Miroslav Beinhauer
Miroslav Beinhauer (1993) studied at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno with Helena Weiser, as well as the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna with Jan Jiracek von Arnim, and the Royal Conservatory of Ghent with Daan Vandewalle. As a pianist and a sixth-tone harmonium player, he focuses on contemporary music and the music of the 20th century. In the role of soloist, he collaborated with composers such as Klaus Lang, Bernhard Lang, Georg Friedrich Haas, Marc Sabat or Petr Bakla, with festivals in Europe and in the USA like musikprotokoll, Sound Plasma Festival, Ostrava Days, Music Forum Hradec Králové, MusicOlomouc, MicroFest, or Gentse Feesten, and orchestras and ensembles including the PKF – Prague Philharmonia, Brno Philharmonic, Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, Brno Contemporary Orchestra, S.E.M. Ensemble, Ensemble for New Music Tallinn, or String Noise. Notable performances include Piano concerto no. 2 by Magnus Lindberg, Piano concerto “Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?” by John Adams, or Piano concerto by Esa-Pekka Salonen. Sought-after chamber musician, Beinhauer is member of the international Ostravská Banda ensemble. Recently, he has been involved in numerous studio productions, including three album recordings of piano music by Petr Bakla or Milan Knížák. Beinhauer also regularly records for the Czech Radio. Beinhauer is probably the only person in the world to master Alois Hába’s sixth-tone harmonium. His involvement with the instrument began with taking part in the first ever performance of Hába’s sixth-tone opera Thy Kingdom Come, and continued with a recording of Hába’s only solo work for the instrument, Six pieces for a sixth-tone harmonium, op. 37. Since then, he has encouraged new repertoire for this unique harmonium.
Foto: Adolf Horsinka
