Jakub Michl is a viola da gamba player. He studied violoncello at Prague Conservatory with Tomáš Strašil, musicology at the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University in Prague, viola da gamba at Trinity College in London with Alison Crum and recently at Mozarteum Salzburg with Vittorio Ghielmi. He has undertaken number of private lessons, courses and masterclasses with viol players as Wieland Kuijken, Jordi Savall, Hille Perl, Richard Boothby, Michael Brüssing, Marianne Muller, Petr Wagner, Reiko Ichise, and with baroque cello players as Marek Štryncl, Bruno Cocset, Irmtraud Hubatschek and Susan Sheppard.
Jakub is a laureate of the Znojmo Music Festival competition in 2013. He also attended courses of medieval music in Besalú, studying viélle with Alejandro Hernández and medieval music performance with Mauricio Molina, and Medieval Course in Vancouver attending classes with Sequentia Ensemble, including Benjamin Bagby, Norbert Rodenkirchen and Wolodymyr Smishkewych.