Cellist František Brikcius was born in Prague. Following his cello studies at the Prague Conservatoire, he completed his Master's degree at the Janáček Academy of Music. He furthered his cello skills at the Toho Gakuen Academy in Japan and later under the guidance of legendary cellist Prof. A. Shuttleworth (student of P. Casals) in the UK (Eton Cello Master Classes and the University of Leeds). František won the 2nd prizes at the Anglo-Czech Competition in London, the Int. String Comp. and the Int. String Com. Jihlava. He chose to dedicate his life to cello compositions written by composers of the 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. His favourites are cello suites by J. S. Bach, M. Reger and B. Britten. He is particularly involved in performing works by Czech, Jewish & Terezín and contemporary composers playing on a "George Kriwalski" cello made in 1904. Together with his sister Anna Brikciusová, he is a founder member of the "Duo Brikcius". He is artistic director of FESTIVAL BRIKCIUS / Prague, BACH FESTIVAL GERS / France & WALTHAM FOREST CELLO FEST / London. His first music documentary film MAKANNA / Irena Kosíková (under the auspices of Sir T. Stoppard and V. Havel) was screened in CZ, China, Mexico, Portugal & UK. As a soloist František has performed in Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, the CZ, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Liberland, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden, Turkey, Uzbekistan & UK - http://www.Brikcius.com .