music and theatre producer, contemporary art collector
Janis Sidovský is a music and theatre producer and a collector of contemporary art. He has worked in culture since 1992 and is associated with projects such as 4 Musical Tenors, Night At Karlstejn, Prague Proms and the Tribute to Václav Havel. Alongside his production work he supports cultural and charitable projects, and together with Pavel Vítek he is building the Janis & Pavel Collection, a private collection of contemporary art.
He is a long-standing member of the National Theatre Patrons’ Club in Prague, a patron of the DOX Centre for Contemporary Art and a member of the Friends of the Winternitz Villa Club.
producer
Since July 2016 he has presented the musical Night At Karlstejn, which critics have called the pearl of the summer stages. The production, nominated for the Thalia Award, was created for the 700th anniversary of the birth of Emperor Charles IV, and its home stage is the courtyard of Karlštejn Castle.
In 2017 he founded 4 Musical Tenors, bringing together leading figures of Czech and Slovak musical theatre. The project is one of the most distinctive achievements of Czech popular music in recent years. Besides hundreds of concerts, including Prague’s O2 arena, 4 Musical Tenors have performed twice at Zankel Hall in New York’s Carnegie Hall, recorded duets with Jiří Suchý and Lucie Bílá, and received 4 Gold and 4 Platinum records.
this year · State Opera Prague
Earthly Dust and the Breath of God
Michal Horáček retold Bible stories in a cycle of poems set to music. On 2 November 2026 they were performed at the sold-out State Opera Prague by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra under Steven Mercurio, the Kühn Mixed Choir, the State Opera Chorus and the Ivo Viktorin Band. The soloists included Iva Bittová, Michael Kocáb, Katarína Koščová, Markéta Irglová, Robert Křesťan, Naďa Válová, Roman Janál, Xavier Baumaxa, Vojtěch Dyk and Jiří Pavlica, with Bible readings by Magda Vášáryová.
I produced the concert as executive producer on behalf of Michal Horáček.
„It was definitely one of a kind. Bringing together such distinctive performers in a single evening certainly was, is and will be no easy task.“
„A truly exceptional and festive occasion.“
supporter of culture and public-benefit projects
Alongside his own production work, he has long supported cultural and public-benefit projects that he considers meaningful and socially necessary. His interest focuses above all on live culture, contemporary art, cultural memory and help where it can have a tangible impact.
He is one of the founders of the Kapka naděje (Drop of Hope) foundation and has long supported charitable activities focused mainly on helping children and people in difficult life situations.
art collector
The Janis & Pavel Collection comprises dozens of works by artists of several generations. Its focus is painting and works on paper, complemented by photography, objects, sculpture and other media.
Alongside established names, it includes artists of the younger and middle generations whose work offers a distinctive visual language, sensitivity to questions of identity, or the ability to turn the decorative into a deeper message.
past
He has worked with dozens of leading soloists and ensembles across genres.
who I am
I am lucky that my profession is also my passion. Since childhood I wanted to work in culture, and that dream has come true beyond measure. I am grateful to fate for it.