Martin Bronec

Biography

While studying mechanics of high-current devices at the Czech Technical University in Prague, in November 2003 Martin Bronec joined the National Theatre as a stage technician. Three months later, he began working as a lighting technician, and subsequently as a programmer and lighting desk operator. Over the next decade, he participated in new and repertoire productions alike. He did not return to the Czech Technical University, attending instead the School of Lighting Design, from which he graduated in 2009. In 2014, he started to work as a lighting engineer and designer. Since 2019, he has been chief lighting technician at the National Theatre. He has worked on the productions of the operas Boris Godunov (2015, directed by Linda Keprtová), Krakatit (2017, directed by Alice Nellis) and The Bartered Bride (2022, directed by Alice Nellis); the play Pride and Prejudice (2016, directed by Daniel Špinar); and the ballet The Nutcracker and the Cuddly Mouse (2015, directed by Petr Zuska). Moreover, he collaborated with the Czech National Ballet Preparation School on the shows Dance Fantasy 3 (2014) and Dance Fantasy 4 (2015). Most recently, he worked on Jiří Kylián’s project Moving Still (2024). He created lighting moods for the productions of the operas Juliette (2016) and Turandot (2020), both directed by Zuzana Gilhuus. Almost every year, he has participated in the preparations of the Thalia Prize award ceremony. He designed the lighting for the live broadcast of the Czech Television programme Memory of the Nation (2015), while regularly collaborating on other TV projects. Furthermore, during the COVID-19 pandemic, he worked on the almost four-hour concert A Nation Unto Itself (2021) and the Czech National Ballet performance Dance Through It (2020), broadcast on Czech Television.