MAREK ŠVEJKAR IS ONE OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED CLARINETISTS OF HIS GENERATION. HE IS THE FIRST CZECH GRADUATE IN CLARINET PERFORMANCE FROM THE PRESTIGIOUS CONSERVATOIRE NATIONAL SUPÉRIEUR DE MUSIQUE ET DE DANSE DE PARIS, WHERE HE STUDIED UNDER PHILIPPE BERROD AND JÉRÔME COMTE. HE ALSO GRADUATED FROM THE CONSERVATOIRE À RAYONNEMENT RÉGIONAL DE PARIS UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF FRANCK AMET AND PAUL MEYER. HE GRADUATED FROM BOTH INSTITUTIONS WITH THE HIGHEST HONORS, THE PREMIER PRIX. HE COMPLETED HIS FOREIGN STUDIES IN THE ELITE PROGRAM OF THE ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DI SANTA CECILIA IN ROME UNDER ALESSANDRO CARBONARE. HE IS CURRENTLY PURSUING DOCTORAL RESEARCH AT THE FACULTY OF ARTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF KAREL DOHNAL AND TEACHES CLARINET AT THE CONSERVATORY IN TEPLICE.

ALL OF MARK'S SUCCESSES LED TO A COLLABORATION WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS SUPRAPHON LABEL, WITH WHICH HE IS NOW DEBUTING WITH THE COMPLETE WORKS FOR SOLO CLARINET BY LUCIAN BERIA AND PIERRE BOULEZ TO MARK THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF BOTH COMPOSERS. HIS DISCOGRAPHY ALSO INCLUDES OTHER TITLES. HE RELEASED HIS DEBUT SOLO ALBUM CONNECTION – ANNÉES DE PÈLERINAGE, CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CZECH RADIO PUBLISHING HOUSE RADIOSERVIS, WITH PIANIST LENKA KORECKA AS PART OF THE YEAR OF CZECH MUSIC 2024, FEATURING THREE CZECH PREMIERES. HE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CREATION OF THE ALBUM AMA ME BY SINGER EVA GARAJOVÁ, WHICH WAS RELEASED IN COOPERATION WITH THE ARCODIVA PUBLISHING HOUSE.

In the past, Marek has participated in many prestigious master classes and scholarship programs, such as the Sibelius Summer Academy (Finland), Stavanger Chamber Music Academy (Norway), MASTERCLASS APELDOORN (NETHERLANDS). HE IS THE WINNER OF MANY INTERNATIONAL CLARINET COMPETITIONS AND A SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT OF A NUMBER OF FOUNDATIONS, SUCH AS THE FONDATION DE FRANCE, MÉCÉNAT SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, ADAMI, FONDATION LEGS JABÈS, THE KELLNER FAMILY FOUNDATION, STADLER-TRIER MUSIC FOUNDATION, VĚRA TŘEBICKÁ-ŘIVNÁČOVÁ FOUNDATION, ŽIVOT UMĚLCE FOUNDATION, AND OTHERS. HE IS CURRENTLY AN AMBASSADOR AND ARTIST FOR THE WORLD-RENOWNED FRENCH BRAND VANDOREN.

MAREK IS INVITED TO COLLABORATE WITH PRESTIGIOUS ORCHESTRAS AND CHAMBER ENSEMBLES SUCH AS THE ORCHESTRE DE PARIS, ENSEMBLE INTERCONTEMPORAIN, ORCHESTRA NAZIONALE DI SANTA CECILIA, OPÉRA DE LIMOGES, OR CHAMBER PROJECTS WITH SOLOISTS FROM THE KARAJAN ACADEMY OF THE BERLIN PHILHARMONIC, IRCAM IN PARIS, THE BRNO PHILHARMONIC SEASONS AND OTHERS. AS A SOLOIST, HE PERFORMS WITH LEADING ENSEMBLES, INCLUDING THE CZECH PHILHARMONIC, THE JANÁČEK PHILHARMONIC OSTRAVA, THE HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ PHILHARMONIC, THE NORTH BOHEMIAN PHILHARMONIC, THE BRNO CONTEMPORARY ORCHESTRA, QUASARS ENSEMBLE, KAMMERAKADEMIE MITTLEBÖHMEN, TRIO BOHÉMO AND OTHERS. AS A SOLOIST, HE HAS PERFORMED AT PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS AND CONCERT SERIES, INCLUDING PRAGUE SPRING, THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL IN ČESKÝ KRUMLOV, THE CZECH PRESIDENCY OF THE EU AT THE CAIRO OPERA, THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE VELVET REVOLUTION IN WASHINGTON D.C., AND

MANY OTHERS.

He is regularly invited to teach at international clarinet courses, where he focuses on supporting and developing young talents of the new musical generation. For several years he was a lecturer at the International SUMMER MASTERCLASS  in Domažlice, taught at the International MASTER CLASSES in Ostrava, and accepted an invitation to the CLARINET MASTERCLASSES in Banská Bystrica.

HE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH PROMINENT MUSICAL FIGURES SUCH AS DANIEL HARDING, MATTHIAS PINTSCHER, SAKARI ORAMO, HAE-SUN KANG, PHILIPPE BERNOLD, ALAIN ALTINOGLU, CHARLES NEIDICH, YEHUDA GILAD, FLORENT CHARPENTIER, KAREL LEISTER, CALOGERO PALERMO, ALESSANDRO CARBONARE, ANDREW MARRINER, JIŘÍ BĚLOHLÁVEK, BRUNO MANTOVANI, BORIS GARLITSKY, IVAN BUFFA, YEHUDA GILAD, BENJAMIN YUSUPOV, GÁBOR VARGA, HARRI MÄKI, VOVKA ASHKENAZY, GOTTFRIED POKORNÝ, MARTIN KASÍK AND OTHERS.