Markéta Janoušková
For her extraordinary artistic versatility, Czech violinist Markéta Janoušková is one of the most interesting artists of her generation. Described by Fono Forum as “an eminent musician” and praised by the American Record Guide for her “sensitive musicianship and highly technically polished” playing, she enjoys an active career as a soloist and chamber musician. Janoušková performs regularly at leading music festivals and prestigious venues worldwide, including the Berliner Philharmonie, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Konserthuset Stockholm, and Wigmore Hall, where she appears as a resident artist as member of the Smetana Trio.
Markéta Janoušková is a prolific classical music recording artist. Her solo album L’Astre Bleu, released by Genuin Classics, showcases her refined artistry and inventive programming. She also participated in a highly regarded project for Deutschlandfunk Kultur published by Capriccio - Naxos, presenting the complete violin works of Miloslav Kabeláč in collaboration with soloists and members of the Berliner Philharmoniker.
She has performed in Europe, Russia, Ecuador, and the USA, giving concerts in prominent venues such as the Chamber Music Hall of the Berliner Philharmonie, the Recital Hall of Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the Chamber Hall of Konserthuset Stockholm and the Rudolfinum as well as the Smetana Hall in Prague. Her recent concert achievements includesolo and chamber performances at the Brave Music Festival of New Music of Sibiu Philharmonic, La dimore del Quartetto in Venice, and Concentus Moraviae. She hascollaborated with leading artists and conductors such as Josef Suk, Schlomo Mintz, and Charles Olivieri-Munroe or Albrecht Mayer.
In 2022, Markéta Janoušková was nominated for the prestigious Ursula and Dwight Mamlok Award in the solo category for artists under 35 who are systematically engaged in performing contemporary music. Alongside with her musical activities, she serves as a member of the Miloslav Kabeláč Foundation.
Born in Prague to a family of musicians, Markéta Janoušková studied at the Prague Conservatory and the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, before continuing her studies at the Chicago College of Performing Arts and the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin, where she currently resides.
Demonstrating her artistic versatility, Janoušková is the founder and artistic director of FolkloreClassic– a crossover project bridging classical and folk music, in which she collaborates with her father’s dulcimer band. The concert project has received an extraordinary at classical music festival venues in Germany, Belgium, Slovakia and Czech Republic. The project was also recognized by Ronaldo Villazón in Stars von Morgen as one of the standout highlights.
Markéta Janoušková plays the violin of H. Lockey Hill, kindly borrowed from a private
collection.