Barbora Trnčíková

Barbora Trnčíková (*1995) has been dedicated to playing the recorder and piano since childhood. She began studying the oboe with Pavel Tylšar at the Jan Neruda Grammar School. After completing secondary education, she continued her studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (HAMU) under the guidance of Liběna Séquardtová, where she is currently a doctoral scholarship holder.

During her studies, she spent a year on exchange at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Lyon, France, and at the Royal College of Music in London. She won first prize and the overall winner’s title at the Pro Bohemia Ostrava 2016 competition, as well as at the international competition in Chieri, Italy (2013), among others. She has been a member of the prestigious Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester and the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO).

As a soloist, she has performed with the Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK, PKF – Prague Philharmonia, and the Brno Philharmonic. She completed the scholarship program of the Academy of Chamber Music and was included on the Young Artists’ List of the Czech Music Fund Foundation. She is a founding member of the chamber ensembles Slavic Trio and Alinde Quintet; the latter was this year’s laureate of the Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition in Copenhagen.

After completing orchestral academies with the PKF – Prague Philharmonia and the Czech Philharmonic, she joined the oboe section of the National Theatre Orchestra in Prague. Since 2020, she has served as Principal Oboist of the Brno Philharmonic.