…IVANA…
Ivana Dohnalová started to study harp at the Janáček Conservatory in 1998, in the class of Ms Ada Balová. She finished the six-year studies by the graduation in 2004. Then she studied at 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.
Between 2012 – 2015 she was a teacher at the Janáček Conservatory and Gymnasium in Ostrava and since September 2016 she teaches at Brno Conservatory. Since August 2008 she is the principal harpist of the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, since 2006 she cooperates regularly also with the PKF – Prague Philharmonia. During 2011-2015 she cooperated with Latvian National symphony orchestra in Riga and between 2013 – 2017 she also cooperated with Deutche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern. She is a member of the Ostravská banda – an international orchestra specialized in contemporary music. She performs with Baborak Ensemble in project called Orquestrina. She is a member of the orchestra Czech Sinfonietta leaded by horn player and conductor Radek Baborák. During years 2017 and 2018 she occasionally cooperated with ORF- Radio Symphony Orchestra in Vienna. She is regurarly invited to the juries of international competitions.
Ivana Dohnalová participated in the 8th World Harp Congress in Geneva in 2002. In 2002 she was granted the Magdaléna Jakubská scholarship, on the proposal of the director of Janáček Conversatory, by which she got the possibility to participate in summer master courses at the american university the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, led by Ms. Kathleen Bride. She performed in all previous festivals the Harp Days of Ostrava, where she in 2004 presented, together with Magdaléna Franková, the Czech premiere of double concerto for oboe, harp and chamber orchestra by Witold Lutoslawský, accompanied by the Janáček chamber orchestra. She performed as a soloist with the international student orchestra Europera in Germany, Poland, Italy and in the Czech republic in the concert season in 2006/2007. In 2007 she performed together with the members of the Prague Philharmonia in the Paul Klee centre in Bern. In June 2008 she participated in the Mitte Europa festival in Sohland.
As a soloist she has performed with PKF – Prague Philharmonia, Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, String orchestra of the Prague Conservatory, Chamber orchestra of Leoš Janáček, Collegium 21, Ostravská banda, Kubín quartet and with international student orchestra Europera. Since 2009 she cooperates with an oboist Jaroslava Tajanovská, in April 2010 they performed together in music festival in Turkey.
In November 2023 she led Masterclasses at the Conservatory of Music and Ballet in Ljubljana. During the courses she gave a recital in which she presented compositions by Czech composers. In March 2024 she led Masterclasses with a recital at the K. Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice.
She is the founder of the Come & Play the Harp event.
…IVANA…
Ivana Dohnalová started to study harp at the Janáček Conservatory in 1998, in the class of Ms Ada Balová. She finished the six-year studies by the graduation in 2004. Then she studied at 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.
Between 2012 – 2015 she was a teacher at the Janáček Conservatory and Gymnasium in Ostrava and since September 2016 she teaches at Brno Conservatory. Since August 2008 she is the principal harpist of the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, since 2006 she cooperates regularly also with the PKF – Prague Philharmonia. During 2011-2015 she cooperated with Latvian National symphony orchestra in Riga and between 2013 – 2017 she also cooperated with Deutche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern. She is a member of the Ostravská banda – an international orchestra specialized in contemporary music. She performs with Baborak Ensemble in project called Orquestrina. She is a member of the orchestra Czech Sinfonietta leaded by horn player and conductor Radek Baborák. During years 2017 and 2018 she occasionally cooperated with ORF- Radio Symphony Orchestra in Vienna. She is regurarly invited to the juries of international competitions.
Ivana Dohnalová participated in the 8th World Harp Congress in Geneva in 2002. In 2002 she was granted the Magdaléna Jakubská scholarship, on the proposal of the director of Janáček Conversatory, by which she got the possibility to participate in summer master courses at the american university the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, led by Ms. Kathleen Bride. She performed in all previous festivals the Harp Days of Ostrava, where she in 2004 presented, together with Magdaléna Franková, the Czech premiere of double concerto for oboe, harp and chamber orchestra by Witold Lutoslawský, accompanied by the Janáček chamber orchestra. She performed as a soloist with the international student orchestra Europera in Germany, Poland, Italy and in the Czech republic in the concert season in 2006/2007. In 2007 she performed together with the members of the Prague Philharmonia in the Paul Klee centre in Bern. In June 2008 she participated in the Mitte Europa festival in Sohland.
As a soloist she has performed with PKF – Prague Philharmonia, Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, String orchestra of the Prague Conservatory, Chamber orchestra of Leoš Janáček, Collegium 21, Ostravská banda, Kubín quartet and with international student orchestra Europera. Since 2009 she cooperates with an oboist Jaroslava Tajanovská, in April 2010 they performed together in music festival in Turkey.
In November 2023 she led Masterclasses at the Conservatory of Music and Ballet in Ljubljana. During the courses she gave a recital in which she presented compositions by Czech composers. In March 2024 she led Masterclasses with a recital at the K. Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice.
She is the founder of the Come & Play the Harp event.
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.“
HARPCOLUMN
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.
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.“
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.
Concerts
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
