Jan Sekaci

cello
Biography

Jan Sekaci began playing the cello at age of 10 at the High School of Arts in Oradea, Romania. He went on to take part in the Classe d’Excellence de Violoncelle de Gautier Capuçon for three consecutive years and is currently studying at the Barenboim-Said Academy with Frans Helmerson. Jan has attended numerous masterclasses with other renowned cellists, including, Valentin Radutiu, Romain Garioud, Raphael Pidoux, Reinhard Latzko, and Jens Peter Maintz. In 2018, he was chosen as an active participant at the Kronberg Academy Masterclasses under Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt. Jan won First Prize at the 2021 Johannes Brahms Competition in Austria and, as a result, made his debut at Prague’s Smetana Hall playing Dvořák’s cello concerto with the Martinů Philharmonic. Jan plays a cello made around 1850 in Naples.