Pedagogy

Prizes and Awards

  • 2012 magazine Harmonie chose the recording of string quartets of Sofia Gubaidulina as the TIP of the month June
  • 2012 magazine International Record Review awarded the recording of string quartets of Sofia Gubaidulina
  • 2011 magazine Harmonie chose the CD ‘Tempers of contemporary viola’ as the TIP of the month February
  • 2010 Diapason Decouverte for the complete recordings of J. B. Foerster’s string quartets
  • 1998 Primacy in comparison enquiry of the recordings of string quartets of Leoš Janáček performed by the British magazine Gramophone
  • 1998 Prize of the Czech Musical Council for complete recordings of Alois Hábas’s string quartets at the Prague Spring 1997
  • 1995 Asian Golden Song Prize for the recording of ‘Faraway On A Moonlit Night’
  • 1993 Golden Tuning Fork of the magazine Diapasson (recording of Dvořák’s string quintets)
  • 1991 International tribune of composers UNESCO (Paris) – 2nd prize for the recording of Ivo Bláha’s 3rd String Quartet
  • 1991 Grand Prize du Disque de le Academie Charles Cross Paris (recording of Martinů)
  • 1988 Grand Prize du Disque de le Academie Charles Cross Paris (recording of Dvořák)
  • 1987 Prize of the Czech Association for Chamber Music
  • 1986 International Quartet Competition EBU and OIRT (Salzburg, Germany), 1st prize
  • 1981 International Viola Competition (Markneukirchen, Germany), 1st prize
  • 1979 Interpretation Competition of the Ministry of Culture of Czech Republic, 2nd prize
  • 1975 Interpretation Competition of the Ministry of Culture of Czech Republic, 2nd prize

Students graduated at HAMU in the class of prof. Jan Pěruška

  • 2022 Šimon Truszka – member of the EUYO (2015-2022)
  • 2020 Pavlína Malíková
  • 2020 Nastja Perič
  • 2020 Eri Shimizu
  • 2019 Alexandra Hladyniuk
  • 2019 Jakub Kocna – soloviolist of the State Opera orchestra in Prague
  • 2017 Martina Matoušková-Fílová – member of the Orchestral Academy of the Czech Philharmonic (2012-2014)
  • 2017 Lenka Bosnovičová – member of the Orchestral Academy of the Czech Philharmonic (2016-2018)
  • 2016 Martin Matoušek – member of the Orchestral Academy of the Czech Philharmonic (2014-2016)
  • 2016 Tomáš Krejbich
  • 2015 Eva Tučková
  • 2014 David Schill – 1st prize at the Kammermusik Akademie in Wilhelmshavenu with the Prague String Trio (2013)
  • 2013 Ilya Tchernoklinov
  • 2012 Boris Goldstein
  • 2012 Josef Janda
  • 2012 Petr Šušlík – soloviolist of the State Opera orchestra in Prague
  • 2011 Kristina Fialová – 2nd prize at the International Viola Competition Beethovenův Hradec (2008), Audience prize at the Forbest fest Competition in Scotland (2009), 2nd prize at the Alexander and Buono International String Competition in New York (2010), 4th Prize at the String Quartet Competition in Val Tidone ‘Contessa Tina Orsi Anguissola Scotti’ (2011), 2nd prize at the Danish Soloist Competition Aarhus (2011), 1st prize at the 7th Michał Spisak International Music Competition in Katowice (2013)
  • 2011 Matěj Kroupa
  • 2011 Vladimír Michal
  • 2009 Barbora Veisová
  • 2008 Martin Adamovič – 2nd prize at the International Viola Competition Beethovenův Hradec (2008)
  • 2008 Ilja Samoljov
  • 2005 Julián Veverica – member of the Icarus Quartet
  • 2004 Pavel Nikl – 2nd prize at the International Johannes Brahms Competition in Pörtschach am Wörthersee, Austria (2003)
  • 2003 Daniel Trgina – 3rd prize at the International Viola Competition Beethovenův Hradec in (2000)
  • 2002 Martin Smýkal – 3rd prize at the International Viola Competition Beethovenův Hradec in (2000)
  • 2002 Otakar Salajka
  • 2001 Jitka Hosprová – 2nd prize at the International Viola Competition Beethovenův Hradec (2000)
  • 1997 Pavel Březík – 1st prize at the International Viola Competition Beethovenův Hradec (1996)
  • 1995 Stanislav Svoboda – soloviolist of the Prague Chamber Philharmonic
  • 1991 Petr Verner – member of the Dvořák Piano Quartet

Participation in the competition juries

  • 2022 Oskar Nedbal International Viola Competition
  • 2021 Oskar Nedbal International Viola Competition
  • 2020 Oskar Nedbal International Viola Competition
  • 2019 Oskar Nedbal International Viola Competition
  • 2019 International Viola Competition Beethovenův Hradec
  • 2008 International Viola Competition Beethovenův Hradec
  • 2006 National Competition of the conservatoires of the Czech Republic (chairman of the jury)
  • 2004 National Competition of the Bohuslav Martinů Foundation, string trio and quartet
  • 2000 International Viola Competition Beethovenův Hradec (chairman of the jury)
  • 1998 Prague Spring International Music Competition, string quartet

Masterclasses

  • since 2015 International Summer Masterclass in Litomyšl (Czech Republic)
  • 2005 Masterclass Escola Superior De Musica De Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
  • 2005 Masterclass CSU Summer Arts Fresno (California, USA)