Bohumír Stehlík (born in 1990 in Prague) is one of the leading pianists of the younger generation. He excels in his instrumental skills and his unusual musical expressivity.
Having finished his high school music studies at Jan Neruda Grammar School in Prague under Professor Irina Kondratenko, he went to the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. After a year, in 2011, he continued to Sweden, where he studied until 2016 at one of the most prestigious Scandinavian music schools – Edsberg Music Institute, part of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in Stockholm – under Professor Mats Widlund.
Stehlík is a laureate of a number of piano competitions (e.g. Ljunggrenska tävlingen – 1st prize; Stockholm International Music Competition – 2nd prize; Concertino Praga – 1st prize, etc.). He has also been awarded a scholarship by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, a Yamaha scholarship, etc. As part of the Duo du Rêve chamber ensemble, together with flutist Jana Jarkovská, he has received a number of awards in chamber music competitions (ProMusicis France Award – winner; Salieri-Zinetti International Chamber Music Competition – 3rd prize; ISA Open Awards – winner, Val Tidone International Chamber Music Competition – 1st price).
A regular performer of both solo and chamber concerts, Stehlík is also a member of the international chamber ensemble Ensemble D’Accord and the Lieder Society. In addition to concert activities, he collaborates with the Czech Radio and holds the positions of artistic director of the classical music branch of the Povaleč festival in Valč near Karlovy Vary and vice-president of the D’Accord music association based in Germany. He worked as a teacher at the Ingesund Academy of Music at Karlstad University in Sweden and since October 2016 he has been teaching at the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno. He is also an organist at the pilgrimage church of the Name of the Virgin Mary in Křtiny
...introduced flowing music full of passionate energy, warm softness and amazing colors with almost limitless use of the instrument's capacity. Bohumír is already one of the future "rising stars".
- Maria Lith - producent, Kultur i Väst, Sweden
A true piano poet who invites you to new sound worlds. His singing tone hits the heart.
- motivation of the jury of the competition Ljunggrenska