Homage to St. Nicholas
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Wednesday, 8. 12. 2021 at 19:00
Church of St. Nicholas
Röschitz
Künstler
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Ars Brunensis is a mixed choir that has been contributing to cultural life for over forty years. It is valued for its high artistic level, especially in the interpretation of musical works from the Baroque period. However, the activities of Ars Brunensis do not cover only this area of classical music. The choir also participates in the realisation of projects of other musical genres, such as jazz, folklore, musical, alternative, etc.
Ars Brunensis regularly performs concerts both at home and abroad, is invited to music festivals, collaborates with important ensembles and artists, theatres and cultural institutions in the Czech Republic and abroad. The choir has participated in more than two dozen CD recordings, and many of its performances have been recorded by radio or television. The ensemble records incidental music for leading theatre stages and collaborates with a number of contemporary composers, especially with Vladimír Franz for a long time.
Ars Brunensis organises public cultural events with original dramaturgy and professional organisation, collaborates with various institutions active in the field of culture, promotes musical art and supports aspiring professional artists.
In 2016, the children’s choir Bystroušek and its preparatory department Fousek were established as part of Ars Brunensis z.s.
- Dan Kalousek (CZ) – conductor
- Vocalensemble „Altenburger Vocalisten“ (AT)
- Martin Wadsack (AT) – organ, conductor
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Barbora Šteflová studied oboe at the Brno Conservatory with Gabriel Sýkora and Hana Drábková and then at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ostrava under the guidance of Dušan Foltýn. There she also completed her doctoral studies, focusing on Czech compositions for oboe of the second half of the 20th century. She performed solo in 2006 with the Ensemble Opera Diversa orchestra, and in 2010 and 2018 with the Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava. The focus of her interest is in chamber music. In 2009 she collaborated with the Kubín Quartet, in 2019 she won 3rd place with the Trio Aperto ensemble at the international chamber music competition AEMC in Montecassiano and with the same ensemble she participated in the international conference AEMC Music, communication and performance 2020. She collaborates with Czech Radio in creating premiere recordings of chamber compositions by Czech composers. She is the first oboist of the Janáček Opera Orchestra of the National Theatre Brno and is also a member of the ensembles Trio Opera, Trio Aperto and the band HaChucpa. She also collaborates with the orchestras BCO and Ensemble Opera Diversa.
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Currently, she focuses on solo performance, having performed at festivals such as the Eduard Nápravník International Music Festival, Brno Organ Festival, Podblanický podzim, Štětský varhanní podzim, Suk’s musical Štiřín, Kláštery Český Krumlov, etc. In Slovakia, she played on the occasion of the European organ festival in Kremnica. Kateřina Málková has performed in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Latvia and Lithuania. She collaborates with various Czech orchestras including the CNSO Czech National Symphony Orchestra, North Bohemian Philharmonic, Atlantis Orchestra, Collegium magistrorum Mikulov, and Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic. She is very actively involved in music education for children, teaching piano and organ. With violinist Alexej Aslamas, she developed music lectures for primary and art schools, focusing on classical music and modern contemporary music. She always strives to promote organ music, which is why she organised a series of concerts in the castle chapel in Lednice na Moravě in the summers of 2016 and 2017, and since 2016 she regularly organises Advent and Epiphany concerts with a choir and orchestra in South Moravia. In 2020, she performed as a solist with the Sedunum String Orchestra at concerts in Switzerland. She is the founder of the newly established international music festival ”Silberbauer’s Musical Thaya Region” in South Moravia and Lower Austria. Kateřina Málková was born in Znojmo. She received her first musical education at the primary art school in Hrušovany nad Jevišovkou. In 1998, she enrolled at the Brno Conservatory in the class of Prof. Petr Kolař, where she completed her studies in 2004 with a final concert at the Besední dům. In the same year, she was accepted to the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in the class of Doc. Jaroslav Tůma. She successfully completed her bachelor’s concert with him, and in the following year, 2008, she went for a one-year study abroad internship to Germany at the Musikhochschule in Lübeck, where she studied with Prof. Arvid Gast. Here she performed at several concerts, e.g., in St. Jakobikirche, in the Cathedral, etc. In 2010, she completed her master’s degree with a concert at HAMU as part of the "The Best" concert series with the North Bohemian Philharmonic Teplice, performing F. Poulenc’s organ concerto. Within the school, she performed, for example, at the Minifestival Kabeláče and Messiaena, at concerts of contemporary music of the composition department, etc. During her studies, she participated in a number of masterclasses with prominent organ personalities, such as Marie Claire Alain, Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, Andreas Schröder, Jon Laukvik, Martin Sander, Martin Schmeding, Slawomir Kaminski, Matthias Maierhoffer, Pier Damiano Perettia Gustav Leonhardt.