Jan Dvorak is an independent singer-songwriter and musician based in Prague, Czech Republic.
Pretty much self-taught since childhood, always fascinated by songs and string instruments. His only “formal” teacher was Amit Chatterjee who introduced him to Indian Classical Music and, as a side effect, to the realm of Music herself. Amit´s breath and depth of knowledge as well as practical experience in both western jazz guitar (Joe Zawinul Syndicate etc) and Indian Classical music is mind-blowing. I am so lucky and grateful for the opportunity to learn from Amit and we eventually become friends.
Jan´s main instrument have always been a guitar and his focus is “just songs“, sung or played. Other wonderful instruments appeared along his path and remained in his heart, namely: Indian Sitar and Surbahar, Japanese Shakuhachi, Ukulele and 5-string banjo. Let me share:
The great dreadnought acoustic guitar, called “Sirael”, made by an excellent luthier Ondrej Holoubek, would be the one most frequently played and used for composing new material. Other beauties like flamenco/classical (called “Carmen”, made by Valeriano Bernal), John Scofield signature arch-top Ibanez (Japan-made) or Fender Stratocaster (US-made) do not lag far behind and are widely used in concerts and studio sessions.
Jan´s genre span is perhaps too wide but what can you do when there is such a lot of great music out there? Writing guitar-based songs have always been the main thing while Indian Classical Music opened the doors to new realms of self-cultivation and spirituality.