Jan Cambal – drum concerts, workshops, performances

Jan is active musician, multi-instrumentalist, composer and performer. He studied at the Prague Conservatory (oboe, English horn, timpani, vibraphone, piano). He worked at music schools, at the Prague Conservatory and at the Academy of Musical Arts of Prague. He played in symphonic orchestras (oboe, English horn), in jazz and alternative bands (piano, percussion, oboe, singing). Nowadays he plays the ritual drums made by himself called "Chlupaci" (kind of gembe), the shawms made by miself, the oboe, the piano, the gongs and the Tibetan bowls as a solo player.

He participated in international music festivals in the Czech Republic and abroad including:

• The International Jazz Festival, Adria, Prague 1998
• The International Music Festival, Eskisehir, Turkey, 1998
• The International Ethnic Festival WOMAD (with support of Peter Gabriel), Prague 2000

He released a number of CDs.

Independently:

• To pass a way of own heart
• Sogamunibul

With other interpreters:

• Master of the week
• Archa Olympos
• Flying Carpet
• Spectres of Prague
• Faust and Margaret
• Waves – Relaxation music
• From a thousand and one night.

CONCERTS

1 to 2 hours of individual music – acoustical in suitable areas like galleries, castles, churchs, monasteries, museums, etc.

1 to 2 hours of individual music – with sound assistance in theaters, stadiums, etc.

WORKSHOPS

For more than six years he has prepared music-motion workshops, where participants are working with their bioenergetic body.

1) Dances of The Elements
2 to 4 hours of instructed dance with Elemental Music. Practising is aimed to the advancement of motion intelligence, rhythmic feeling, ability of improvization through the music created for four basic elements - fire, water, air, earth.

2) Meditational process
1 up to 2 hours of music production of meditative, dynamic or relaxation music. The aim is profound active relaxation and an immersion of each participant to the core with immediate regeneration of creative power.

3) Drumming workshops
1 to 2 hours of practical playing with percussion and/or drums for the general public The aim is to harmonize the left and the right side of the body, to discover individual rhythmic expression through a natural way. Participants need to have their own instruments. A course should be at least one month long.

Personal consultations

For an appointment please call +420 737 750 254 or e-mail jinjan@cambal.cz.