Jan Zemen (born 1985) is a Czech cellist, chamber musician and teacher. He studied at the Pardubice Conservatory, the Prague Academy of Performing Arts (HAMU), and completed his training in Lucerne, Switzerland, with Marek Jerie. As a soloist he has appeared with orchestras including the Hradec Králové Philharmonic and the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra. He is best known as a member of the crossover cello quartet Cello Republic, which blends classical repertoire with humour and genre-crossing arrangements; he also plays in Kalliopé Trio Prague and Barocco Sempre Giovane, and teaches at the Pardubice Conservatory.
Cello Republic launched its 2026 tour: in January it performed in Pelhřimov and Příbram, in February in Břeclav and Velké Meziříčí.
The Cello Republic quartet performed on January 13, 2026 at the Antonína Dvořáka Theatre in Příbram with a program mixing serious music and humor.
Cello Republic performed on March 30, 2025 at the Měšťanská beseda in Plzen and presented its fourth CD Freedom.
Jan Zemen worked as a pedagogue at the Interpretačních kurzy Litomyšl 2025.
At the end of 2022, Cello Republic released the album Freedom, which became the foundation for the subsequent Freedom Tour.
