🎤 Matěj Štěpánek

About

Matěj Štěpánek is a Czech cellist and, since 2023, first deputy concertmaster of the Czech Philharmonic. He studied in Pardubice, at the Prague Academy of Performing Arts, and at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden. Alongside his orchestral work he has a strong pull toward jazz and crossover, and is one of the four cellists of Cello Republic - a group that pairs top-level playing with stand-up comedy.