Beata Hlavenková

composition/piano

I look forward to our meeting, where we will discuss your ideas, songs, compositions, arrangements together and shape and advance them. We work in a respectful team, in discussions and debates. We will be inspired by concerts, listening to music, the opinions of others. I will only try to correct things according to my subjective taste, based on my experience and the best of my knowledge and conscience. The older I get, the more I realize that in creation there is no such thing as competition or comparison. We can only compare ourselves with ourselves in the past and honestly approach the music that is created, which is deep, boundless and has a strong potential to make life more beautiful. With respect and humility towards this great phenomenon, we will seek our own way of expression.

I myself am indebted to many mentors, teachers, musicians, concerts, and various experiences. That's why I'm glad that, thanks to the MenART Academy, I can pass this baton on through meetings that are a great inspiration for me too.

Beata Hlavenková, composer, singer and pianist, is one of the most prominent musicians with an unmistakable cross-genre authorial style. The winner of two Anděl awards, she studied composition at the Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava and a Master of Music at the University of Massachusetts in the field of composition, jazz composition and arranging. She has six solo albums to her credit. She is the author of film music for the films Dukla 61, Zátopek and most recently King of the Šumava, all directed by David Ondříček. For the latter, she was nominated for the Czech Lion award.

She has collaborated with a number of domestic and foreign musicians, most recently with Lenka Dusilová, with whom she created the Eternal Seekers and Baromantika projects. She composes music for theatre and also works for children. (Pišlické příběhy, Ó,ó,ó, vaíčko!, Pociť Pociť! and others).

She performs solo, with the Band of Dreams, or newly in a duo with a performer on the HRTL modular synthesizer.

www.beatahlavenkova.com

https://www.youtube.com/@beatahlavenkova7791

Applications are accepted until March 31, 2025.

Application requirements

The class is open to pianists and players of other instruments, composition students, bandleaders, arrangers, songwriters.
Age: 12+
Planned maximum number of selected participants: 6 students and their teachers
Repertoire for recording: 2 of your own compositions or arrangements and adaptations of other compositions/songs
Samples must be uploaded (as a public or private link) to YouTube – see Application conditions.
Please note that failure to meet all conditions (general conditions + specific mentor conditions) may result in the application being rejected.
We have great news! OSA has become the patron of the author's section and is now supporting teachers!

"We greatly appreciate OSA's decision to become the patron of the author's section of the MenART Academy. This support will allow us to recognize the work of the ZUŠ teachers in the author's section, who, together with their students, will become part of the group led by Beata Hlavenkova. Thanks to direct financial support, they will receive an award and space to develop further work," Dana Syrová, director of MenART.

"I am very happy that OSA can be part of this unique project that supports author's work and young talents. We see the involvement of prominent composers as a key step towards the development of new composers who will one day enrich our music scene. We believe that this initiative will bring inspiration not only to students, but also to their teachers, and we are pleased that we can be at the birth of new musical stories," says Roman Strejček, chairman of the board of directors of OSA.

Support in the amount of CZK 10,000 will be part of the scholarship for teachers accepted into the author's section for the 2025/26 academic year.