PAVEL ŠPORCL – Violin

Foto: © Copyright Lenka Hatasova

Rebel with the Blue Violin

Being a violinist at the top level requires an ongoing commitment and enormous discipline – lots of practice, study, and of course travelling to concerts around the world and working intensively with great colleagues. But for Pavel, keeping a perspective – and making room for ‘normal’ life – is also important.

Sociable by nature, he likes to chat and meet his audiences – so whenever possible he always tries to find time to come and chat to them in the intervals of his concerts, and he communicates with fans on his social networks.
He cites good wine, sushi and baking (with bread and Easter cakes specialities!) as things he especially enjoys. And when he has the feeling of a job well done, he indulges in a good cigar from time to time.

Pavel is also an avid reader. He reads mainly educational books, and is fascinated to learn more about music, of course, but also in the fields of management, marketing, research and lifestyle. He tries to always improve his mind and his body – healthy eating, exercise and meditation have become an integral part of his daily life. In 2023, he was certified as a Holobody Coach by Mindvalley, the world’s largest personal development company.

Popularising Classical Music
Pavel is tireless in his mission to popularise and promote classical music, without ever compromising on the quality. And to further education in music, which is where it all starts!

He loves playing concerts in schools, which have become an extremely popular fixture among young people in the Czech Republic. Since 2011, he has been teaching externally at the Academy of Performing Arts (HAMU) in Prague, from which he himself graduated. Since 2017, Czech Television has been broadcasting the top-rated programme “Musical Pearls by Pavel Šporcl”, in which the violin virtuoso introduces classical music to the youngest generation of listeners.
https://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/11806170696-hudebni-perlicky-pavla-sporcla/

For Czech Television he also made the documentary series “Czech Violin Legends”, which charts the storied history of violin playing in the Czech lands, the worldwide success of Czech violinists and their teachers, and their extraordinary influence on the development of violin playing in the world. This was a project he was particularly proud of, and helped bring the great Czech violinists of yesteryear and their music, to be enjoyed by millions of people today.
https://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/11780457224-ceske-houslove-legendy/

Family and friends
Above all, Pavel loves his family – who are all very musical and artistic, including his wife the actress and singer Barbora Kodetová – and they spend as much time as possible together. Lately that includes on stage, as they give Sporcl family concerts, giving Pavel a chance to bring his ‘wider family’ – his audiences – and his own family together. These family concerts have lately become very popular, and they remain cherished, very special events for Pavel.