Ján Prievoznik

Ján Prievozník is a Slovak double bassist.

As a double bassist, he worked in the orchestras of the State Opera in Banská Bystrica, in the orchestra of the Slovak National Theater and currently works as a representative of the double bass group of the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. He started collaborating with the Musica aeterna ensemble under the direction of Peter Zajíček, which started his activities in the field of early music and authentic interpretation, which he continues to this day. He has been a member of it since 2006 and regularly cooperates with other ensembles both in Slovakia and abroad, which are leaders in the interpretation of early music. With these ensembles he performed on important stages and festivals, such as Bratislava Music Festival, Melos Ethos, Days of Old Music, Prague Spring, Strings of Autumn, Bachfest Leipzig, Wratislavia Cantans, Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht. He performed, for example, on the stages of the Wiener Musikverein, Konzerthaus Wien, Opéra national de Paris, but also on many concert stages in Japan, Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Chile and throughout Europe.

Since 2000, he has been a lecturer at summer baroque school in Holešov. As a double bass teacher, he works at the private conservatory in Nitra, the church conservatory in Bratislava and the private Jan Albrecht Academy of Music and Arts in Banská Štiavnica. He was also at the birth of the double bass quartet (2010), which gave rise to the BassBand formation, which still operates today.