Slavomír Hořínka
music direction

Slavomír Hořínka (*1980) comes from Valašské Meziříčí. He studied the violin at Pardubice Conservatory with MgA Dalibor Hlava and continued with composition at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague with Prof. Ivan Kurz. He spent three months at Conservatorium van Amsterdam (Prof. Daan Manneke, Jorrit Taminga, Ned McGovan). In 2008 he successfully finished his doctoral studies under the guidance of Hanuš Bartoň. His compositions were premiered by the Czech Philharmonic, Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Berg Orchestra, B. Martinu Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra of South Bohemia, Benewitz Quartet, Moens Ensemble, Puellae Cantantes etc. Besides his career as a composer and work as a music producer he devotes himself to promotion of contemporary music, leads workshops for children in Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, and teaches at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He has lectured in Prague, Pardubice, Litoměřice, Olomouc and Heidelberg. He is married and has two daughters.