Jiri Hlinka (; born 1944) is a Norwegian professor and piano teacher of

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origin. His most well-known student is

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Career

Hlinka was born in

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, and was a student of

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and Josef Páleníček at the Prague Academy of Music. He started giving concerts in 1966 and reached the finals of the

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the same year. He recorded Sergei Prokofiev's piano sonatas 2 and 6 for

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in 1967. The album was released in Norway in 1998. In 1970, he was forced to give up his soloist career for medical reasons and has since worked as a piano pedagogue. In 1972, he moved to Norway, obtaining Norwegian citizenship in 1982. He has taught at conservatories in

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and

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and regularly gives international

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es. Among his students are

, Håvard Gimse and Geir Botnen.

Awards

Hlinka was awarded the Lindeman Prize in 1992 and the Grieg Prize in 1995. In 2004, he was awarded the

King's Medal of Merit The King's Medal of Merit (Norwegian: ''Kongens fortjenstmedalje'') is a Norwegian award. It was instituted in 1908 to reward meritorious achievements in the fields of art, science, business, and public service. It is divided in two classes: gold ...

in gold and in 2007 the Gratias Agit Award for presenting Czech culture abroad. He was a

Government scholar Government scholar () is a position awarded by the Parliament of Norway upon the recommendation of the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education and Research and funded directly over the state budget of Norway. The position can be "for li ...

from 1995 to 2011.

References

External links

Jiri Hlinka
- biographical information in Norwegian. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hlinka, Jiri 1944 births Living people Academic staff of the University of Bergen Recipients of the King's Medal of Merit in gold Czech classical pianists Musicians from Prague Academic staff of the Barratt Due Institute of Music Immigrants to Norway 21st-century Norwegian classical pianists Czechoslovak musicians