Josef Janda

CZ
Josef Janda playing the viola on stage
Josef Janda playing the viola in an empty hall
Josef Janda playing the viola in a baroque hall

About me

violist and teacher

Josef Janda

Violist and teacher of viola and chamber music at the Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava. Janda completed his studies at the Nuremberg University of Music. He currently serves as a member of the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra. Additionally, he performs as a chamber and solo player on modern viola and viola d'amore.

In the past, he has been a member of the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, deputy leader of the viola group in the Folkwang Kammerorchester Essen and principal violist in the Bergische Symphoniker.

As a soloist he has performed with the Bergische Symphoniker, Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra Zlín, Holst Orchestra, and Musica Antiqua.

New viola students are welcome. The requirements for the entrance exams can be found here (in Czech). Prospective students can contact me by phone, by email or in person.

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Josef Janda in tails with his viola

Concerts

where can you hear me?

Upcoming concerts

There are no upcoming concerts at the moment. New dates will appear here once they are confirmed.

Past concerts

  • Hvožďany · Sál Špejcharu

    Ondřej Sejkora & Josef Janda

    Duo viola & kontrabas, neobvyklé spojení dvou ne úplně typických koncertních nástrojů v harmonický celek plný hudebních barev a virtuosity.

    link: Ondřej Sejkora & Josef Janda
  • Ostrava, CZ · Koncertní sál OU

    Josef Janda – viola · Ondřej Janča – klarinet · Oleksandr Doroshenko – klavír.

  • Zábřeh na Moravě

    OD MOZARTA PO MARTINŮ

    Josef Janda – viola · Ondřej Janča – klarinet · Oleksandr Doroshenko – klavír.

    link: OD MOZARTA PO MARTINŮ
  • Prostějov · Národní dům

    V. Ambros

“Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.”

Robert Fripp

photos from concerts

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Videos

videos from concerts

  • Matthias Pintscher: Janusgesicht

  • Bohuslav Martinů: Sonata No. 1 for Viola and Piano, H. 355

  • Der Mann von La Mancha, 7. Philharmonisches Konzert

  • P. I. Tchaikovsky: Nocturne

  • Fauré: Après un rêve

  • Giselle, Act II pas de deux

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