Václav Polívka (born September 24, 1974) gained his first professional singing experience as a member of the Czechoslovak Radio Children's Choir under the direction of Prof. Čestmír Stašek. His collaboration with Petr Šefle, with whom he performed songs and arias by Johann Sebastian Bach at the age of 12, and with Miloš Bok, with whom he and his brothers premiered his Missu Brevis in E flat major, was also a valuable contribution. He studied vocal technique under I. Troupová and, since 2001, has been a student of K. Fürstová, Prof. T. Blumová, and P. Zumrová. Coincidentally, all of these teachers use the Szamosi technique, which he is currently preparing an audiovisual documentary about. His voice is currently being used in a wide variety of areas – in the bands Bakchus, Jagabab, Jagabab-rock, Cain Da Breth, Šmrnc, in the choir Pražští Pěvci under the direction of choirmaster Stanislav Mistr, in the ensemble Polyfonion, which focuses on Gothic and Renaissance vocal music, and in a number of Baroque and contemporary music projects – G.F. Handel's Messiah (Igor Angelov), St. John Passion, Mass in B minor, and Christmas Oratorio by J.S. Bach (Marek Štryncl, Stanislav Mistr), Říkadla and Otčenáš by Leoš Janáček, and Mass by Igor Stravinsky (Jan Polívka). His vocal range is G – g2.