Background
Jiránek was born on 24 July 1698 in Lomnice nad Popelkou (Northern Bohemia, present-day Czechoslovakian Republic).
Jiránek was born on 24 July 1698 in Lomnice nad Popelkou (Northern Bohemia, present-day Czechoslovakian Republic).
His teacher was probably Antonio Vivaldi himself.
Count Václav Morzin sent him to Venice in 1724 to improve his musical abilities. Count Václav Morzin was a very important supporter of Vivaldi (Vivaldi dedicated to him his famous Four Seasons). In 1726 Jiránek came back to Prague and worked as a violinist in the Prague ensemble of Václav Morzin.
In this ensamble worked also Antonín Reichenauer and Johann Friedrich Fasch.
After the death of Václav Morzin in 1737 Jiránek left Prague and was employed by the Prime Minister of Saxony, Heinrich von Brühl in Dresden. In Dresden his work was informed by the coming Classical music
After the death of Heinrich Brühl in 1763 he retired and died in 1778 in Dresden.