Swedish Czech cellist Mikael Ericsson will replace Prof. Marek Jerie on this year's jury, as Prof. Jerie has a concert commitment for the competition days. I wish Marek Jerie a lot of success not only in concerts, and I am very happy to welcome Mikael Ericsson to the Heran Cello Competition, I look forward to working with him and wish him a great experience of meeting young musicians.
Dear friends of the cello,
I am pleased to announce that we have received 35 entries for the 27th Heran Violoncello Competition. I am very pleased that despite the unfavourable situation in the world, we will have the honour of welcoming 7 competitors from abroad, namely from Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Germany and Mongolia, to the birthplace of Bohus Heran. 28 competitors are from the Czech Republic and are proof of how popular the cello is in our country.
Due to the lower number of entries, we are shortening the competition from 21 to 23 April. However, I believe that the high quality of the competition will be maintained. One novelty this year is the Children's Jury and their evaluation of the competition performances.
I wish you all good luck in your preparations. After last year's event, which was held only remotely, we are looking forward to meeting you in person in Ústí nad Orlicí even more.
On behalf of the organizing team
Lenka Lipenská
Directress of the Heran Violoncello Competition
Thursday, April 21
9 a.m. Opening ceremony of the competition at the Music school
9.30 a.m. Drawing lots + group photo for the 1st category
10 a.m. 1st category
1 p.m. Drawing lots + group photo for the 3rd category
1.30 p.m. 3rd category
7.30 p.m. Concert, Hernych Villa
Friday, April 22
8.30 a.m. Drawing lots + group photo for the 2nd category
9.00 a.m. 2nd category
10.30 a.m. Drawing lots + group photo for the 4th category
11.00 a.m. 4th category
Saturday, April 23
10 a.m. Meeting of the Mayor with the winners and foreign contestants at the Hernych Villa
2.30 p.m. Concert of the winners at the Music school
Dear contestants,
I would like to address you about the horrible war in Ukraine that we are all witnessing now. While doing all we can to help people coming from Ukraine or those staying there, we are determined to live our life as normally as possible. That is why we are still planing to make the competition in person in Ústí nad Orlicí. We feel that it is important for our children to go back to normal life after living with COVID restrictions for such a long time. Our government is stable and competent and we can rely on them to maintain stability in our country. The situation in the Czech Republic is calm now and we firmly believe that it will stay like that in the future.
Surely, none of knows what the following weeks and months will bring, but we want to hope for the best.
We don’t take the situation in Ukraine lightly and don’t want to be naive, but we still want to give our children as normal life as possible.
Of course, safety is our first concern. Were the situation to change for worse (however we are all hoping for it to be over soon for the sake of Ukrainian citizens) we would move the competition online. But at this point we are preparing everything here in Ústí and we are looking forward to see all of you on our stage again.
Thank you and good luck with preparations for the competition,
Lenka Lipenská
competition diretres
Let me inform you about the new developments in the preparation of the 27th year of the competition:
The smaller number of applications so far indicates that the competition days will be shortened from Thursday, April 21 to Saturday, April 23, 2022.
Preliminary schedule of the competition:
Thursday April 21
9.00 Opening Ceremony
9.30 Drawing of lots for 1st category
10.00 1st category competition
13.30 Drawing of lots for 3rd category
14.00 3rd category competition
19.30 Concert
Friday April 22
8.30 Drawing of lots for 2nd category
9.00 2nd category competition
11.30 Drawing of lots for 4th category
12.00 4th category competition
Saturday April 23
10.00 Reception of foreign participants and guests by the mayor
14.30 Concert of winners and prize-giving ceremony
The schedule is tentative at the moment and its final version will be announced after the application deadline on March 10, 2022. We are accepting applications until then.
If you don't have your own piano accompaniment, you can contact Mrs Hana Forsterová, an experienced pianist and accompanist from the Prague Conservatoire, e-mail: hforster@post.cz
We wish you good luck in your preparation and we look forward to seeing you in Ústí nad Orlicí.
On behalf of the organizing team
Lenka Lipenská
competition directress
Dear contestants,
The town of Ústí nad Orlicí announces that 27th Heran Violoncello Competition will take place in person from 20th to 23rd of April 2022 in Ústí nad Orlicí, Czech Republic.
More information in Organization Rules.
The prize from the Master Jaroslav Kocian foundation fund: prize money 5.000 Czech crowns:
The prize from Bärenreiter Prague music publisher for laureate: purchase of music scores in Bärenreiter Praha and Bärenreiter-Verlag Kassel worth 3 000 CZK:
The prize from the Bohuslav Martinů Foundation for the best interpretation of Bohuslav Martinů Variations on Slovakian folk song in 4th category: prize money 15.000 CZK:
The prize of Frantisek Kinsky, the New Chateau owner in Kostelec nad Orlici, for the best Czech competitor of each category: a ceremony concert invitation:
The prize from the Master Jaroslav Kocian foundation fund for the winner in each category: prize money 2 000 CZK:
The prize from the Master Jaroslav Kocian foundation fund for the youngest participant:
We would like to congratulate the winners!
