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Roy Jelinek is a composer and musician born in Caracas,
Venezuela . His interest in music started at a very young
age. Under his father´s, Felix Jelinek musical influence, Roy
began studies in guitar and accordion with the professors
Antonio Segui and Joao Ferreira. In addition, he also began
self studying Cuatro inspired by the School of the professor
Freddy Reyna (honorable Cuatro player from Venezuela),
and because of the incredible ability, versatility and inborn
talent of this virtuoso Cuatro player and composer. Roy
Jelinek started developing his own style to play the Cuatro,
different to the traditional, which consists in the digitization
technique and accompaniment of the melody, producing a
unique effect which gives the impression of a singing
instrument.
Roy Jelinek has participated in a diverse range of
national and international scenarios and cultural
programs of radio and television. His visit to Vienna,
Austria invited by the Institute of Folkloric Music was
quite remarkable. There, he had the unique opportunity
to perform and offer workshops for a wide variety of
students. He has also performed in public and private
entities, Museums, Universities, Music Schools and
Theaters, in Venezuela, The United States, Barbados,
Saint Vincent, St. Lucia, Trinidad, Antiguas, Surinam,
The Middle East and Europe.
