Adéla Štajnochrová
Czech Republic
violin
Adéla Štajnochrová graduated from the Prague Conservatory in the class of Dana Vlachová (1998), and then continued her studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, in the class of Prof. Petr Messiereur. She got her postgraduate degree at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where she studied violin with Krzysztof Smietana and Baroque violin with Rachel Podger.
In 1994, she was a finalist in the Beethoven International Violin Competition (CZ) and in 2002 she was a semifinalist in the Konzertgesellschaft Competition held in Munich. She took part in many international master classes in the USA, Austria and France held by Lewis Kaplan, Schmuel Ashkenazi, Ida Levin and John Holloway.
As a member of the Škampa Quartet and ArteMiss Piano Trio, she focuses mainly on chamber music, but she also performs as a soloist with orchestras, gives recitals, and cooperates with early music ensembles (Collegium 1704, Musica Florea, Ensemble Inégal). In 2012 she finished her doctorate studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
