Jela Špitková

Jela Špitková ( born January 1, 1947 in Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Czechoslovakia ) is a Slovak- Austrian violin soloist and high school teacher.

Curriculum vitae

As a six year old to Jela Špitková began at the music school in her home town of Nové Mesto nad Váhom to devote the violin. This training, she continued in the class of Prof. Albín Vrtěl the Bratislava Conservatory. During this stage of study, she began to give concerts abroad and represented the former Czechoslovak Socialist Republic in Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Poland, the Netherlands and Switzerland. They then played a year in about 50 concerts. In the fourth study year, she was selected together with Edita Gruber and Marián Lapšanský to represent the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic on a tour of the Netherlands. A year later, she played for the first time as a soloist violin concerto by Brahms, when she performed with the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra on tour in the UK. In the sixth year of study, she played back in England when she won the position of concertmaster of the European Youth Orchestra under the auspices of Yehudi Menuhin by competition. With this orchestra she performed Queen Elizabeth even before the mother.

Study

In Prague and Vienna

On April 19, 1968 Jela Špitková completed her studies at the Conservatory with the Violin Concerto by Tchaikovsky in the Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic as "Best Graduate of the Year" from. Thus, she was awarded at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory a scholarship for a five-year study. Because of the invasion of the armies of the Warschauer Pact in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the subsequent political confusions they could begin this study immediately. In the summer of 1968, she won prizes in international competitions in Sofia and Sion ( Switzerland ). On the way back from Sion to Slovakia violinist met on closed borders and decided after several days of futile waiting in Vienna to stay and continue her studies with Prof. Ricardo Odnoposoff at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Odnopossoff refrained from doing because of his impressions at Jela Špitkovás previous competition performances on any entrance exam. When she succeeded again to return to their homeland, but it was unclear whether her studies in Vienna would the authorities allowed to continue, they also completed the entrance exam to the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, where she in October 1968 in the class of Prof entered. Plocek Alexander. This Jela Špitková student had become two music academies without their professors knew about the double degree. These studies could be financed thanks to their extensive solo career. In 1970 she completed her studies in Vienna with honors and a cash prize and was included in the list of artists of the Slovak monopoly agency " Slovkoncert ". More competition participation and prizes were awarded; a job with the English Chamber Orchestra was not allowed to compete because she was denied a work visa. During this time she recorded her first album on the label Opus. In 1972, she joined then also from her studies in Prague as "Best Graduate of the Year" and a cash prize. She led the Brahms Concerto with the Prague Symphony Orchestra on.

In Moscow

In September 1971 Igor Oistrakh Jela Špitková took after an audition in Vienna on his class at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. During this time, the concert career of violinist had already so far developed that the lessons from Oistrakh had to be held in Berlin, Prague, Paris or Vienna frequently. At that time, the artist played on about 120 concerts per year. In 1978, she appeared together with Igor Oistrakh in Bratislava Bach Double Violin Concerto on.

Concerts

Upon completion of the master class in Moscow settled Jela Špitková in Bratislava and was a soloist of the Slovak Philharmonic. In 1976 she founded with her brother, the violinist Igor Špitka, cellist Jozef Pohoranský and violist Erika Friedlová the " Suchoň Quartet ", which over ten years established itself with a variety of concerts and recordings. In 1978, the " Slovak Trio" with Jozef Pohoranský and pianist Marian Lapšanský Founded in addition, the similarly successful concerts on many stages and in radio and television. In addition, Jela Špitková occurs until today regularly as a soloist with the Ladies Chamber Orchestra Bratislava. In the years 1975 and 1980, the artist played on more than 800 concerts in 60 countries on five continents with a variety of different programs. In 1979 she became the first concertmaster of the Radio Symphony Orchestra in Copenhagen. A little later she was appointed concertmaster of the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, with whom she often appeared as soloist in subscription concerts and tours; in this formation they had also been many recordings. For a season, she also served as concertmaster at Munich Gaertnerplatz Theatre. She also explores was also so as soloist and concertmaster of the Vienna Bach Soloists and " Orchestra Sinfonica Brasileira " with which they undertook the millennium tours to Brazil and Japan. Your violin is held on LPs and CDs (900 minutes out of their repertoire, including 30 violin concertos ), which are distributed worldwide. In addition, their game by numerous radio stations around the world was recorded.

Educational activities

From 1975 Jela Špitková worked for four years as an assistant at the University of Performing Arts in Bratislava. From 1980 she worked at the Salzburg Mozarteum as assistant to Prof. Sándor Végh. Since 1985 she has taught at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, in addition since 1998 at the Faculty of Performing Arts of the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica and since 2006 at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, now at all three universities as a professor. Your students play solo, chamber music and in renowned orchestras, the Vienna Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

Prizes and awards

Jela Špitková also received many prizes and special awards at the International Violinwetbewerb Marguerite Long -Jacques Thibault in Paris ( 1969), JS Bach Violin Competition in Leipzig (1968 ), ( 1970) George Enescu Violin Competition in Bucharest, Violinwetbewerb for young instrumentalists in Sofia ( 1968) Carl Flesch Violinwetbewerb in London ( 1972), ARD - Violinwetbewerb in Munich (1972 )

Family

• Mother: Oľga Špitková, born Bogyayová, a graduate of the Commercial Academy Bratislava, worked as a bank teller. She was artistically talented and engaged in oil painting.

• Father: Dr. Pavel Špitka, a successful lawyer. He played excellent piano and organ. In addition to his legal practice, he worked 40 years as organist at a Lutheran church.

• Brother Igor Špitka, a violinist in the Slovak Philharmonic