Ahmad Hedar

Pianist, singer, vocal coach and teacher Ahmad Hedar is one of the most sought-after opera accompanists in the Czech Republic. He studies piano at the HAMU in Prague in the class of František Malý. He participated in many master classes under the guidance of Paul Badura Škoda, Andrija Gavrilov, Zenon Fishbein and others. In 2019, he became a scholarship holder of the prestigious Bayreuther Festspiele.

As an opera accompanist and coach, he works with leading singers of the young generation – Petr Nekoranec, Kateřina Kněžíková, Terezá Mátlova, Roman Hoza, Ester Pavlů, Lukáš Bařák, Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir, but also with such opera legends as Gabriela Beňačková, Eva Randová, Vladimír Chmel, Bojidar Nikolov, Helena Kaupova and others. Among the foreign stars, let's mention the collaboration with Mariusz Kwieczen, Bryan Hymel and Xabier Anduaga.

He regularly cooperates with opera houses abroad, as a voice coach and pianist in staging Czech operas - Rusalka at Bergen Nasjonale Opera (2021, 2023), Jenufa at Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse (2022). He is a regular guest of the Czech Center in New York, where he toured with Czech singers Ester Pavlů and Kristýna Kůstková (2021, 2022).

Ahmad Hedar is also the Music Director of the RunOpeRun ensemble, which, under the leadership of founder Veronika Loulová, tries to bring opera closer to young people and the general public. He led musical productions of La Traviata, The Magic Flute, Le nozze di Figaro, Rusalka and La voix humaine.

Since 2019, he has been teaching at the Jan Deyl Conservatoire, and since 2022 at the Academy of Music in Prague as an accompanist and operatic coach.

2023/2024 Season
The Artist is represented by Alena Kunertová, Nachtigall Artists,
tel: +420 602 219 611, e-mail: a.kunertova@nachtigallartists.cz.

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