Jana Boušková

Jana Boušková (born 27 September 1970) is a Czech harpist and pedagogue. She has been the principal harpist of the Czech Philharmonic since 2005. Boušková is also a professor at the Royal College of Music in London since 2019, the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague since 2007, and she was the harp teacher at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels from 2005 to 2020.

Early life and education Jana Boušková was born in Prague on 27 September 1970. She began playing the harp at a young age and gave her first recital when she was seven years old.

Boušková attended the Prague Conservatory and the University of Ostrava, where she studied under her mother. She graduated from the University of Ostrava in 1998, after years of distance learning. She recalled in 2017 that her mother was more demanding of her than other students, and that retrospectively, she is grateful to her for this. She also attended classes given by Alice Giles in Bayreuth,

Music career Boušková won the Maria Damm Rensch Prize at the first USA International Harp Competition in 1989. Three years later, she won the gold medal at the second USA International Harp Competition. She later became the official soloist of the harp maker Lyon & Healy and plays the Lyon & Healy Style 30 concert harp that she received as a prize for winning the second USA International Harp Competition. Also in 1992, Boušková took second place at the eleventh Israel International Harp Competition. She won first prize at the Grand Prix Concours International de Musique de Chambre de Paris in 1998 and the Torneo Internazionale di Musica in 1999. Boušková also received the Czech Republic's 1996 Talent of the Year Award and the 2002 Czech Music Council Award, in recognition of her representation of Czechs on the international stage.

As a soloist, Boušková has performed with the Czech Philharmonic, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, among others. Other works Boušková has premiered include Ravi Shankar's Sonata for Cello and Harp, alongside Mstislav Rostropovich, and Benjamin Yusupov's Concerto for Flute, Violin, Viola, Harp and Orchestra, alongside Maxim Vengerov and others.

Personal life Boušková is married to Jiří Kubita, a violinist with the Czech Philharmonic. As of 2010, the couple have two sons, and both children play the violin. The following list is compiled from her official website. Zvěrokruh, 1992. ARTA Records, No.: F1 0030-2 Flöte und Harfe, 1992. Preiser Records, No.: PR 90154 Czechoslovak Chamber Orchestra Live in Concert, 1993. Antiphona, No.: AA0008-2231 Jana Boušková Harp Recital, 1993. Bohemia Music 1991, No.: BM 0002-2131 Jana Boušková Harp, 1993. Panton Records, No.: 81 1228-2031 Dona nobis pacem, 1994. Český rozhlas Ostrava, No.: UHL 002-2 231 Jan Ladislav Dusík, 1994. Panton Records, No.: 81 1289-2 131 Prague Salon at the Nostitz Palace (Harp Recital), 1994. Alfea a Pragokoncert, No.: 584006 – 2 111 Concertino II, 1995. PolyGram, No.: 454 146-2 Jana Boušková plays works by J. F. Fischer, 1995. Panton Records, No.: 81 1290-2 131 Jan Křtitel Krumpholtz – Concertos for Harp and Orchestra 1, 1996. Clarton, No.: CQ 0018-2 031 Emil Viklický – Homage to Josip Plečnik, 1996. Lotus, No.: LT 0036 – 2 131 Hindemith, 1996. Chandos Records, No.: Chan 9457 Snění, 1997. Supraphon, No.: SU 3368-2 231 Ai in Praha, 1997. Sony Music Entertainment, No.: KSC4 901 Balady, 1997. Forte + Vydavatelství bratří Nedvědů, No.: FOR 0009-2311 Jan Křtitel Krumpholtz – Concertos for Harp and Orchestra 2, 1997. Clarton, No.: CQ 0029-2 031 Rodolphe Kreutzer Six Nocturnes, 1997. Gramofonové závody Loděnice, No.: L1 0323-2 131 Jana Boušková plays Virtuoso Encores, 1998–2003. Panton Records, Bonton Music, Supraphon, No.: 71 0526-2 Kouzelné housle, 1999. Supraphon, No.: SU 3418-2 031 Solos for harp, 1999. Supraphon, No.: SU 3430-2 131 Harfenkonzerte, 1999. Ebs Records, No.: ebs 6085 International Music Festival Český Krumlov, 1999. Auviex, No.: AE 0019-2 031 Prague Holiday, 2001. Octavia Records, No.: OVCL-00050 Zpívání o lásce (Moravské lidové písně), 2001. Supraphon, No.: SU 5359-2 731 Romance, 2003. Octavia Records, No.: OVCC-00059 ZIPANG meets Boušková in Prague, 2003. Octavia Records, No.: OVCC-0149 Flûte & Harpe, 2003. Scam/Syrius, No.: SYR 141351 Otomar Kvěch, 2003. Radioservis ve spolupráci s OSA a Život umělce French Chamber Music, 2004. EMI Music Germany, No.: 5 57798 2 Album lásky, 2004. Supraphon, No.: SU 3768-2 031 A la fantasia, 2005. Octavia Records, No.: OVCC-00008 Contemporary Czech Masterpieces Jan F. Fischer, 2005. Triga, No. Tri 0010-2031 Bohuslav Martinů Chamber Music with Viola, 2008. Supraphon, No.: SU 3952-2 Spannungen, 2008. Avi-Service for music, Deutschlandradio, No.: 8553100 Vánoční zpěvy a koledy, 2008. Radioservis, No.: CR 0433-2 Umění milovati, 2010. Clarton, No.: CQ 0086-2 Dvořák – Schumann – Reinmann (Spannungen), 2010. Avi-Service for music, Deutschlandradio, No.: 8553207 Foerster / The Complete String Quartets, 2010. Supraphon, No.: SU 4050-2 Winds & Strings, 2011. Avi-Service for music, Deutschlandradio, No.:8553261