Lukáš Janata

 

Lukáš Janata, a Czech New York-based artist and composer, explores empathy in various forms, serving as a composer, educator, performer, and organizer. His recent endeavors include board directorship at The Resonance Project, a nonprofit focusing on music as a conflict transformation through neuroscience. He co-organized a San Francisco Ukraine-benefit Concert of Compassion, uniting national American and Ukrainian artists on one stage.

Lukáš co-curated SUMU in Helsinki, supported by the EU Commission, and the international empathy-provoking new-music festival ECHOES in Prague. He instructs at The Walden School and the San Francisco Conservatory Of Music. Lukáš was granted Composer-in-Residence at the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, ISCM's VICC, Virginia Center for the Contemporary Arts, Casa Uno, Millay Arts, and received Fellowships for the 2024 Aspen Music Festival and 2025 DeGaetano Composition Institute.

His compositions have been commissioned by renowned ensembles, including San Francisco Symphony, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Alarm Will Sound, Cantori New York, Friction Quartet, and Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava. Mentored by composers, John Corigliano, David Conte, and Otomar Kvěch, Lukáš has also participated in masterclasses and collaborated with George Lewis, Allain Gaussin, Mary Kouyoumdjian, Nico Muhly, Missy Mazzoli, Steve Mackey, and conductors Ragnar Bohlin, Mark Shapiro, or Alena Hron.

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