Last updated: 16 June 2009
大象传媒 Cardiff Singer of the World finalist
Song Prize winner
Bass
Born 1983
大象传媒 Cardiff Singer of the World and Song Prize competitor
Jan Martin铆k studied singing at the Jan谩膷ek Conservatory, Ostrava with Eli拧ka Pappov谩 and took part in master classes with Peter Dvorsk媒. In 2003 he won the Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k International Vocal Competition and second prize in the 2004 Mikul谩拧 Schneider-Trnavsk媒 International Vocal Competition.
Jan was a finalist in Operalia 2007 and won F枚rderpreis in Das Lied competition in Berlin in 2009. He appeared in roles at the NDM Ostrava, including Pistola (Falstaff), Leporello (Don Giovanni) and Truffaldino (Ariadne auf Naxos).
Since 2006 he has appeared at the National Theatre Prague as Masetto (Don Giovanni), Larkens and Jos茅 Castro (La fanciulla del West), and Mago (Rinaldo). He sang at a gala concert in 2007 with Jelena Obraztsova and Peter Dvorsk媒 in Ko拧ice.
In 2008, Jan performed Don Prudenzio (Il viaggio a Reims) at Accademia Rossiniana in Pesaro, appeared as Dottore Grenvil (La traviata) at Theater Erfurt, gave a recital in the Prague Spring Festival and sang the bass part in Bach's St Matthew Passion with the Collegium 1704 in Brno.
He also joined the Komische Oper Berlin, where he sings Sarastro (Die Zauberfl枚te), Colline (La boh猫me), Surin (Pique Dame) and Marquis d'Obigny (La traviata).
Future work includes Sparafucile (Rigoletto) and Zoroastro (Orlando) for Komische Oper Berlin.
Jan is interested in cars, buildings and cooking.
大象传媒 Cardiff Singer of the World 2009: Final repertoire
- B臅da, B臅da, uboh谩 Rusalko bled谩 (Rusalka) - Dvo艡谩k
- La calunnia (Il barbiere di Siviglia) - Rossini
- Ella giammai m'am貌! ... Dormir貌 sol nel manto mio regal (Don Carlo) - Verdi
大象传媒 Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize 2009: Final repertoire
- Sabre en main (M茅lodies persanes Op 26 No 4) - Saint-Sa毛ns
- Au cimeti猫re (M茅lodies persanes Op 26 No 5) - Saint-Sa毛ns
- Danse macabre - Saint-Sa毛ns
- Ein J眉ngling liebt ein M盲dchen (Dichterliebe Op 48 No 11) - Schumann
- H枚r' ich das Liedchen klingen (Dichterliebe Op 48 No 11) - Schumann
- Der Doppelg盲nger (Schwanengesang No 13) - Schubert
大象传媒 Cardiff Singer of the World 2009: concert four repertoire
- A te l'estremo addio ... Il lacerato spirito (Simon Boccanegra) - Verdi
- Vous qui faites l'endormie (Faust) - Gounod
- Vecchia zimarra, senti (La boh猫me) - Puccini
- Ves' tobor spit (Aleko) - Rakhmaninov
大象传媒 Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize 2009: recital three repertoire
- Auf dem Flusse (Winterreise No 7) - Schubert
- Der st眉rmische Morgen (Winterreise No 18) - Schubert
- Der Wegweiser (Winterreise No 20) - Schubert
- Sred' shumnogo bala (Op 38 No 3) - Tchaikovsky
- Don Juan's Serenade (Op 38 No 1) - Tchaikovsky
- The Song of the Flea - Mussorgsky