Jiří Levíček is a pianist who spent eight years in the USA, where he studied piano and composition at the University of North Texas. He is also a member of the Robert Balzar Trio and collaborates with various other musical personalities.
Jiří Slavík ()
Czech musician Jiří Slavík has the double bass as his main instrument.
When he moved to Rome with his family at the age of 14, he attended Massimo Giorgi’s double bass class at the Santa Cecilia Conservatoire. Then, thanks to his astonishing talent and exceptional academic achievements, he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he studied classical double bass and jazz composition. In reality, however, Jiří can play virtuosically anything. Not only on string instruments, including the violin, but also on wind instruments and keyboards. His knowledge of the technique of each instrument enables him to compose brilliantly for a wide variety of ensembles, in genres ranging from contemporary "classical" music to jazz or stage music to echoes of Moravian folklore. This year, then, the Prague-based Slavik is more of a world citizen. In addition to Italy and the UK, he has worked for many years in France.
