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'''Jiri Hlinka''' ({{lang-cs|Jiří Hlinka}}; born 1944) is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] professor and piano teacher of [[Czech Republic|Czech]] origin. His most well-known student is [[Leif Ove Andsnes]].<ref>{{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 (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=45|accessdate=15 January 2019}}</ref>
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'''Jiri Hlinka''' ({{lang-cs|Jiří Hlinka}}; race. 1944 [[Prague]]) - [[Norway|Norwegian]] music teacher and composer of [[Czech Republic|Czech]] origin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=YRYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA45&dq=%22Jiri+Hlinka%22&hl=en&ei=MSNQTouyFoTTgQfphcT9Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22Jiri%20Hlinka%22&f=false|title=Andsnes looks back|last=Tsioulcas|first=Anastasia|date=27 May 2006|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=45|accessdate=20 August 2011}}</ref>


==Career==
He graduated from [[Prague Academy of Music]], was a student of [[Frantisek Rauch]] and [[Joseph Palenichek]]. From 1966, he started giving concerts, one which got him an acclaim from Russian people when he played Pyotr Tchaikovsky's music in [[Moscow]]. The music got him into a final place and he won hearts and minds of the Russian people.<ref>[http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2002092414191193737697 Referencve to the winning of the final place in Moscow, 1966]</ref> Unfortunatelly, three years later he was diagnosed with [[chronic infection of the joints]], and was forced to limit his performing activity, and since then almost never played. He writes infrequently (although, for forty years, he re-wrote a number of recordings of chamber music which in the past were performed by [[Joseph Haydn]], [[Franz Liszt]] [[Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Pyotr Tchaikovsky]] [[Leos Janacek]] [[Sergei Prokofiev]], [[Erik Satie]]). However, in the [[1970s]], the main work of Glinka is started to be thought. From 1972, he lives and works in Norway, in 1982, he took Norwegian citizenship. All these years, Glinka teaches at the [[Academy of Music Grieg]] in [[Bergen]], where among his students was, in particular, [[Leif Ove Andsnes]].
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.<ref>[http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2002092414191193737697 Reference to Tchaikovsky competition]</ref> He recorded Sergei Prokofiev's piano sonatas 2 and 6 for [[Supraphon]] in 1967. The album was released in Norway in 1998.<ref name=dagbladet>{{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}}</ref>


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 class]]es.<ref>[http://jirihlinka.com/documents/about.html Jiri Hlinka's Grand Piano Academy site]</ref> Among his students are [[Leif Ove Andsnes]], [[Håvard Gimse]] and [[Geir Botnen]].<ref name=dagbladet/>
In 2004, he was awarded the [[Royal Gold Medal of Merit]] - the eighth largest state award in Norway.<ref>[http://jirihlinka.com/documents/about.html Royal Gold Medal of Merit to Jiri Hlinka]</ref> In 2007 he was awarded the [[«Gratias agit» Merit]] in the representation of Czech culture abroad.<ref>[http://jirihlinka.com/documents/about.html «Gratias agit» Merit awarded to Jiri Hlinka]</ref>


== References ==
==Awards==
Hlinka was awarded the Lindeman Prize in 1992<ref>{{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}}</ref> and the [[Grieg Prize]] in 1995. In 2004, he was awarded the [[King's Medal of Merit]] in gold<ref>[http://klaverakademiet.no/jiri-hlinka/ Royal Gold Medal of Merit to Jiri Hlinka] Retrieved 15 January 2019.</ref> and in 2007 the Gratias Agit Award for presenting Czech culture abroad.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He was a [[Government scholar]] from 1995 to 2011.<ref name=dagbladet/>

==References==
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== Links ==
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121223015148/http://www.barrattdue.no/nor/hoyskole/larere/jiri_hlinka/ Jiri Hlinka] - biographical information in Norwegian.
* [http://home.no.net/jhlinka/ official website] {{ref-en}}
* [http://jirihlinka.com/documents/about.html Jiri Hlinka's Grand Piano Academy site] {{ref-en}}


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Latest revision as of 03:22, 11 May 2023

Jiri Hlinka (Czech: Jiří Hlinka; born 1944) is a Norwegian professor and piano teacher of Czech origin. His most well-known student is Leif Ove Andsnes.[1]

Career[edit]

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.[2] He recorded Sergei Prokofiev's piano sonatas 2 and 6 for Supraphon in 1967. The album was released in Norway in 1998.[3]

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.[4] Among his students are Leif Ove Andsnes, Håvard Gimse and Geir Botnen.[3]

Awards[edit]

Hlinka was awarded the Lindeman Prize in 1992[5] and the Grieg Prize in 1995. In 2004, he was awarded the King's Medal of Merit in gold[6] and in 2007 the Gratias Agit Award for presenting Czech culture abroad.[7] He was a Government scholar from 1995 to 2011.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tsioulcas, Anastasia (27 May 2006). "Andsnes looks back". Billboard. p. 45. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  2. ^ Reference to Tchaikovsky competition
  3. ^ a b c Terje Mosnes (9 May 2012). "Tangenttrollmannen". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  4. ^ Jiri Hlinka's Grand Piano Academy site
  5. ^ "Jiri Hlinka". Luleå University of Technology. 8 March 2007. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  6. ^ Royal Gold Medal of Merit to Jiri Hlinka Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Professor Jiri Hlinka received Gratias Agit Award 2007". Embassy of Czech Republic in Oslo. 20 June 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

External links[edit]

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