Kopřiva Martin

Martin Kopřiva is a graduate of The Prague Conservatoire where he studied Clarinet (with Prof. Karel Dlouhý) and Drums (with Prof. Vladimír Vlasák and Prof. Stanislav Hojný). He was further influenced by Prof. Eliška Kleinová, sister of Gideon Klein, with whom he learned to play the piano, and Věra Branislavová. As a drums player he was a member of the Prague Symphony orchestra FOK for 48 years and of The National Theatre Orchestra for 2 years. He still cooperates with the latter one. He also cooperates with a number of church orchestras as a timpani player.