Meisl, Jan

Jan Meisl (* 1974) is a Czech composer, conductor, librettist, poet, accordion player and music teacher. He is the author of more than 240 compositions in various genres and for various instrumentation: solo, chamber, vocal and orchestral compositions, operas, oratorios, ballets, musicals, pantomimes, melodramas, radio plays, children's compositions and multimedia installations, he also composes relaxation, film and stage music. He was educated at the Russian Academy of Music Gnesinnych in Moscow, the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. He performs as a soloist and chamber musician and is a member of the juries of national and international accordion competitions and participates as a lecturer in performance courses.