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Violist who attended the Amsterdam conservatory, the Hochschule fur Musik, the Prague Academy of Music, and the Prague Conservatory, and studied under Wolfram Christ, Michael Gieler, and Nobuko Imai.

Groups with whom he has worked include: the Camerata Ensemble, the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Dutch Chamber Orchestra, the Dutch Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Instrumental Ensemble Muziekcentrum van de Omroep, Kammermusik Sans Soucis, the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, the Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Prague Chamber Orchestra.

In 1984, he appeared on Michal Tucny’s album, Jak Chcete Zit Bez Koni.

He participated in The Bohuslav Martinu Festival on 17^th December 1997 with a performance of Igor Stravinsky’s “Dumbarton Oaks” at the St. Agnes Cloister in Prague, The Czech Republic.

On 25^th November 2001, the Suk Chamber Orchestra entertained folks at the City Sports Complex in Cebu, The Philippines, with Antonin Dvorak’s “Serenade for Strings Op. 22”, Josef Suk’s “The Meditation on St. Wenceslas Choral”, and highlights from Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons.

He appeared on another Michal Tucny album, Pod Kasperkem, in 2007.

On 16^th November 2008, he and the rest of the Instrumental Ensemble Muziekcentrum van de Omroep helped premiere Mandolino, a children’s opera by Ron Ford.

The Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic offered up Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Symfonie nr. 8 in F op. 93”, Claude Debussy’s “Children’s Corner”, Dvorak’s “Romance voor viol en orkest op. 11”, and Bohuslav Martinu’s “Dubbelconcert voor piano, slag-werk en strijkers, H.271”, on 5^th December 2008.

On 6^th February 2009, they put together a program that comprised Dvorak’s Polednice, Geza Frid’s “Ritmische studies opus 58”, Gyorgy Ligeti’s “Vioolconcert”, and Zoltan Kodaly’s Dansen van Galanta.

The Camerata Ensemble interpreted Johann Christian Friedrich Bach’s “Fluitkwartet in F nr. 5”, Luigi Boccherini’s “Fluitkwartet opus 5 nr. 1”, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Fluitkwartet in D” in January 2010.

On 14^th February 2010, a quartet consisting of Jakob Blok, Jochem Greene, Marlene Hemmer, and Vilem, performed Mozart’s “Divertimento Es dur, KV 563” and “Pianoquartet in g-klein KV 478”.

The Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic combined Baroque, Classical, and Romantic music on 9^th April 2010 in a concert of Joseph Haydn’s “Berenice, che fai?” and “Symfonie nr.104 in D” (“Londense”), Pieter Hellendaal’s “Concerto grosso op.3 nr.1 in g”, and Felix Mendelssohn’s “Infelice”.

On 30^th May 2010, Vilem was one of half a dozen players who caressed Johannes Brahms’ “String Sextet No. 2 in G major opus 36” at the building of Broadcasting Music in Hilversum.

The Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic combined Beethoven’s “Achste symfonie in F, opus 93”, Debussy’s “Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune”, Theo Loevendle’s “Vioolconcert” (“Vanishing dances”), and Mozart’s “Fluitconcert in G, KV 313” on 18^th September 2010.

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