Filip Holacky

Name

Filip Holacky

Biography

Filip Holacky is a Czech composer, conductor and orchestrator based in Edinburgh, UK. He studied viola at the Brno Conservatory (Czech Republic) and has performed as both soloist and member of various chamber groups around Europe and the USA. In 2020, Filip finished his Composition studies under the tutelage of David Fennessy at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. His works have won awards at various competitions and festivals, including the C4’s Composition Competition 2017 in New York and the Edinburgh Studio Opera Award for the Best New Opera in 2019. In 2020, he was chosen by an internationally acclaimed composer and conductor Bright Sheng to serve as a Composition Fellow at the festival Intimacy of Creativity in Hong Kong.

Writer Type

Bookwriter, Lyricist, Composer