Artist
Veronika Vitázková
Flutist and recording artist · Vienna
Veronika Vitázková plays Clay Instruments huacas. She is a professional flutist based in Vienna and a soloist on world woodwinds — fujara, shakuhachi, ney, bansuri, duduk.
She began on the Irish tin whistle at seven, playing by ear alongside her father, and went on to study at the Bratislava Conservatory and the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. She has performed with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Tonkünstler Orchester Niederösterreich and the Janoska Ensemble.
Huaca in B3 / Eb4 / G#3, tuned to 432 Hz. See this instrument →
On Instagram, as of August 2026.
Huaca in F#3 / C#4 / F#3, tuned to 440 Hz. See this instrument →
Selected work
“Janek came over to show me his wonderful handmade instruments, and I’ve been experimenting with them.”
Veronika Vitázková
Every huaca leaves my workshop shaped, fired, glazed and tuned by hand. Hearing one played at this level is the clearest answer I can give to the question I get most often — how does it actually sound?