Pavel Šnajdr
Pavel Šnajdr (1975) studied composition (with A. Piňos) and conducting (with E. Skoták) at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno. He was a member of the composers’ society Bezmocná hrstka (Helpless Handful) and his works have earned him two awards in the Generation competition. Keenly interested in performing contemporary music, he and the Brno-based ensemble Ars Incognita have premiered approximately forty pieces by present-day composers, some of which have been recorded on CD. In 2001 the ensemble gave an independent concert at the Prague Spring festival and in 2005 within the Prague Premieres festival. He has regularly collaborated with the North Bohemia Philharmonic Orchestra Teplice and the Hradec Králové Philharmonic. From 2001 to 2008, Šnajdr was engaged at the J. K. Tyl Theatre in Plzeň and between 2004 and 2007 he worked at the National Theatre in Brno. In 2011, Šnajdr established the BCO – Brno Contemporary Orchestra, which has presented dozens of titles of contemporary Czech and international works.
