BLÁHA, VLADISLAV (b. 1969)

Vladislav Bláha studied at the Brno Conservatoire with Arnošt Sádlík before going to the Franz Liszt College of Music in Weimar, Germany, where he graduated as a student of Roland Zimmer. In 2004 he received Doctor of Arts degree after study on the Academy of Music in Bratislava, Slovakia. In 2009 he got Docent of Guitar at Janáček Academy of Music, Brno. Masterclasses with Costas Cotsiolis, Abel Carlevaro and, with the aid of British Council Fellowship, study in England with Gordon Crosskey (Royal Northern College of Music) and John W. Duarte in London completed his formal learning.

 

He is Professor of Guitar at Conservatoire of Brno and at the music college Janáček Academy of Music in Brno. He frequently gives masterclasses at music colleges and performs on festivals all over the World. Blaha is president of Czech Classical Guitar Society and since 1992 director of the International Guitar Festival and Courses BRNO.