Cimbalom and Organ in the Old Style

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• 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.
• Michal Grombiřík – cimbalom
  Michal Grombiřík is a native of Hodonín. In his youth, he was intensively involved in folk music and collaborated with various cimbalom bands and folk ensembles. In 2013, he graduated from the Janáček Conservatory and Grammar School in Ostrava in the class of Daniel Skála. In 2019, he completed his master’s degree at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts (JAMU) in Brno in music management. He is currently studying jazz interpretation, also at JAMU. In 2009 and 2011, he won top prizes and special jury prizes for the performance of a contemporary composition at the International Cimbalom Competition in Valašské Meziříčí. He has performed in concert with, for example, the Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, the Symfonica de Castellón (ESP), the Moravian Chamber Orchestra, the Radost Ensemble, the Police Symphony Orchestra, the State Opera Orchestra, Opera Diversa, the Brno Contemporary Orchestra, the Oran Etkin Jazz Band, and others. He is a member of the concert trio ConTRIOlogy and is also involved in his own original projects and various concert and recording collaborations. His musical activities are primarily focused on the fields of contemporary music, free improvisation, and jazz.
• Josef Kovačič – bass
  A graduate of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague under the expert guidance of Martin Bárta and the Prague Conservatory from the class of Jiří Kubík. In 2015, he made his professional opera debut in the role of Hermann (J. Offenbach, The Tales of Hoffmann) at the prestigious music festival in Bregenz, Austria. In the same year, he began to collaborate with Czech opera houses. He is a regular guest at the J. K. Tyl Theatre in Pilsen, where he has performed roles such as Kajetán (Z. Fibich, The Bride of Messina), Seneca (C. Monteverdi, The Coronation of Poppaea), Kecal (B. Smetana, The Bartered Bride), and the Apostle Peter (S. Bodorová, Quo Vadis). At the Silesian Theatre in Opava, he has appeared in the roles of the Hermit (C. M. von Weber, Der Freischütz) and Pistola (G. Verdi, Falstaff), at the North Bohemian Theatre in the role of Sarastro (W. A. Mozart, The Magic Flute), and at the South Bohemian Theatre in roles such as the Gaoler Beneš (B. Smetana, Dalibor) and Prince Gremin (P. I. Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin). He was also a permanent member of the opera ensemble of the F. X. Šalda Theatre in Liberec for two seasons, where he performed roles such as the Parson and the Badger (L. Janáček, The Cunning Little Vixen), Masetto (W. A. Mozart, Don Giovanni), and Lodovico (G. Verdi, Otello). Since 2020, he has also been a guest at the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Ostrava as Matouš (B. Smetana, The Kiss) and the underworld god Pluto (C. Monteverdi, Il ballo delle ingrate). In 2022, he performed at the international opera festival in Wexford, Ireland, in a successful production of Dvořák’s Armida, where he portrayed the character of the knight Ubaldo. In addition to the theatre, he is also active in concert work and collaborates with renowned musical ensembles such as Collegium 1704, the Moravian Philharmonic Olomouc, Musica Florea, the Pardubice Chamber Philharmonic, and the NeoKlasik orchestra. In sacred music programmes, he regularly performs with the concert organist Kateřina Málková.

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