Jiří Bárta

Jiří Bárta is a Czech cellist. He studied with Josef Chuchr and Mirko Škampa in Prague, Boris Pergamenščikov in Cologne and Eleonore Schoenfeld in Los Angeles. In 1991 he received the Europäische Förderpreis für Musik in Dresden and the Rostropovich-Hammerov Prize in Los Angeles. He cooperates with leading Czech and international orchestras such as the Czech Philharmonic, the Slovak Philharmonic, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and many others.