Ivan Ženatý
Ivan Ženatý (1962) is a Czech violinist.
He studied at the Prague Conservatory, there he has made his debut with the Czech Philharmonics. Since 1988 he has been collaborating in private lessons with Josef Suk. He performed with Yehudi Menuhin, Yo-Yo Ma, Serge Baudo, Neville Marriner, Katarina Zenata, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Barocco sempre giovane and many others. Since 1996 Ženatý has been professor at the Hochschule für Musik C. M. von Weber in Dresden.
Prizes
- 1982 - he was a finalist of the International Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Violin Competition in Moscow
- 1987 - he was a sovereign winner of the International Prague Spring Violin Competition
- 1989 - he was awarded the title Laureate of the International Tribune of Young Performers UNESCO
- 1990 - the main prize of the Ruggiero Ricci international master-classes in Berlin which resulted in his engagement as a soloist of the Berlin Philharmonic.
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