The Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts ( cs, Janáčkova akademie múzických umění v Brně; abbreviation in Czech: JAMU) is a public university with an artistic focus in
Brno, Czech Republic. It was established in 1947 and consists of two faculties: the Faculty of Music and the Faculty of Theater.
Background
The Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts was established on 12 September 1947 and is named after classical composer
Leoš Janáček
Leoš Janáček (, baptised Leo Eugen Janáček; 3 July 1854 – 12 August 1928) was a Czech composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist, and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and other Slavic musics, including Eastern European f ...
.
Following the collapse of the
Czech communist government in 1989, music and theatre faculties were re-established, a number of professors who had been unable to teach were brought back, young teachers were admitted to the staff, new fields of study were introduced, and foreign contacts were initiated. The institution soon gained wide recognition.
Honorary doctorates have been awarded to pianist
Rudolf Firkušný
Rudolf Firkušný (; 11 February 191219 July 1994) was a Moravian-born, Moravian-American classical pianist.
Life
Born in Moravian town Napajedla, Firkušný started his musical studies with the composers Leoš Janáček and Josef Suk, and ...
(a native of Brno), poet
Ludvík Kundera, playwright
Václav Havel
Václav Havel (; 5 October 193618 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and former dissident. Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992 and then ...
, and poet and actor
Jiří Suchý. JAMU has more than 500 students at its two faculties.
The academy organises the annual
Leoš Janáček Competition.
The work of students at the Faculty of Music is presented to the public in the Chamber Opera, as well as through a series of public concerts continuing throughout the academic year.
References
External links
Faculty of Theater websiteFaculty of Music website
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Art schools in the Czech Republic
Music schools in the Czech Republic
Education in Brno
Organizations based in Brno
Buildings and structures in Brno
1947 establishments in Czechoslovakia