Lukáš Vasilek
Director Prague Philharmonic Choir
Lukáš Vasilek studied musicology at the Faculty of Philosophy of Charles University in Prague, and conducting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He has won a number of international competitions. He worked as a choir conductor at the Prague National Theatre’s opera and in 2007, was appointed the principal choirmaster of the Prague Philharmonic Choir, which is the most prestigious professional Czech choir. In our country, he collaborates especially with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Prague Symphony Orchestra. Lukáš Vasilek and the Prague Philharmonic Choir performed a number of concerts with the world’s great orchestras, such as: Berliner Philharmonicker, Staatskapelle Berlin, Izrael Philharmony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra sinfonietta della RAI di Torino, Russian National Symphony Orchestra, etc. As a guest, he performs every year at prestigious Czech and international music concerts. Apart from playing concerts, which is the main mission of the choir, the Prague Philharmonic Choir plays also opera. Over the last two years, the choir studied several operas, e.g. Lorin Maazel – 1984, R. Wagner – Tannhäuser, B. Martinů - Hry o Marii (The Miracles of Mary), Benedict Mason – Playing Away, L. Janáček – Z mrtvého domu (From the House of the Dead), C. Saint - Saëns – Samson and Delilah, etc. At present, Lukáš Vasilek is recording the complete vocal works of Leoš Janáček. He regularly collaborates with the Czech and world’s leading conductors.
