Biography
Jan Pouska is a czech musician, singer and songwriter. He started studying the violin at the age of 8 and later picked up the guitar at 12, as a self-taught. By that time he had already been singing and started writing his first songs at the age of 14. He has been playing and singing ever since, and has a long experience performing live with several bands for all kinds of events, in the Czech Republic and abroad.
He is deeply fascinated about Medieval history and music from the Middle-Ages, which has led him quite naturally, over the years, to start playing Medieval instruments as well, and teach himself how to approach this subtle repertoire. In 2006 he founded Elthin, a Czech ensemble specialized in music from the Middle-Ages and Renaissance, with whom he is performing regularly, mainly in the context of historical festivals or for private events. Besides being the lead singer of Elthin, he plays on a medieval lute, a Renaissance lute, a gittern, a medieval vielle, a portative organ and a hurdy gurdy. They have recorded 5 albums so far: “Elthin“ (2006), “Veris Dulcis“ (2009), “Musica Ioculatorum“ (2013), “Rex Histrionum“ (2017) and “Medieval Christmas Songs“, Vol. I“ (2019).
His debut solo album, “Zrání“ – a collection of songs he composed with lyrics by Luděk Schmoll – was released in 2018. He is actively working on different projects these past years, recording cover songs from video games or TV / movie soundtracks. In 2019, he recorded “Copper and Tin“, an album based on songs from the Poldark series, with French cellist Roxane Genot, with whom he co-founded his own recording label (Green Monster Records) the same year. He is currently working on my second album of Czech original songs and on several projects including video game soundtracks.
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