Between Old and New
15. November od 19:30
Venue:
Programme:
- Wojciech KILAR: Orawa
- Kryštof MAREK: Double Concerto for two cellos and orchestra (world premiere)
- Franz SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D. 417
About programme:
Many composers have turned to the music of the past to find inspiration for their own work. In the famous composition by the Polish minimalist composer Wojciech Kilar, listeners will hear folk music. We do not yet know what the new composition by Czech composer Kryštof Marek will sound like, as it will be heard in its world premiere. However, it will certainly be interesting to listen to its interpretation by two cellists of the West Bohemian Symphony Orchestra, for whom it is composed, as it were, to the body: Daniel Petrásek and Vladimír Kubálek. In the second half of the programme, we will go back more than 200 years to explore the music of the nineteen-year-old Franz Schubert, who is considered to be the direct successor of Ludwig van Beethoven. At 6.30 pm we will have a discussion with composer Kryštof Marek.
Performers:
Daniel Petrásek – violoncello
Daniel Petrásek (1989) began studying music and cello at the age of nine at the ZUŠ Semily with Miroslava Jeřábková, and later at the ZUŠ Turnov with Marta Opletalová. In 2005 he entered the Prague Conservatoire in the class of Tomáš Strašil. After graduating from the Prague Conservatoire, he continued his studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague under Mikael Ericsson. In his further master’s studies he graduated as a member of the Ančerl Quartet in chamber music – string quartet under Jiří Panocha.
During his studies he received valuable advice from important Czech and foreign musicians (František Pišinger, Evžen Rattay, David Sella, Jaroslav Kulhan, Michal Kaňka, Christophe Coin, Rudolf Leopold, Vovka Askenazy, Christoph Richter) and participated in a number of performance and master classes (ISA Semmering, performance courses in Litomyšl, Soběslav, Teplice).
In addition to his artistic activities, he is intensively involved in music pedagogy. In 2013-2016 he taught cello at the ZUŠ Česká Lípa and since 2014 he has been teaching cello and music at the ZUŠ Učňovská in Prague 9. Together with cellist Vojtěch Urban, he founded and regularly organizes Cellování, a workshop for young cellists, mostly students of the ZUŠ.
Since September 2017 he has been working as concertmaster of the West Bohemian Symphony Orchestra. He plays a master instrument from the workshop of Karel Josef Dvořák, Prague 1944.
Vladimír Kubálek – violoncello
Jan Mikoláš – dirigent
Jan Mikoláš was born on 6 August 1979 in Sokolov, where he also started playing the violin at the local LŠU. He continued his studies on the viola at the conservatory in Pilsen. He then studied conducting at the JAMU in Brno, the Prague Conservatory and the HAMU in Prague. He completed his education at master conducting courses in Vienna with Prof. Vladimir Kiradjiev and István Dénész. Since 2003 he has been conducting the Mariánské Lázně ZSO regularly, and in 2014-2015 he was assistant conductor-in-chief of the KSO Karlovy Vary.
In 2022, he began to cooperate as a conductor with the North Bohemian Theatre Ústí nad Labem and the North Bohemian Philharmonic Teplice. In 2023, he also began conducting the Phantom of the Opera at the GOJA music hall in Prague and this year also the performance Les Misérables.
Since 2017 he has been the chief conductor of the Františkovy Lázně Orchestra. He is still an active viola and violin player.
