Vojtěch Semerád

Vojtěch Semerád is a graduate of the Prague Conservatory, Charles University in Prague (Choir Conducting) and Conservatoire national Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris (baroque violin with François Fernandez). He is a finalist of the prestigious Telemann-Wettbewerb competition in Magdeburg.

Vojtěch Semerád is the artistic director of the Cappella Mariana vocal ensemble, one of the few such ensembles specializing in the interpretation of Medieval and Renaissance polyphony. The ensemble regularly performs at music festivals both in the Czech Republic and elsewhere in Europe, including Oude Muziek Utrecht, MAfestival Brugge, Voices of Passion Leuven, Laus Polyphoniae Antwerpen, Klangvokal Dortmund, Prague Spring Festival, Innsbrucker Festwochen, Tage Alter Musik Regensburg, and Concentus Moraviae.

As a solo singer, Vojtěch Semerád is invited by renowned ensembles such as Les Arts Florissants, Ensemble Correspondances, Vox Luminis and Huelgas Ensemble, with whom he performs on prestigious international stages and festivals, including Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Park Avenue Armory New York, Logan Center Chicago, Concertgebouw Rotterdam, Wigmore Hall London, Palau de la Música Barcelona, among others.

Vojtěch Semerád is a member (baroque violin, viola) of the Collegium Marianum ensemble, which focuses on the performance of 17th- and 18th-century music, and regularly performs with ensembles such as Le Poème Harmonique, Les Folies françoises, Les Agrémens and others. He has recorded for Deutsche Gramophon, Naïve, Harmonia Mundi and Supraphon, which totals more than 20 recordings, and also regularly records for Czech Radio. Vojtěch Semerád is also involved in research and focuses on the discovery of 15th and 16th century music in Central Europe.

Vojtěch Semerád