Hedvika Švendová and Robert Rovina play Sunny by Bobby Hebb

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Hedvika Švendová began playing the guitar and flute at the age of 4 with her mother, Hana Švendová, and soon started to play piano, flute and violin also.
Between 2011 and 2017, she studied guitar with Petr Saidl and flute with Jaromir Hönig and Sylvie Mechova at The Pardubice Conservatory where she obteined the pedagogic diplom as well.
She achieved the bachelor degree in the class of Judicäel Perroy at the “École Supérieure Musique et Danse Hauts-de-France-Lille”, with regular master classes of Carlo Marchione and Florian Larous. At the same school she studied the same program as a flutist at the classe of Chrystel Delaval and Mathilde Calderini with the master classes of Magali Mosnier and Anaïs Benoit (piccolo), where she taked the classes of period musical instruments, guitars with Rémi Caissagne and baroque flute with Christine Jard and Dominique Vasseur. Today she studies the Master degree at the University of Zürich in the class of Anders Miolin (guitar) and Phillipe Racine (flute).
Besides of receiving many prizes in guitar competitions, she is also a holder of some special awards, such as “The Young Talent”, awarded by the governor of the Pardubice Region, The Golden Nut award presented by The Czech Television and “Young Guitarist of the Year” Czech Republic.
She has played concerts at some of the major guitar festivals : Mikulov, Křivoklát (CZ), Forum Gitarre Wien, Rust (Austria), Lanckorona, Tychy, Žory (Poland), Chengdu (China), Ligita (Lichtenstein), Bratislava (Slovakia), Balaton (Hungary), Los Angeles, St. Moritz, Tokyo and others.
She is endorsed by D’Addario, Strandberg Guitars, DPA Microphones and AER Amplifiers.
Since 2011 she has been performing as a soloist with orchestras such as:
The Czech Philharmony Orchestra
The South Czech Philharmony
The Czech Chamber Philharmony Orchestra Pardubice
The Hradec Králové Philharmony Orchestra
The Chamber Orchestra of The City of Tychy.
The Anima Musicae Orchestra Budapest
From her early childhood, Hedvika attended several master classes with the celebrated guitarists like David Russel, Aniello Desiderio, Alvaro Pierri and many more.
Between 2015-2017, she performed regularly with The Czech Chamber Philharmony Orchestra Pardubice as a second flute and piccolo where she had a chance to meet the solists such as José Carreras and to play in great halls such as Tonhalle Zurich.
Since 2011, she has received more prizes, including the 1st places at flute competitions in the Czech Republic and abroad.
In 2020 she participated twice at the Virtual Academy of Orchestral Music organised by FOK Prague Symphony Orchestra.
Nowadays she plays her custom made 8 string guitar by Petr Matoušek, flamenco guitar by Roland Pauwels and flute Sankyo.
Prizes
Flute:
2017 1st prize - The Bohuslav Martinů International Competition and
special award for the interpretation of composition by B. Martinů
2016 1st prize - L. Luthier Guitar Competition Bratislava (chamber music)
2016 in the final of the International Young Talent Competition (Sweden)
2014 3rd prize - International Competition for wind instruments (Wroclaw)
2013 1st prize – National Consevatory Competition
2012 4th prize - International Competition for wind instruments (Wroclaw)
2007, 2008 1st prize - Guitarreando, Hradec Králové (chamber music)
Guitar:
2018 1st prize - Lee Ritenour´s SIX STRING THEORY Competition with the following concert tour in Japan, Switzerland and USA including performances at the NAMM SHOW for Yamaha and recording at The Sunset Sound Recorders Hollywood
2017 3rd prize - International Guitar Competition Heinsberg (Germany)
2017 1st prize - I. International SICG Guitar Competition Stuttgart (Germany)
2017 1st prize - L. Luthier Guitar Competition Bratislava (Slovakia)
2016 3rd prize - Silesian Guitar Autumn (Tychy - Poland)
2016 1st prize - Young Talent Competition (Uppsala - Sweden)
2016 3rd prize - Gianni Bergamo Classic Music Award (Lugano - Suiss)
2016 2nd prize - Altamira Competition Iserlohn (Germany)
2015 1st prize – Forum Gitarre Wien (Austria)
2015 1st prize - International Guitar Festival, Rust (Austria)
2014 3rd prize – Budapest International Competition (Hungary)
2014 3rd prize – Forum Gitarre Wien (Austria)