Rudy Linka in USB Auditorium

In November, the university will welcome a legendary Czech jazz guitarist Rudy Linka.

Rudy Linka composer/jazz guitarist/bandleader/artistic director born 1960 Prague, Czech Republic , Rudy started to play violin at the age of five and switched to classical guitar nine years later. He moved to Sweden in 1980 where he studied at Stockholm Music Institute. In 1985 he was awarded the Jim Hall fellowship at Berklee College of music in Boston and later moved to New York to study at The New School and privately with Jim Hall, John Abercrombie and John Scofield. He has released 15 albums ( Enja, Timeless, Universal, Sony/BMG, Quinton), has been voted as one of the ten best jazz guitarists by readers of DownBeat magazine and performs with his own group around the world. Rudy is the founder and artistic director of the international festival Bohemia Jazz Fest.

The University of South Bohemia Auditorium capacity is about 200 seats.