Biography
Hana Bartošová studied organ and harpsichord at the Brno conservatory in the class of Prof. Josef Pukl and at the Janáček Academy of Music in Brno in the class of Prof. Alena Veselá. During her studies she participated in many national and international competitions where she received several prizes and awards. She extended her education by participating in master classes with eminent world organ players and teachers. In Mechelen, Belgium, she studied Ceasar Franck’s music, as well as Flor Peeterse’s compositions under his guidance. She studied performance of Old Italian music with Luigi Celeghin from Rome. She specialized in performing J. S. Bach under Michael Schneider and French music with Gaston Litaiz. Beside her wide repertoire which includes music from Baroque to contemporary music (including performance on historical instruments), she also pays considerable attention to the development of Czech contemporary music, especially Brno composers whose works she has introduced in many premieres (e.g. Vladimír Werner, František Emmert, Zdeněk Pololáník and Milan Slimáček).
Ms. Bartošová teaches at the Brno conservatory, Brno Masaryk University and Jaroslav Kvapil Elementary School of Arts in Brno. She is a regular member of various competition juries and her pupils are often awarded at music competitions. She frequently performs at concerts and prestigious festivals in her country as well as abroad (Austria, Italy, Germany, Denmark, France, Russia, Ireland, Belgium, Poland, Croatia, Slovakia and Slovenia). Among others, she performed at the 25th annual organ festival in Sant Elpidio under the auspices of Enio Moricone, she represented the Czech Republic at the international Bach’s festival in Lecca in Italy, performed in the philharmonic cycle in Samara, Russia, the Days of The Czech Culture in Nancy, France, and many of Europe’s largest cathedrals.
She performs with various soloists, e.g. the violinist František Novotný, Veronika Hajnová - soloist of the National Opera House in Prague, soprano singer Irena Troupová-Wilke and with her daughter Iva Bartošová, a talented concert pianist. She has collaborated on several recordings of the Brno Children’s Choir Primavera, has been featured in numerous radio and television programs and is a regular contributor to music journals. She is also Artistic Director of the
International Organ Festival in Brno.
In 2010, she will make her American concert debut by invitation of the Czech Heritage Partnership and the 150th Anniversary Festival of St. Wenceslaus Church in Spillville, Iowa..