Vivaldi in Bohemia
Rediscovered Virtuoso Violin Sonatas

Künstler

• Eduardo García Salas (Spain) – violin
  His musical beginnings are linked to the Conservatori de Lleida under the guidance of Prof. Leopold Gil. He continued his studies at the University of Ostrava with Prof. Zdeněk Gola and later at the Musikhochschule Nürnberg with Hans Peter Hoffmann. At the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, in the class of Lucy van Dael, he specialised in Baroque violin. During his studies at the Amsterdam Conservatory, Eduardo also dedicated himself to research, and in the Zámrsk archive, he managed to discover a letter from Antonio Vivaldi dated 1719, addressed to Wenzel von Morzin, to whom Vivaldi dedicated The Four Seasons in 1725. From 1995 to 1998, he was a member of JONDE (Joven Orquesta Nacional de España). He has performed with the Janáček Philharmonic, the Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu, Camera Musicae, and Camerata XXI, among others. Between 2003 and 2008, he was the concertmaster of the Orquestra Simfònica Julià Carbonell de les Terres de Lleida. From 2010 to 2017, he regularly played in the first violin section of the Czech Philharmonic. Throughout his time in various orchestras, he had the opportunity to play under the baton of conductors such as Carlo Maria Giulini, Jiří Bělohlávek, John E. Gardiner, Gianandrea Noseda, Eliahu Inbal, Herbert Blomstedt, and Pinchas Steinberg, among others. He is currently the concertmaster at the Karlín Music Theatre in Prague. He is also the main organiser of the Karel Halíř Festival. Eduardo García is the violinist in the Halíř Trio, along with cellist Jana Podolská and pianist Barbora K. Sejáková. In 2019, he was the assistant director for the opera Praga Nascente. The modern musical reconstruction of this work, based purely on Vivaldi’s music, was created by Eduardo García Salas after extensive research into Vivaldi’s arias and consultations with leading experts. In 2021, he was the assistant director for Vivaldi’s opera Farnace and the dramaturge for the VI. Festival in Valtice. Since 10th November 2020, Eduardo has been the chairman of the Brtnice Castle Association, which is connected to the music of Vivaldi and Mozart through the figure of Count Vinciguerra Thomas Collalto.
• Helena Matyášová – cello
  She studied cello at the Pardubice Conservatory and at the Music Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague with Prof. Miroslav Petráš. Concurrently, she studied historical performance practice at the Týn School – Collegium Marianum (Charles University) in the class of MgA. Marek Štryncl (Baroque cello). She has participated in numerous international masterclasses led by renowned figures in early music: I. Hubatschek, M. Štryncl, B. Cocset, N. Crnjanski, C. Giardelli, J. ter Linden, M. Müller, the Florilegium Ensemble, U. Engelke, S. Standage, and R. Dubrovsky. In 2011, she received a scholarship to the Austria Barock Akademie in Gmunden, Austria, where she was awarded 1st prize – the “ABA Music Award 2011”. As a performer and chamber musician, she collaborates with several ensembles and orchestras in the field of early music, including Musica Florea, Collegium 1704, Ensemble Inégal, Collegium Marianum, and The Czech Ensemble Baroque. She is a founding member of the chamber ensemble Ensemble Fiorello and a member of the classical piano trio UNITAS. For several years, she was also a member of the chamber orchestra Ensemble 18+ and the Wranitzky Kapelle, which specialise in the music of the Classical period. Since 2004, she has been a core member of the chamber ensemble Barocco sempre giovane, which primarily performs music of the high Baroque and Classical periods on modern instruments, but also explores later stylistic periods and contemporary music. From 2018 to 2020, Helena Matyášová was part of the teaching team for a vocal-instrumental masterclass (Plánický 2018, Brentner 2019, Fischer 2020), which, under the guidance and patronage of the Svět podle Jakuba association, focuses on educating young musicians in the field of early music, specifically on the study and subsequent concert performance of vocal-instrumental works by 17th and 18th-century composers from the Pilsen region. Helena Matyášová performs on concert and festival stages in the Czech Republic and abroad (e.g., Prague Spring, Mitte Europa, Salzkammergut Festwochen Gmunden, Winter in Schwetzingen, International Händel Festspiele Göttingen, Concentus Moraviae, St. Wenceslas Music Festival, International Music Festival Český Krumlov, and others). She participates in international early music projects and in recordings for radio and television.
• Edita Keglerová – harpsichord, organ
  She studied at the Pilsen Conservatory (piano and harpsichord) and the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, in the harpsichord class of Prof. G. Lukšaité Mrázková. She subsequently continued her studies in the masterclass of J. Ogg at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague and the Royal Academy of Music in London. In 2007, she successfully defended her doctoral dissertation at the Academy of Performing Arts in the field of “Interpretation and Theory of Interpretation”. She is a laureate of several international music competitions. As a soloist or a member of various chamber ensembles, she has performed on many prestigious stages not only in Europe but also overseas (Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, USA). She collaborates with, among others, the Prague Baroque Ensemble, Hipocondria, and Barocco sempre giovane. In 2004, she co-founded the ensemble Accento with flautist Julie Braná. She records for the Supraphon and ARTA labels, where, together with the ensemble Hipocondria, she released a unique CD featuring the complete harpsichord concertos of J. A. Benda. From 2003 to 2005, she taught at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno. She currently teaches at the Gymnasium and Music School of the Capital City of Prague and at the Prague Conservatory, where she leads the harpsichord classes. Since 2006, she has been repeatedly invited as a harpsichord lecturer at the Summer School of Early Music in Prachatice. In the summer of 2015, she initiated the establishment of the inaugural year of the Music Courses in Vrchlabí.

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