Hana Baboráková Shabuová

is a Czech cellist and teacher. She studied at the Prague Conservatory with Prof. František Pišinger, continued at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (HAMU) with Prof. Miroslav Petráš, and completed her studies with a Master’s diploma at the Hochschule für Musik in Munich in the class of Prof. Walter Nothas.

She is a founding member of Baborák Ensemble and is widely active as both a chamber musician and an orchestral player. She performed with the Bavarian State Opera (Staatsoper München) and has collaborated with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, associated with Daniel Barenboim; sources also mention work under the batons of Zubin Mehta and Wolfgang Sawallisch.

Her concert engagements include major festivals in the Czech Republic and abroad, such as Prague Spring, Smetana’s Litomyšl, Dvořák Prague, and the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg. She has made recordings for Supraphon and other media and institutions including Czech Radio, ORF, and Czech Television.

In 2001 she received the Gideon Klein Prize at the Prague Spring International Music Competition.

Teaching is an essential part of her professional profile. She teaches at the Vadim Petrov Music School (ZUŠ Vadima Petrova), recognized for her systematic and empathetic work with young cellists and for building strong technical foundations alongside musical imagination and ensemble skills.