Jan Sedivka

{{Infobox artist | image = Jan Sedivka, Mount Nelson 1988.jpg | caption = Jan Sedivka, Mount Nelson, 1988 | name = Jan Boleslav Sedivka | birth_date = 8 September 1917 | death_date = {{death date and age|23 August 2009|8 September 1917|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Hobart]], Australia | birth_place = [[Slaný]], [[Czechoslovakia]] | awards = [[Order of Australia]] | partner = [[Beryl Sedivka]] }}

'''Jan Boleslav Sedivka''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} (in Czech: Šedivka) (Slaný, 8 September 1917{{spaced ndash}} Hobart, 23 August 2009),<ref>[http://www.alumni.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/50747/No.-36-December-2009.pdf UTAS Alumni News] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509175952/http://www.alumni.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/50747/No.-36-December-2009.pdf |date=2013-05-09 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.staff.utas.edu.au/news/articles/utas-tribute-for-jan-sedivka,-musician-and-pedagogue-1917---2009 |title=University of Tasmania: UTAS tribute for Jan Sedivka, musician and pedagogue 1917-2009 |access-date=1 October 2009 |archive-date=15 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090915035342/http://www.staff.utas.edu.au/news/articles/utas-tribute-for-jan-sedivka,-musician-and-pedagogue-1917---2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Czech-born, was one of Australia's foremost violinists and teachers.<ref>[http://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/S/Sedivka.htm Companion to Tasmanian History]</ref>

==Biography== Educated in Czechoslovakia ([[Otakar Ševčík]]<ref>Mařàk – Nopp, ''Housle'', p. 61</ref> and [[Jaroslav Kocián]]), France (École Normale de Musique, Classe Jacques Thibaud) and England ([[Max Rostal]]), Jan Sedivka made his reputation overseas as a soloist, chamber music player and teacher before coming to Australia in 1961.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lyrebirdpress.com/books/amr/amr010/ |title=Lyrebird Press |access-date=2009-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828025640/http://www.lyrebirdpress.com/books/amr/amr010/ |archive-date=2008-08-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=UTAS/>

As a performer, Jan Sedivka gained special merit for his efforts on behalf of Australian contemporary music. In this capacity he introduced a number of important works dedicated to him, in particular concertos by [[Larry Sitsky]] (Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 4), [[James Penberthy]], [[Ian Cugley]], [[Don Kay (composer)|Don Kay]], [[Colin Brumby]], [[Edward Cowie]] and [[Eric Gross]].

His wife [[Beryl Sedivka]] is a noted pianist who often performed with him.

==Writings== * An Assessment of: “Bach’s Chaconne for Unaccompanied Violin - a Study in Interpretation” by Graham Wood, ds., Hobart, 1974

==Honours and awards== * Member of the [[Order of Australia]] 1987<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/870189 It's an Honour: AM]</ref> * Honorary Fellow, Trinity College of Music, London * Honorary Doctor of Letters, University of Tasmania<ref name=UTAS>[http://fcms.its.utas.edu.au/arts/music/pagedetails.asp?lpersonId=1564 University of Tasmania Conservatory of Music] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917150836/http://fcms.its.utas.edu.au/arts/music/pagedetails.asp?lpersonId=1564 |date=17 September 2009 }}</ref> * Honorary Professor, Shanghai Conservatory of Music * Memorial Gold Medal, Prague Academy of Musical Arts * Honorary Fellowship in Music Australia * Honorary Citizen, Royal City of Slany (Czech Republic) * Honorary Professor University of Tasmania 1995<ref name=UTAS/> * Distinguished Service Award Australian Strings Association 1998.

===Bernard Heinze Memorial Award=== The [[Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award]] is given to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to music in Australia.

{{awards table}} ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | 1995 || Jan Sedivka || Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award || {{yes2|awarded}} || |- {{end}}

===Don Banks Music Award=== The [[Don Banks Music Award]] was established in 1984 to publicly honour a senior artist of high distinction who has made an outstanding and sustained contribution to music in Australia.<ref name="AMC DB Award">{{cite web | url = http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/award/don-banks-music-award.html | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20150818230200/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/119124/20150819-0902/www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/award/don-banks-music-award.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 18 August 2015 | title = Don Banks Music Award: Prize | publisher = [[Australian Music Centre]] | access-date = 2 October 2017 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> It was founded by the [[Australia Council for the Arts|Australia Council]] in honour of [[Don Banks]], Australian composer, performer and the first chair of its music board. {{awards table}} |- | 2004 | Jan Sedivka | Don Banks Music Award | {{yes2|awarded}} |- {{end}}

==Students== {{For LMST|Jan|Sedivka}}

==Bibliography==

* Philippe Borer, ''Aspects of European Influences on Violin Playing & Teaching in Australia'', M.Mus. diss., 1988 (on Jan Sedivka's violin playing and teaching philosophies see Chapters III and IV) https://eprints.utas.edu.au/18865/ * Lyndal Edmiston, “The teacher as catalyst in the learning process”, in ''Festschrift Jan Sedivka'', ed. by D. S. Mercer, Hobart, The Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music, 1982 * Jan Mařàk–Viktor Nopp, ''Housle'', Prague, Hudební matice Umělecké besedy, 1944, p. 61 * Elisabeth Morgan, “String Teaching: an extended perspective”, in ''Festschrift Jan Sedivka'', ed. by D. S. Mercer, Hobart, The Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music, 1982, pp. 100–109 * Elinor Morrisby, ''Up is down, a life of violinist Jan Sedivka'', Melbourne, 2008 * Marina Louise Phillips, ''An assessment of the contribution to Australian string pedagogy and performance of Jan Sedivka'', PhD diss., 2001

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