Jan Pouska

Singer, songwriter, guitarist, and multiinstrumentalist from Czechia. I started studying the violin at the age of 8 and later picked up the guitar at 12, as a self-taught. By that time I had already been singing all my life and started writing my first songs at the age of 14. I’ve been playing and singing ever since, and have a long experience performing live with several bands for all kinds of events, in the Czech Republic and abroad. In 2006 I founded Elthin a Czech ensemble specialized in music from the Middle-Ages and Renaissance, with whom I’ve been performing regularly, mainly in the context of historical festivals or for private events. We have recorded 6 albums so far: “Elthin“ (2006), “Veris Dulcis“ (2009), “Musica Ioculatorum“ (2013), “Rex Histrionum“ (2017) and “Medieval Christmas Songs“, Vol. I“ (2019), Musica Amorem Allicit (2022). My debut solo album, “Zrání“ – a collection of songs I composed with lyrics by Luděk Schmoll – was released in 2018. The second album "Chvála beznaději" was released in 2021. I’ve been actively working on different projects these past years, recording cover songs from video games or TV / movie soundtracks. In 2019, I recorded “Copper and Tin“, an album based on songs from the Poldark series, with French cellist Roxane Genot with whom I co-founded a recording label (Green Monster Records) the same year.