MILAN ZELENKA

 

Classical Guitar

Czech Republic

Czech guitarist Milan Zelenka graduated from the Prague Conservatory. Even as a student he won first prizes in international competitions in Moscow (1957) and Vienna (1959).

Since then, Milan Zelenka manages his career as an excellent concert guitarist. He performs regularly in Czechoslovakia and in many other countries, participates in festivals in the world and gives master guitar courses in France, Cuba, Germany, Holland, Sweden, Denmark and Hungary. He ranks among the leading Czech representatives and universally assets guitar and plays Czech modern original works.

Between 1963 and 1981 Milan Zelenka was also a professor at the Prague Conservatory. In addition to his extensive concert activity, and his educational work, his activity as an editor and reader also deserves to be mentioned.