Pavel Verner

Born in 1963 in Prague. He comes from a branched musical family. He studied at the Prague Conservatory in the class of prof. Pravoslav Sádl and at the Academy of Performing Arts with prof. Saša Večtomov and Stanislav Apolín. He was concertmaster of the orchestra of the State Opera and a member of the Czech Philharmonic. Since 1993, he has been a member of the Apollon Quartet, which has won numerous awards and still performs in the Czech Republic, Europe and Japan.

Since 1998, he has been the choirmaster of the St. Thomas Choir in Prague 1. Since 2002, he has been the deputy concertmaster of the National Theater Orchestra. Since 2007, he has been teaching cello, orchestral parts and chamber music at the Prague Conservatory. He also performs as a soloist, e.g. with pianist and harpsichordist B. Kürstenová, or also with organists L. Sítková, I. Chřibková, M. Trefna, A. Brčák, J. Kalfus and V. Roubal.