JAKUB ZICHA

Charles University Choir (VUS UK) Conductor

Since September 1999, Jakub Zicha (1974) has been the Charles University Choir conductor. He finished studies of viola lead by Professor K. Spelina at the Prague Music Conservatory. During his studies, he became a member of Myslivecek Chamber Orchestra and took part in its concert tours abroad (1991 – Scotland and Germany; 1993 – England and Wales) as a soloist. As a member of different chamber bodies, he made several recordings for Deutsche Grammophon and Supraphon. Jakub Zicha is a founder and artistic director of the ensemble Prague Cathedral Soloists. At the present time, he studies orchestral and choir conducting with Miriam Nemcová and Miroslav Kosler.