Daniel Veis – Cello Studio

Daniel Veis has been widely recognized as the finest Czech cellist since winning the Silver Medal at the prestigious 1978 Tchaikovsky International Competition, Moscow, and the First Prize at the 1976 Prague Spring International Competition.

He started his musical studies in his native Prague and proceeded to the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire furthering his studies with the famous Natalia Shakhovskaya, graduating with full distinction.

Since 1979 he has performed regularly as a soloist with many major orchestras in such respected venues as Avery Fisher Hall and Carnegie Hall NY, Royal Albert Hall, Purcell Room, Wigmore Hall and Kings Place (London), Orchard Hall (Tokyo), Auditorí de Barcelona, Auditorio National de Madrid, Neues Gewandhaus Leipzig and Festsaal Dresden and all major halls in Czechoslovakia including Rudolfinum and Smetana Hall in Prague.

He has work with world famous conductors (V. Neumann, Sir Ch. Mackerras, S. Baudo, L. Pesek, J. Belohlavek, G. Deluge, O. Danon, Y.P. Tortelier, Ch. Seaman, J.P. Saraste) and outstanding musicians (J. Panenka, V. Snitil, L.Kavakos, A. Levine, K.W. Park, D. Poppen and P. Neubauer).

As a regular guest Veis has been invited to various international festivals ( Prague Spring, Schumann- Zwickau, Bodensee-Fridrichshaven, Polenca -Mallorca, Canarias, Ex Toto Corte- Saõ Paolo, Victoria International Arts- Malta).

His repertoire is wast and diverse and includes a large number of contemporary compositions, some of them dedicated to him.

For various labels he has recorded complete cello works by Brahms, Schumann, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Martinu and concertos by Dvorak, Brahms, Saint-Saens, Sommer and Vella. For several years Veis hold a position of a guest soloist of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, as a founding member of Dvorak Trio he has recorded with this group complete trios by Dvorak and Martinu as well as trios by Brahms, Smetana, Tchaikovsky, Suk etc.

As a sought after teacher he led the cello studio at the Prague Academy of Performing Arts where he also held a position of a Head of Strings. During this period he brought up a number of excellent cellists who are now principals and members of major orchestra and chamber groups.

In 2010 Veis was invited to lead the Cello Studio at International Center for Music of Park University, Kansas City, MO. He is a member of Park Trio and a founding member of in London based Rosamunde Trio, regularly performs in UK, Germany, Austria, France, Japan, Brazil, China, USA and is frequently invited to judge international competitions.

He plays a Jacobus Horil cello made in Rome 1750.

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