Timothy Cheek

Pianist and vocal coach Timothy Cheek is well known for his work in Czech vocal music. Besides the standard repertory, he has performed, coached, lectured, and taught masterclasses on Czech vocal repertoire with hundreds of singers at summer festivals, music schools, conferences, and opera houses worldwide. His books on Czech vocal repertoire are recognized internationally as authoritative resources for singing in Czech. Cheek has been especially instrumental in championing the works of Czech female composer Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915–1940). The Supraphon CD of Kaprálová’s songs with Timothy Cheek and soprano Dana Burešová was nominated for the best recording of 2003 by the Czech journal Harmonie, and received highest ratings in Fanfare, BBC Music Magazine, and many others. The CD was featured on the BBC’s Composer of the Week in 2015, made its way into the Golden Globe-winning TV series Mozart in the Jungle in 2017, and is still regularly broadcast worldwide. The CD can be purchased at https://www.amazon.com/Kapralova-Timothy-Čáslavová-Members Burešová/dp/B07GSHTNX9/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Dana+Burešová%2C+Timothy+Cheek%2C+Magda+Čáslavová%2C+Members+of+Herold+Quartet&qid=1612363328&s=dmusic&search-type=ss&sr=1-1 Cheek’s playing of Dvořák with the renowned American men’s chorus Cantus can be heard on their Song of a Czech CD at https://www.amazon.com/Song-Czech-Dvorak-Janacek-Voices/dp/B01M9HFUDM/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Cantus+CD&qid=1612363539&sr=8-3 The song cycle Jabloňový vlak, Apple Train, by noted Czech composer Sylvie Bodorová, was written for Cheek, soprano Laurie Lashbrook, and dancer Bohuslava Jelínková, and premiered by them in 2010 in Sydney, Australia. A CD of the cycle, along with other Czech vocal works by Pavel Haas and Vítězslava Kaprálová, is planned with ArcoDiva records for release in 2023. Since 1993, Timothy Cheek has served on the faculty of the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance.