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Jan Ostry
Jan Ostry was born in Prague, where he studied at the Prague State Conservatory (F. Malotin). From 1992 he studied at the CNR de Versailles (Ch. Rayneau) and from 1996, he was a grantee of the French Goverment at the CNSM de Lyon, in the class of Ph.Bernold, where he was unanimously awarded the First Prize in 1999. In the course of his studies he visited masterclasses under the leadership of B. Kuijken, K. Hünteler, J. Zoon, A. Marion or K. Zoeller.
As a soloist or a member of chamber music ensembles he performed in several countries in Europe and also in various festivals – Styriarte in Graz (founded for projects of N.Harnoncourt), with Kammerakademie Postdam and V. Luks, Haydn Festspiele in Eisenstadt, Prague Spring Festival, for the Dutch Radio in Concertgebouw Amsterdam, International Flute Festival in Maastricht, St. Wenceslas Music Festival in Ostrava, Festival ORF „Eggenberger Schlosskonzerte“in Graz, Concentus Moraviae (with Prague Philharmonia and J. Belohlavek), Week of Pierre Boulez in Lyon (with P. Boulez), Czech Haydn Festspiele, Martinů Fest in Wien, Czech Season in France, Festival of Pierre Boulez in St. Etienne,
Czech Beethoven Festspiele and many others …
Jan Ostry recorded CD’s with chamber music of A. Rejcha and J. L. Dusik for the label Studio Matous (won The Critics Prize – „Tip Harmonie“), flute quartets by J.J.Ryba for Naxos, chamber music of Bach’s sons, complete of Bach’s sonatas for two flutes and Haydn and Stamic trios with
H. Schmeiser for Nimbus Records.
During the concert season 1999/2000 Jan Ostrý was a substitute as
the solo-flutist in Orchestre National de Lyon and in the season 2001/2002 the solo-flutist in Den Norske Operaen in Oslo.
Since 2001 he has been regulary teaching at masterclasses of the European Flute Academy in Fiss and from 2003 at the Kulturtage in Neuberg.
In this time, he is teaching at the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität in Wien (classe with K.-H. Schütz), at the State Conservatory in Prague and at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Ostrava.