The Czech clarinettist Irvin Venyš is among the outstanding artists of the younger Czech generation. He has been successful in major international competitions, including the Prague Spring, the Bayreuth Pacem in Terris and the EBU New Talent, as well as others held in Paris, Zurich and Madeira, and has appeared in leading festivals in Europe, including the Pablo Casals Festival in Prades, Festival Mittel Europa, and in concert halls throughout the world. He studied at the Brno Conservatory with Břetislav Winkler and at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague with Vlastimil Mareš and Jiří Hlaváč. He also spent a year at the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in the class of Michel Arrignon. Venyš has recorded for Czech Radio and Television, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR), ORF, and Arco Diva.