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Hana Blažíková

She was born in Prague. As a child she sung in a children choir Radost Praha and she
played violin. Later she turned to solo singing. In 2002 she graduated from the Prague
Conservatory in the class of Jiří Kotouč and later she undertook further study with Poppy
Holden, Peter Kooij, Monika Mauch and Howard Crook.
Today Hana specializes in the interpretation of baroque, rennaisance and medieval music,
performing with ensembles and orchestras around the world, including Collegium Vocale
Gent (Philippe Herreweghe), Bach Collegium Japan (Masaaki Suzuki), Sette Voci (Peter
Kooij), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra (Ton Koopman), L’Arpeggiata, Gli Angeli Geneve,
La Fenice, Tafelmusik, Collegium 1704, Collegium Marianum, Musica Florea, among
others.
Hana Blažíková has performed at many world festivals, including Prague Spring, Oude
Muziek Utrecht, Resonanzen (Vienna), Tage Alter Musik (Regensburg), Festival de Sablé,
Festival de La Chaise – Dieu, Festival de Saintes, Arts festival Hong Kong.
In 2010 and 2013 she took part in a worldly highly praised tour with St. Matthew´s Passion
under the direction of Philippe Herreweghe and in 2011 she made her debut in Carnegie
Hall with Masaaki Suzuki´s Bach Collegium Japan. She also sang a soprano part of St.
John´s Passion with Boston Symphony Orchestra during the Easter period of 2011. In
November 2014 she participated in the stage production “Orfeo chaman” with L’Arpeggiata
in Bogota.
Hana appears on more than 30 CDs, including the well-known series of Bach´s cantatas
with Bach Collegium Japan.
Hana also plays gothic harp and presents concerts in which she accompanies herself on
that instrument. She is also a member of Tiburtina Ensemble, which specializes in the
Gregorian chant and early medieval polyphony.