CURRICULUM VITAE

Pavel Michael JOSÍFEK

Tenor                                                                                           

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Nationality                                     Czech

Age                                                       35                        

Languages Spoken                    Czech, English, Slovak, Russian

Place of Residence                    Bristol, United Kingdom

Contact                                             Tel.: 0117 330 20 46,  077 38 26 20 85 

                                                                E-mail: pavel.josifek[at]hotmail.com

URL                                                      www.pjjosifek.com

Repertoire                                                     

From late Classical to late Romantic

Voice teacher                                              

1999  -  2001 Giancarlo Ruggieri, Italy

Master-Classes Taken                           

2001  -  2002 Paolo de Napoli, Italy

Professional Engagements                

Since 2007     English Voices, Cambridge  

1996  -  1998 Member of The Opera Chorus of National Theatre in Brno

1998 -  2002 Member of The Czech Philharmonic Chorus of Brno

Other Engagements                                         

Various solo performances during church services, for children, hospices

and other occasions, in the Czech Republic and England

Recent work with                                     

English Voices

Bristol Choral Society

BBC National Chorus of Wales

Solo Repertoire                                          

Giacomo Carissimi  -  Jephte

Théodore Dubois  -  The Seven Last Words of Christ

Antonín Dvořák  -  Mše D dur / Mass in D

Antonín Dvořák  -  Svatební košile / The Spectre´s Bride

Antonín Dvořák  -  Stabat Mater

Leoš Janáček  -  Otče náš / Our Father

Leoš Janáček  -  Věčné evangelium / The Eternal Gospel

Carl Orff  -  Carmina Burana

Wolfgang Amadeus  Mozart - Requiem

Giovanni Batista Pergolesi  -  Magnificat

Giacomo Puccini   -  Messa di Gloria

S. V. Rachmaninov  -  Vespers                  

Gioacchino Rossini  -  Messe Solennelle

Gioacchino Rossini  -  Stabat Mater

Giuseppe Verdi  -  Requiem

Chorus Repertoire/Operas                

V. Bellini  -  Norma

G. Bizet  -  Les Pecheurs de Perles, Carmen

G. Donizetti  -  Lucia di Lamermoor

A. Dvorak  -  Rusalka, Cert a Kaca(Kate and The Devil)

L. Janacek  -  Jenufa, From The House Of The Dead, The Cunning Little Vixen

R. Leoncavallo  -  Pagliacci

P. Mascagni  -  Cavalleria Rusticana

G. Puccini  -  La Boheme, Tosca, Turandot

G. Rossini  -  L´Italiana in Algeri, Tancredi

A. Saint-Saens  -  Samson at Dalila

B. Smetana  -  Prodana nevesta(The Bartered Bride), Dalibor

G. Verdi  -  Il Trovatore, Nabbuco, Aida, La Forza del Destino, La  traviata

R. Wagner  -  Der Fliegende Holländer, Lohengrin, Rienzi, Tannhäuser

Cantatas and Oratorios                     

over 100 works by Bach, Beethoven, Berlioz, Bernstein, Brahms,  Dvořák,  Händel,

Janáček, Liszt,  Mahler, Massenet, Mozart, Orff,   Rossini, Schubert, Stravinsky,

Verdi and others

Conductors                                                  

Albrecht,  Ahronovich,  Bělohlávek, de Billy, Ceccato, Haider,  Jacobs, Kalmar, Lenárd,

Mackerras, Mehta, Richter,  Schmohe, Sieghart, Svárovský, Válek, Venzago, Viotti

and others

Orchestras                                                     

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel Symphonic Orchestra, Symphonieorchester

des Bayrischen Runfunks, Sinfonieorchester Basel, ORF Wien, Radio

Sinfonic Orchester Frankfurt, Virtuosi di Roma, Orchestre Des Champs-Elysees

and others

References                                                     

Mr Timothy Brown

Mr Adrian Partington

Professor Leslie Bunt

Dr Steven Kings

Mr Michael Butterfield M. A. (Cantab), L. R. A. M., repetiteur