Lukáš Vasilek

Lukáš Vasilek graduated in Music Science at the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University in Prague, and conducting at the Music Faculty of the Academy of Music Arts in Prague, Czech Republic. In 1998 he became choirmaster of the Foerster Chamber Vocal Association and under his leadership the choir has performed in more than 150 concerts at home and abroad. During this time they have enjoyed success in various competitions including Lithuanian Klaipeda 2003 – 1st Prize, absolute winner; Vienna 2006 – 1st Prize, absolute winner. No less interesting were their recording activities for Czech Television, Czech Radio and realisation of several CDs. For the outstanding achievements with this choir Lukáš in 2005 was voted the „Choirmaster-Junior from the Union of the Czech Vocal Choirs. In 2005-07 became the second choirmaster of the choir of the National Theatre. In the last couple of years he, beside the choir, has also conducted several Czech symphony orchestras.

In 2006 based on previous achievements he got an invitation of cooperation from Prague Philharmonic Choir (PPC). His debut as a new choirmaster of PPC was in G.F.Haendel - Messiah with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) in Prague Rudolfinum. In March 2007 Lukáš Vasilek was named the principal choirmaster. During his first year with PPC his the most significant projects were concerts with Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and its principal conductor Zdeněk Mácal in Prague and on concert tour in Spain.