Jana Boušková
Jana Boušková
Genres: 2juma, gammarec
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About Jana Boušková
Jana Bouskova studied at the Prague Conservatoire and then pursued her schooling at the Ostrava University, in the class of Professor Libuse Vachalova. A Fulbright scholarship grant then enabled her to study at America´s renowned Indiana University, with Professor Susann McDonald. Jana Bouskova is this country´s sole harpist to have achieved the highest awards from the world´s most prestigious competitions: gold medal from the International Harp Competition in the U.S.A., and second prize from the International Harp Contest in Israel. Her numerous other awards include victory in the Concours International de Musique de Chambre in Paris, which she won in 1989, in a duet with flautist Janne Thomsen. She is also the winner of first prize from the 1999 edition of the Torneo Internazionale di Musica in Italy. Her exceptional concert platform achievement and contribution to the development of harp playing earned her the 1999 Harpa Award in Switzerland, apart from which she became a laureate of the Juventus Festival in France. In this country, she received the 1996 Talent of the Year award, and in 2002, the Czech Music Council Award for her merits in spreading Czech music and representing Czech interpreting art on the international scene. As one of the Czech Republic´s ten most distinguished women, she was the first ever classical music instrumental interpreter to receive the Lady Pro prize, which was handed over to her in the presence of the President of the Republic, Vaclav Klaus, in the Spanish Hall of Prague Castle, in the autumn of 2004.
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