where he participated in baroque interpretation courses led by Polish countertenor Jakub Burzyński; and in 2013, he studied with Adam Plachetka, with whom he performed in 2016 at the Znojmo Music Festival in the opera Don Giovanni as Masetto. That same year, as a soloist and member of a street choir, he performed Leonard Bernstein’s Mass alongside Vojtěch Dyk on a tour across the Czech Republic.
He has also performed at various music festivals, including: Znojmo Music Festival (CZ), Smetana’s Litomyšl (CZ), Janáček’s May (CZ), Janáček Brno (CZ), 9 Weeks of Baroque/Pilsen European Capital of Culture 2015 (CZ), Olomouc Baroque Festival (CZ), Bratislava Music Festival (SVK), Mikołów Music Days (POL), Music in Old Krakow Festival (POL), Zadar Musical Evenings (HR), Weingarten International Music Festival (DE), and others.
He collaborates with many prominent musical and theatrical ensembles, such as: Brno Philharmonic, Prague Chamber Philharmonic, South Bohemian Chamber Philharmonic, Czech Ensemble Baroque, Ensemble Inégal, Collegium 1704, Musica Aeterna-Bratislava, Musica Florea, Ensemble Damian, Musica Figuralis, Czech Virtuosi, Q-vox, Opera Diversa, Moravian Piano Trio, and many others.