Petr Dvorský

Petr Dvorský graduated from the Jaroslav Ježek Jazz Conservatory in Prague and studied classical double bass privately with Professor Jan Kment, Professor Václav Fuka and Professor Jiří Valenta. He entered the Czech jazz scene as a member of the debuting quartet The Four with Karel Růžička jr., Stanislav Mácha and Jiří Slavíček, which in 1990 won the international competition of the jazz festival in Karlovy Vary. In 1992, he won second place with Pavel Wlosok's Trio at the Jazz Juniors international competition festival in Krakow, Poland.

Since then he has collaborated with many leading Czech and foreign jazzmen, such as: Sandy Lomax, Mark Vinci, Steve Lacy, Steve Houben, Juraj Bartoš, Gabriel Jonáš, Matúš Jakabčić, Karel Růžička, Emil Viklický, Eva Olmerová, Ingrid Jensen, Štepán Marković, Luboš Andršt, Markus Printup, Najponek and others. For several years in a row, he was nominated in the Czech Jazz Society's poll as talent of the year. In the years 2004–2013, he was a member of the Czech Radio Big Band. He accompanied the legendary hardbop saxophonist Lew Tabakin with the Emil Viklický Trio.

Currently Petr Dvorský plays with the Emil Viklický Trio and Quartet, Adam Tvrdý Trio, Concept Art Orchestra, Rajnosek B.and and Petr Beneš Quartet. International projects include constant collaboration with Walter Fischbacher, with whom he collaborates on his solo projects and with whom he often accompanies a number of excellent soloists such as Alita Moses, Femi Temowo, Audrey Martell or Marianne Solivan. In 2017, he performed with the Emil Viklický Trio feat. Ermie Adams at Chicago's Metropolis Performing Arts Center. In the years 1999–2003 he was the editor of the jazz magazine JAM and in the years 2004–2005 the director of the Summer Jazz Workshop in Prague. He teaches double bass privately.