Czech cellist František Brikcius was born in Prague, into a family with a distinguished cultural background. From early childhood he began to play the cello. He was accepted into the Janáček Academy of Music (JAMU) in Brno after completing his study of the absolutory at the Prague Conservatoire, under Professor Jaroslav Kulhan. As a student at JAMU František studied in Bedřich Havlík’s cello class. He furthered his study at The Toho Gakuen Academy in Japan, and continues his studies with master classes under the guidance of Professor Anna Shuttleworth in United Kingdom. He graduated under the tutelage of Professor Evžen Rattay. He has actively participated in many international cello master classes. French Academy (Prof. J. Bárta), Terezín Composers International Master classes (Prof. D. Sella), Summer Academy in Semmering (Prof. C. Onsczay, Prof. T. Kühne), Eton Cello Master classes (Prof. J. Goritzki, Prof. Melissa Phelps, Prof. Anna Shuttleworth), Jerusalem Academy Master classes in Jezreel Valley (Prof. S. Magen), Terezín Composers Master classes in Israel (Prof. D. Sella). He has performed in Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Poland, Slovakia, Russia, Turkey, Sweden and the United Kingdom. František Brikcius plays a "George Kriwalski" cello made in 1904. Together with his sister Anna Brikcius, he is a founder member of the "Duo Brikcius". More information about František Brikcius and his projects ("Prague - Brno: 6 Contemporary composers for cello solo in the interpretation of František Brikcius", "Tartini's L'Arte dell'Arco in the interpretation of František Brikcius". "7 Candles", "Weinberger Tour", "Duo Brikcius - 2 Cellos Tour", "MAKANNA" & "eSACHERe") is available on websites http://www.Brikcius.com , http://www.FaceBook.com/Brikcius & http://www.Twitter.com/Brikcius .