…IVANA…
Ivana Švestková begun studying harp at the Janáček Conservatory Ostrava in 1998, in the class of Prof. Ada Balová and graduated in 2004. She then continued her studies at the Prague Conservatory in the class of Doc. Mgr. Jana Boušková, who was also her teacher during studies at the Academy of Music in Prague where she graduated in 2011. In 2004, she was awarded by Magdaléna Jakubská Scholarship and took part in Summer Master Courses at the Eastman School of Music at the American University in Rochester, led by Prof. Kathleen Bride.
From 2012 to 2015 she taught at the Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava and since September 2016 she has been teaching at the Brno Conservatory. Since August 2008, she has been the principal harpist of the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra. Since 2006, she has also regularly collaborated with the Prague Philharmonia. From 2011 to 2015, she cooperated with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra in Riga and between 2013 and 2017 she also worked with Deutche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern. She is a member of the Ostravská banda – an international orchestra specializing in contemporary music. She also performs with Baborak Ensemble in a project called Orquestrina. She is a member of the Czech Sinfonietta, led by horn player and conductor Radek Baborák. In 2017 and 2018 she occasionally cooperated with ORF- Radio Symphony Orchestra in Vienna.
As a soloist, she has participated in many festivals and performed in numerous countries, including the World Harp Congress in Switzerland, Allegro Vivo in Austria, Mitte Europa in Germany, Salesian Days of Harp in Poland, Days of Harp in Slovakia, harp events in Slovenia, Turkey, Italy and France. During the Brno Philharmonic’s tour of South Korea in 2024, she appeared as a soloist in Isang Yun’s Fanfare and Memorial under the baton of Dennis Russell Davies.
She has appeared as a soloist with the Prague Philharmonia, Brno Philharmonic, Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, the Leoš Janáček Chamber Orchestra, the String Orchestra of the Prague Conservatory, Collegium 21, Ostravská banda and Europera. In November 2023, she led masterclasses at the Conservatory of Music and Ballet in Ljubljana. During the courses, she gave a recital featuring compositions by Czech composers from her debut album In The Strings. In March 2024, she gave masterclasses and a recital at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, and in 2025 she was a special guest at the Days of Harp in Bratislava.
She is the founder of the Come & Play the Harp event in Brno and is regularly invited to serve on juries at international competitions.
…IVANA…
Ivana Švestková begun studying harp at the Janáček Conservatory Ostrava in 1998, in the class of Prof. Ada Balová and graduated in 2004. She then continued her studies at the Prague Conservatory in the class of Doc. Mgr. Jana Boušková, who was also her teacher during studies at the Academy of Music in Prague where she graduated in 2011. In 2004, she was awarded by Magdaléna Jakubská Scholarship and took part in Summer Master Courses at the Eastman School of Music at the American University in Rochester, led by Prof. Kathleen Bride.
From 2012 to 2015 she taught at the Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava and since September 2016 she has been teaching at the Brno Conservatory. Since August 2008, she has been the principal harpist of the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra. Since 2006, she has also regularly collaborated with the Prague Philharmonia. From 2011 to 2015, she cooperated with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra in Riga and between 2013 and 2017 she also worked with Deutche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern. She is a member of the Ostravská banda – an international orchestra specializing in contemporary music. She also performs with Baborak Ensemble in a project called Orquestrina. She is a member of the Czech Sinfonietta, led by horn player and conductor Radek Baborák. In 2017 and 2018 she occasionally cooperated with ORF- Radio Symphony Orchestra in Vienna.
As a soloist, she has participated in many festivals and performed in numerous countries, including the World Harp Congress in Switzerland, Allegro Vivo in Austria, Mitte Europa in Germany, Salesian Days of Harp in Poland, Days of Harp in Slovakia, harp events in Slovenia, Turkey, Italy and France. During the Brno Philharmonic’s tour of South Korea in 2024, she appeared as a soloist in Isang Yun’s Fanfare and Memorial under the baton of Dennis Russell Davies.
She has appeared as a soloist with the Prague Philharmonia, Brno Philharmonic, Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, the Leoš Janáček Chamber Orchestra, the String Orchestra of the Prague Conservatory, Collegium 21, Ostravská banda and Europera. In November 2023, she led masterclasses at the Conservatory of Music and Ballet in Ljubljana. During the courses, she gave a recital featuring compositions by Czech composers from her debut album In The Strings. In March 2024, she gave masterclasses and a recital at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, and in 2025 she was a special guest at the Days of Harp in Bratislava.
She is the founder of the Come & Play the Harp event in Brno and is regularly invited to serve on juries at international competitions.
Concerts
12.10.2025
Nitrianská hudobná jeseň / Slovakia
Synagogue / 18:00 Nitra
Ivana Švestková – harp
Marek Švestka – Double bass
11.9.2025
International Festival of Chamber Music
Jusuit Church / 19:00 Klatovy
Ivana Švestková – harp
Anja Gaberc – harp
7.9.2025
International Double bass Courses / Brno
Aula JAMU
Ivana Švestková – harp
Marek Švestka – double bass
25.8.2025
Glowing Harp / Brno
Openning Concert / 19:00 Besední dům
Elisabeth Plank – harp
Veronika Lemishenko – harp
Ivana Švestková – harp
Larisa Klievtsova – harp
24.8. – 30.8.2025
Brno String Courses/ Brno Conservatory
Ivana Švestková – harp, masterclass
25.-27.8.2025
Glowing Harp / Brno
Co-organizer of the Festival
4.8.2025
Schwarzenberg tomb / Třeboň
Jaroslava Čiháková Tajanovská – oboj, english horn
Ivana Švestková – harp
18.7.2025
Bohinj / Slovenia
Ivana Švestková – harp
Anja Gaberc – harp
27.6.2025
Ševčík’s musical evenings
Horažďovice Castle / 19:00
Ivana Švestková – harp
Marek Švestka – double bass
15.6.2025
Festival La Skala Diviška / Brno 19:30
Ivana Švestková – Harp
Marek Švestka – Double bass
19.3.2025
Tišnov
Ivana Švestková – harp
Marek Švestka – double bass
Martin Krajíček – mandolin
10/3/2025
Profesní dům, 19:30 Prague
Ivana Švestková – harp
Jaroslava Čiháková Tajanovská – oboe, english horn
Jiří Ševčík – flute, alto flute
1.-2/2/2025
Bratislavská harfa
Zichy Palace, Bratislava
Masterclass, Concert, 51 STRINGS
6.-7/12/2024
Brno Conservatory & Besední dům
Come & Play The Harp
30/11/2024
17.00, The Pálffy Palace, Bratislava
Ivana Švestková – harp
Duo Lyrico
Duo Graffe
27/11/2024
19.00, Besední dům
L. Janáček – Our Father
Český akademický sbor
23/10/2024
Brno, Komorně v Besedním domě, 19:00
Ivana Švestková – harp
Marek Švestka – double bass
25-31/8/2024
Brno string courses, Brno Conservatory
Ivana Švestková – harp, Masterclass
18/8/2024
Pecka Castel – 19:21
Festival Podkrkonošské hudební léto
Ludmila Pavlová – violin
Ivana Švestková – harp
17/8/2024
Zažít Martinů
51 strun, Polička
15:30 Radnice, Polička
Ivana Švestková – harfa
Marek Švestka – kontrabas
Michaela Kulísková – moderátorka
3/7/2024
Musical meeting on the occasion of the 170th anniversary of the birth of the Leoš Janáček
Ivana Švestková – harp
27/6/2024
Ivana Švestková – harp
Marek Švestka – double bass
Újezd u Brna – 18:00
22/6/2024
Ivana Švestková – harp
Marek Švestka – double bass
Festival Gardens of Šetana’s Litomyšl – 21:10
21/6/2024
Ivana Švestková – harp
Marek Švestka – double bass
Festival Gardens of Šetana’s Litomyšl – 21:10
25/5/2024
HAMU Prague
Concert of Ludmila Pavlová – violin
Ivana Švestková, guest – harp
9/3/2024
Harp Recital
Hudební Akademie K.Szymanowského, Katowice
8-10/3/2024
Masterclass Katowice,
Hudební Akademie K. Szymanowského
1/2/2024
Filharmonie BRNO
KOMORNÍ RODINNÉ ODPOLEDNE 51 STRUN
Ivana Švestková harfa
Barbara Tolarová housle
12-14/12/2023
Filharmonie BRNO
Education concerts
J. K. Krumpholtz – Concerto for Harp and Orchestra No. 5 B Major
Filharmonie Brno
Patrik Červák – conductor
Ivana Švestková – harp
10/12/2023
Festival Souznění,
Hukvaldy – Harp recital
1-2/12/2023
Conservatory BRNO
COME & PLAY THE HARP
25/11/2023
Filharmonie BRNO
KOMORNÍ RODINNÉ ODPOLEDNE 51 STRUN
Ivana Švestková harp
Barbara Tolarová violin
16-17/11/2023
Masterclass – Konzervatoř Ljubljana
15/11/2023
Ljubljana – Harp recital
12/9/2023
Vila Tugendhat, BRNO
privat performance for Partnerství foundation
Ivana Švestková – Harp
9/9/2023
NEBAL, BRNO
NEBAL
Marek Švestka, double bass
Julian Veverica, viola
Ondřej Jurčeka, trumpet
Lukáš Krejčí, marimba, percussion
Ivana Švestková, harp
10/8/2023
Vila Tugendhat, BRNO
Vila Tugendhat, v 18.30
Ivana Švestková – harp
17/5/2023
Babice nad Svitavou
Hudební sál Obecní hospody, v 19.00
Ivana Švestková – harp
Marek Švestka – double bass
3/5/2023
Hudba na zámku 2023
Castle BLANSKO
Hudební salon zámku, 19:00
Ivana ŠVESTKOVÁ (CZ), harp
Ivana Víšková, violin
12/3/2023
Janáček 2023
51 strún
Performance for families
Ivana ŠVESTKOVÁ (CZ), harp
Barbora TOLAROVÁ (CZ), violin
Guests: Kristýna DRÁŠILOVÁ and Rebecca GROSSCHMIDTOVÁ
20/2/2023
In cooperation with Brno Philharmonic
Duo Spinea
Czech Broadcast, Studio 1 in 7:30pm
Jaroslava Čiháková Tajanovská oboe, english horn
Ivana Švestková Dohnalová harp
Quarteto Harmonico
1/2/2023
PROMĚNY
Brno Philharmonic
Jaroslava Čiháková Tajanovská oboe
Ivana Švestková harp
Wallinger Quartet
12/9/2023
Vila Tugendhat, BRNO
Vila Tugendhat
Ivana Švestková – harp
10/12/2022
ADVENTNÍ KONCERT
Kostel sv. Barbory in Adamově at 5:15pm
Ivana Víšková – violin
Ivana Švestková – harp
Marek Švestka – double bass
17/11/2022
Mozart – Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra
Grandhotel Ambassador, Karlovy Vary – 7.30pm
Ivana Švestková – harp
Naoki Sato – flute
Ondřej Vrabec – conductor
Karlovarský symfonický orchestr
11/11/2022
Maciej Małecki – Concertino ve starém slohu pro dvě harfy
Besední dům, Brno – 7.00pm
Ivana Švestková – harp
Kateřina Bendová – harp
Gerrit Priessnitz – conductor
10/11/2022
Brno Philharmonic
Maciej Małecki – Concertino ve starém slohu pro dvě harfy
Besední dům, Brno – 7.00pm
Ivana Švestková – harp
Kateřina Bendová – harp
Gerrit Priessnitz – conductor
Filharmonie Brno
23/8/2022
Brněnské smyčcové kurzy
Conservatory Brno
Ivana Víšková – violin
Ivana Švestková – harp
Harp Quartet
12/7/2022
Kongresový sál PLL Jeseník, 20.00
Adéla Bilanová – harp
Ivana Švestková, guest – harp
Kateřina Valášková – harp
Aneta Pávková – harp
Jana Boušková – guest
OPERA+
Harfenistka Ivana Švestková Dohnalová totiž předvedla svůj skvělý um ve všech skladbách kromě zmíněného Dua. Její zásluhou tak představení získalo specifický zvukový ráz.
KLASIKA+
„Ivana Švestková Dohnalová dostala na tomto koncertě velkou příležitost předvést své umění a právem byla jednou z nejzářivějších hvězd večera.“
Her performance … are diabolically athletic and in your face. It brings us back to the beginning of the rhythmic quality in the Czech language leading to dance which inevitably leads to joy.
MESTO HUDBY
Švestková vyšla vstříc lehce „snovému“ vyznění a v průběhu skladby rozvolňovala a zrychlovala tempo, stejně jako měnila naléhavost výrazu. Povedený byl také kontrast, se kterým přistoupila k mollové části Preludia.
OPERA+
Silný hudební prožitek provázel všemi třemi částmi skladby, v níž zvukově dominovala harfenistka Ivana Dohnalová.
