Fauré – Requiem
Schubert – Death and the Maiden

Künstler

• Sébastien Bagnoud – conductor

  Originally from Switzerland, he began his musical education at the Fribourg Conservatory, studying wind ensemble conducting in the class of J.-C. Kolly. He completed his bachelor’s degree in music education with a focus on singing at the University of Music (HEMU) in Lausanne. In 2015, he obtained a master’s degree from the Haute École de Musique in Lausanne under the guidance of Prof. A. Azan Zielinski and P. Beran in conducting, and in the same year, a DAS diploma from the academy in Bern in the class of D. Roggen. In 2018, he completed his master’s degree in conducting at the Academy of Performing Arts (HAMU) in Prague with Doc. Koutník, N. Baxa, and Doc. Svárovský. He attended conducting courses with J. Dobrzelewski and G. Contratti. In the summer of 2017, he received the Yuri Simonov Prize at the international conducting competition in Radom, Poland. As part of the prize, he completed a week-long internship in Moscow in September with the Moscow Philharmonic, under the direction of conductor Yuri Simonov. Sébastien Bagnoud has had the opportunity to collaborate with the following orchestras: Palermo Giovanile Mediterranea Orchestra, Brno Philharmonic, Prague Philharmonia PKF, Academic Chamber Soloists AKS Prague, Orchestre de l’Opéra du Rhône, Pardubice Chamber Philharmonic, Collegium Magistrorum Mikulov, J. K. Tyl Theatre Orchestra in Pilsen, Olomouc Philharmonic, Radom Chamber Orchestra (PL), Valais Chamber Orchestra VOC, and the orchestra of the Haute École de Musique in Lausanne. He has participated in many festivals, such as the Beirut Chants festival in Lebanon, the Sion Festival (CH), the Crans-Montana Classics Festival (CH), the Bohuslav Martinů Days festival (CZ), and the Opera Prague Festival (CZ).

  In 2012, he founded the Sedunum String Orchestra SSO in Switzerland, with which he regularly organises and conducts concerts with leading soloists (A. Baranov, Ch. Croisé, G. Moix, A. Fournier, M. Guttman, etc.). He is the co-author of the project and founder of the "Opera Studio Prague" association, which has staged four critically acclaimed performances since 2016. The monologue opera by G. Frida, The Diary of Anne Frank, and the ballet by B. Martinů, Kitchen Revue, and in 2018, for the 100th anniversary of the republic, the opera by L. Sommer, Časoplet. Both performances were included in the programme of the Opera Prague music theatre festival in 2018 and 2020. The opera Časoplet will also be presented at the Smetana’s Litomyšl festival in 2021.

  He made his debut in the opera literature in 2014 in Lausanne, where, as an assistant to A. Zielinski, he conducted a performance of Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw. In December 2015, he conducted a concert as part of the Beirut Chants festival in Lebanon. In 2015, he was approached by the Opéra du Rhône to study and conduct Rossini’s William Tell in the Martigny amphitheatre. In December 2017, he conducted J. Offenbach’s opera Orpheus in the Underworld at the Martolet Theatre in Saint-Maurice, Switzerland. From 2015 to 2017, he served as an assistant to conductor N. Baxa and conducted productions of Der Freischütz (Weber) and Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky) at the J. K. Tyl Theatre in Pilsen. In the summer of 2018, he became an assistant to conductor J. Fiore at the Grand Théâtre de Genève for a new production of the opera Carmen. In 2020, together with the Opéra du Rhône, he conducted G. Rossini’s opera The Barber of Seville at the Martolet Theatre (CH). In 2021, he conducted the ballet Le Corsaire by A. Adam at the National Theatre in Ostrava, concerts with the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, and with the Pardubice Chamber Philharmonic. In the summer of 2022, he will present Puccini’s opera Tosca with the Opéra du Rhône in the Martigny amphitheatre (CH).

• Kateřina Málková – organ

  She is the founder of the Opus Organum society, which strives to promote and restore organs, primarily from the Znojmo organ school. This activity is followed by the creation of the Silberbauer’s Musical Thaya Region festival, of which she is the director and programmer. The festival aims to musically connect the Czech and Austrian border regions. Thanks to this activity, the greatest contribution to the field will be the future restoration of valuable instruments by Josef Silberbauer. In December 2021, her first solo CD, "Silberbauer in Vranov nad Dyjí," was released by Arta Music.

  Kateřina Málková is a promoter of mainly Baroque works, but also of contemporary composers. She always tries to find new places with lesser-known instruments and is committed to their promotion to the general public. She organises a number of concerts in both South Moravia and Lower Austria. In addition to her solo concert work, she is also involved in teaching. She has performed at festivals in Austria, Slovakia, Switzerland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, and other countries. She collaborates with orchestras such as the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, the North Czech Philharmonic, the Atlantis Orchestra, the Collegium Magistrorum, the Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic, the Sedunum String Orchestra, and others. She studied organ at the Brno Conservatory in the class of Petr Kolař, then continued her master’s studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague with Jaroslav Tůma. During her studies, she completed a one-year internship in Lübeck, Germany, with Arvid Gast.

• Aleš Janiga – baritone

  Baritone Aleš Janiga is a graduate of the Brno Conservatory and the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. He began his artistic career while still a student at the conservatory, in collaboration with the Ensemble Opera Diversa, with which he performed a number of original operas, such as Pickelhering 1607 (Klofáš), The Joint Death of Lovers in Shinagawa (The Lord), Ponava (King Pluto), and others. He continues to collaborate with this ensemble to this day.

  During his studies at the Academy of Performing Arts, he made his debut on the opera stage of the State Opera in Banská Bystrica in Donizetti’s opera L’elisir d’amore, where he played the role of Captain Belcore. In 2012, he participated in a production of G. Bizet’s opera Carmen at the opera festival in St. Margarethen, Austria, in the role of Morales. His other roles include, for example, Onegin (Eugene Onegin, P. I. Tchaikovsky), Prince Miroslav (The Enchanted Prince, V. Hřímalý), The Clock and the Cat (The Child and the Spells, M. Ravel), Krušina (The Bartered Bride, B. Smetana), Jurásek (The Beginning of a Romance, L. Janáček), Ping (Turandot, G. Puccini), and many others.

  On the concert stage, he has collaborated with the Slovak Chamber Orchestra of B. Warchal, the Metropolitan Orchestra of Bratislava, the Orchestra of the Slovak National Theatre, the Czech Philharmonic Choir, and the Czech Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra and the Internationale Chorakademie Lübeck. He has performed on stages not only in Europe (e.g., Germany, Austria, France, Poland, Slovakia), but also in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taiwan, and South Korea.

  Since 2015, he has been a teacher of classical singing at the Private Conservatory in Nitra, and since 2019 also at the Brno Conservatory.

• Eva Daňhelová – soprano

  Eva Daňhelová, née Havlíčková, graduated from the Faculty of Education at Masaryk University in Brno (specializing in Music Education) and at the same time studied singing privately (with Natália Romanová - Achaladze). From 1999, she collaborated with the Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno (choirmaster Petr Fiala), where she was a soloist of the choir.

  She is mainly active in concert performances at home and abroad. She has performed at prestigious international music festivals in several European countries (Germany – Rheingau Festival, MDR Festival, Herbstliche Musiktage Bad Urach Festival, France - La Roche sur Yon, Brno International Music Festival, Peter Dvorský International Music Festival). She has collaborated with prominent figures of the music scene (Hugh Wolff, Christian Schulz, Petr Altrichter, Petr Fiala, Caspar Richter, Peter Dvorský) and with major orchestras (RSO Frankfurt, Österreichisch-Ungarische Haydn Philharmonie, Brno Philharmonic, Czech Chamber Soloists). As a soloist, she participated in the recording of the CD "Jewels of Czech Christmas" (ARCO DIVA, 2002), and the CD Bruckner: Motets (Musikproduktion Dabringhaus, 2006).

  Since 2014, she has been a member of the opera choir of the National Theatre in Brno and since 2015 also a member of the vocal ensemble Ensemble Frizzante, with which she regularly performs.

• Komorní orchestr Thayatal, Ars Brunensis - smíšený sbor, Dan Kalousek - sbormistr

  Ars Brunensis is a mixed choir that has been contributing to cultural life for more than forty years. It is valued for its high artistic level, especially in the field of interpretation of musical works of the Baroque period. However, the activities of Ars Brunensis do not only cover this area of classical music. The choir also participates in the implementation of projects of other musical genres, such as jazz, folklore, musicals, alternative music, etc.

  Ars Brunensis performs regularly at home and abroad, is invited to music festivals, collaborates with major ensembles and artists, theatres and cultural institutions in the Czech Republic and abroad. The choir has participated in more than twenty 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 authors, especially Vladimír Franz in the long term.

  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 emerging professional artists.

  In 2016, the children’s choir Bystroušek and its preparatory department Fousek were established as part of Ars Brunensis z.s.

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