Jan Martinik

Jan Martiník was born in Ostrava, in the Czech Republic, in 1983, and studied singing at the Janáček Conservatory with Eliška Pappová. He won national and international vocal competitions, was an Operalia finalist in 2007 and received the Song Prize at BBC Cardiff Singer of the World in 2009.

He began his career at the Moravian-Silesian National Theatre in Ostrava and was a member of the Komische Oper Berlin from 2008 to 2011. Since the 2012–13 season, he has been part of the ensemble of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin.