Jiri Hlinka
Jiri Hlinka ({{langx|cs|Jiří Hlinka}}; born 1944) is a Norwegian professor and piano teacher of Czech origin. His most well-known student is Leif Ove Andsnes.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YRYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA45|title=Andsnes looks back|author=Tsioulcas, Anastasia|date=27 May 2006|work=Billboard|page=45|accessdate=15 January 2019}}
Career
Hlinka was born in Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and was a student of František Rauch and Josef Páleníček at the Prague Academy of Music. He started giving concerts in 1966 and reached the finals of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow the same year.[http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2002092414191193737697 Reference to Tchaikovsky competition] He recorded Sergei Prokofiev's piano sonatas 2 and 6 for Supraphon in 1967. The album was released in Norway in 1998.{{cite news|author=Terje Mosnes|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2012/05/09/kultur/jiri_hlinka/pianister/musikk/klassisk_musikk/21501906/|title= Tangenttrollmannen|work=Dagbladet|date=9 May 2012|language=no|accessdate=15 January 2019}}
In 1970, he was forced to give up his soloist career for medical reasons and has since worked as a piano pedagogue. In 1972, he moved to Norway, obtaining Norwegian citizenship in 1982. He has taught at conservatories in Bergen and Oslo and regularly gives international master classes.[http://jirihlinka.com/documents/about.html Jiri Hlinka's Grand Piano Academy site] Among his students are Leif Ove Andsnes, Håvard Gimse and Geir Botnen.
Awards
Hlinka was awarded the Lindeman Prize in 1992{{cite web|url=https://www.ltu.se/org/kkl/Avdelningar/Musik-dans-och-teater/Sommarkurser-i-Pitea/Larare/Jiri-Hlinka-1.163461?l=en|title=Jiri Hlinka|publisher=Luleå University of Technology|date=8 March 2007|accessdate=15 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116050336/https://www.ltu.se/org/kkl/Avdelningar/Musik-dans-och-teater/Sommarkurser-i-Pitea/Larare/Jiri-Hlinka-1.163461?l=en|archive-date=16 January 2019|url-status=dead}} and the Grieg Prize in 1995. In 2004, he was awarded the King's Medal of Merit in gold[http://klaverakademiet.no/jiri-hlinka/ Royal Gold Medal of Merit to Jiri Hlinka] Retrieved 15 January 2019. and in 2007 the Gratias Agit Award for presenting Czech culture abroad.{{cite news|url=https://www.mzv.cz/oslo/en/current_news/professor_jiri_hlinka_received_gratias.html|title=Professor Jiri Hlinka received Gratias Agit Award 2007|publisher=Embassy of Czech Republic in Oslo|date=20 June 2007|accessdate=15 January 2019}} He was a Government scholar from 1995 to 2011.
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121223015148/http://www.barrattdue.no/nor/hoyskole/larere/jiri_hlinka/ Jiri Hlinka] - biographical information in Norwegian.
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Category:Academic staff of the University of Bergen
Category:Recipients of the King's Medal of Merit in gold
Category:Czech classical pianists
Category:Musicians from Prague
Category:Academic staff of the Barratt Due Institute of Music