Tomáš Jamník violoncello

Tomáš Jamník is a Czech cellist, currently residing in Germany and Czechia. Recognized for his in-depth knowledge of each performed piece, attention to detail, and strong interest in bringing less-well-known music to a wider audience, Tomáš has established himself as a celebrated soloist in both classical and contemporary music.

In 2006, he won the Prague Spring International Music Competition and was awarded a number of special prizes, including the Czech Radio Prize, the Oleg Podgorny Prize, the Gideon Klein Foundation Prize, the Pro Harmonia Mundi Foundation Prize and the Artist’s Life Foundation Prize. He was also a finalist at the Pierre Fourniere Award 2011 in London.

Since then, Tomáš has performed extensively with top international orchestras in Europe, the U.S., and Asia, including the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonia, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Philharmonia Orchestra London. As a chamber musician he has performed with pianists Leif Ove Andsnes and Ivo Kahánek, violinist Josef Špaček, mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená, the Pavel Haas Quartet, and his “home ensemble” the Dvořák Trio at venues such as London’s Barbican Hall, the Philharmonie in Berlin, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the Kitara Hall in Osaka, Prague’s Rudolfinum, and the Mozarteum in Salzburg.

 In addition to the classical repertoire, Tomáš also brings to life new compositions, he recently performed Jan Ryant Dřízal's "Narcissus" with the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Czech premiere of "Tales of Hemingway" by American composer Michael Daugherty with Brno Philharmonic. In 2024 he premiered the Jiří Teml’s Cello Concerto at the Ševčík Festival with the Ševčík Academy Orchestra under Jakub Hrůša and at the festival Young Euro Classic in Konzerthaus Berlin under Alena Hron. In 2025 he performed Jindřich Feld’s Cello Concerto with the Prague Symphony Orchestra under Robert Kružík. Tomáš’s keen interest in contemporary music has also led him to premiere works by Czech composers Miroslav Srnka, Michal Nejtek, Slavomír Hořínka, Marko Ivanović, Tomáš ‘Floex' Dvořák, Miloš Orson Štědroň, Michal Rataj, Jiří Gemrot, Ondřej Kukal and Nikol Bóková.

Alongside his performing career, Tomáš is an enthusiastic educator and advocate for classical music. Since 2015, he has served as the artistic director of the Czech Chamber Music Academy, which cooperates with the German foundation Villa Musica, and in 2019 he became the artistic director of the Ševčík Academy, which focuses on advancing the teaching method of the legendary pedagogue Otakar Ševčík. In 2016, he founded the Vážný zájem (“Serious Interest”) project, which helps organize classical music concerts in people’s homes. To date, the project has facilitated hundreds of house concerts involving hundreds of musicians involved. In the wake of this success, Tomáš has been invited to speak about classical music at numerous events - most recently at TEDx Prague.

Tomáš began his musical training in the Czech Republic under Mirko and Martin Škampa and graduated under Josef Chuchro at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He continued at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Leipzig under Peter Bruns and at the Universität der Künste Berlin under Jens Peter Maintz. He further enriched his education through the Karajan Academy in Berlin under Ludwig Quandt and at the Kronberg Academy under Steven Isserlis, Siegfried Palm, Young-Chang Cho and Pieter Wispelwey, as well as by participating in master classes given by Heinrich Schiff, Jiří Bárta, Gustav Rivinius and Truls Mørk. In 2023, he completed his six-month stay in the USA on a Fulbright-Masaryk Fellowship, which gave him the opportunity to lecture and perform in New York and other American states. From 2024, he serves as a professor at the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno.

Tomáš plays a violoncello made by Lorenzo Storioni in 1784, which was generously lent to him from the private collection of Mr. Aleš Voverka.