Hana Blažíková (Soprano)

Born: December 2, 1980 - Prague, Czech Republic

The Czech soprano, Hana Blažíková, studied at the conservatory with Professor Jiří Kotouč, graduating in 2002. She also studied musicplogy and philosophy at the University of Karlovy and Prague. She also plays on the harp. At present, she specializes in the interpretation of medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music. She has also taken part in interpretation courses with Poppy Holden, Peter Kooy, Monika Mauch and Howard Crook.

Hana Blažíková collaborates with various chamber ensembles, such as Sette Voci, Capella Regia, Collegium Marianum, Quodlibet Jiřího Stivína, Musica Florea, Collegium 1704, etc. She often gives concerts abroad, for example, in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain. She has appeared at many international festivals, such as the Prague Spring 2004 and 2005, Oude Muziek in Utrecht in 2005, Resonanzen in Vienna in 2006, etc. In 2004, she sang the role of Susana in Mozart's opera La Nozze di Figaro at the Karlovy Vary Theater, and in the summer of 2005 she appeared as Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni in the summer scene "Mozart Opera" at the Estates Theater. She was a member of the ensemble Collegium Vocale 1704, with which she took part in the Bach - Prague 2005 (such as the Mass in B minor (BWV 232) at the Prague Spring 2005, Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248) in the Symphony Orchestra cycle). She has also sung with ensembles as Collegium Vocale Gent, Bach Collegium Japan, Bach Collegium Japan and Tafelmusik.

Source: Schola Benedicta Website, English translation by Aryeh Oron (October 2008); The Artist (March 2010)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (October 2008); Hana Blažíková (March 2010)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Philippe Herreweghe

Soprano

BWV 93 [2^nd], BWV 158 [2^nd]
BWV 232 [3^rd], BWV 244 [Video, 4^th]

Peter Kooy

Soprano

BWV 225-230, BWV Anh 159

Stephan MacLeod

Soprano

BWV 81, BWV 180, BWV 227

Masaaki Suzuki

Soprano

BWV 17, BWV 19, BWV 27, BWV 36, BWV 47, BWV 49, BWV 57, BWV 98, BWV 110, BWV 120, BWV 145, BWV 149, BWV 151, BWV 158

Links to other Sites

Schola Benedicta [Czech]