Concert for the European Heritage Days
Concertos by A. Vivaldi

Künstler

• Atlantis Collegium Chamber Ensemble, Artistic Director: Vítězslav Podrazil

  The ATLANTIS COLLEGIUM chamber association is formed by a select group of members and soloists from the Prague-based Atlantis Orchestra. Both of these ensembles were founded in 1993 by the conductor and harpsichordist Vítězslav Podrazil, a graduate of the Prague Academy of Performing Arts (AMU) in the class of Prof. Václav Neumann.

  A large part of the repertoire of the Atlantis Collegium and the Atlantis Orchestra consists of sacred music, lesser-known works by old masters, and works by contemporary composers. The dramaturgy is also enriched by compositions with jazz elements, unconventional programme combinations, and musical projects that cross genre boundaries.

  Several Czech and foreign composers have written works specifically for the Atlantis Orchestra or its chamber formation: Premasiri Khemadasa (Sri Lanka), Max Stern (Israel), Petr Pokorný, Jan Děd, Karel Šimandl, Vít Clar, Stanislav Jelínek, Vlastislav Matoušek, Aladár Lašanský, Kazuhiko Hattori (Japan), Karel Janovický (Great Britain), Mark Kopytman (Israel), Josef Vejvoda, Lukáš Sommer, Juraj Filas, Roman Haas, and Ivan Kurz.

• Věra Likérová – soprano

  
  VĚRA LIKÉROVÁ graduated from the Prague Conservatory and subsequently from the University of Ostrava, majoring in classical singing. For four years, she studied privately with the world-renowned opera singer Sylvia Sass. Since 2019, Věra Likérová has been perfecting her vocal art under the guidance of the soloist of the National Theatre Opera in Prague, Miguelangelo Cavalcanti.

  She is a laureate of the International Singing Competition in Žďár nad Sázavou and the Antonín Dvořák International Singing Competition in Karlovy Vary. She won 1st prize at the "Ad honorem Mozart" International Singing Competition. She has performed at the Prague State Opera, the J. K. Tyl Theatre in Pilsen, the F. X. Šalda Theatre in Liberec, the A. Dvořák Theatre in Ostrava, and the International Festival in Český Krumlov - under the direction of conductors J. Keenan and A. Allemandi from the MET. She gives concerts in the Czech Republic and abroad.

  
  
  

• 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.

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