Prof. Marek Klimeš

Czech Republic

He is currently graduate of Orchestra conducting at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts (JAMU) in Brno in class of professor Rostislav Hališka. He is also a graduate of Choir conducting at Palacký University in Olomouc. His conducting career started with choir Campanella Olomouc with which he’s been through tens of concerts in the Czech Republic and abroad (Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Slovenia, France, Russia, Argentina, Thailand and more). He also collaborated with chamber choir Bel Canto. As a conductor he is laureate of following awards: Neerpelt (Belgium) 2007 gold medal, first award, Grand Prix St. Petersburg 2008 silver medal, Musica Religiosa Olomouc 2009 gold medal. He used to be acting conductor of university choir Coro Grande at the Department of Music Education of Palacký University. During his studies at JAMU in Brno, he’s had many experiences of orchestra conducting. He performed with many orchestral projects, he collaborated with The Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, The Orchestra of Bohuslav Martinů Zín, Pilsen Philharmonics, Janáček’s Academic Orchestra etc. For two years he’s been art director and conductor of Chordata – a chamber orchestra of JAMU students. During his studies he’s attended numerous conducting classes (G. Richter, Z. Nagy, T. Netopil etc.) Since 2014 he’s become the director of Festa Musicale and of other cultural projects, previously led by his father, Jiří Klimeš.