Five star kvartet

An ensemble where the experience is uniquely mixed with sparkle of youth and energy. Professors of The Academy of performing arts Jiří Hlaváč and Vlastimil Mareš have joined forces with their most successful former graduates Jan Mach and Irvin Venyš, to form a clarinet quartet. Their credo is quality instead of quantity and therefore it´s only possible to hear this clarinet quartet at special occasional concerts. This formation has a wide range of repertoire from arrangements of baroque music, through classical repertoire, to jazz and latin music.

Guarneri trio

At the beginning of the foundation of Guarneri trio was long-time cooperation of three excellent soloists - violinist Čeněk Pavlík, violoncellist Marek Jerie a pianist Ivan Klánský. Guarneri trio is famous on Czech and international stages; it has been filling concert halls for over 20 years and is the highlight of world festivals.

iFlautisti

iFlautisti displays four vibrant young recorderists in a truly dynamic ensemble, challenging any preconceptions of recorder-playing by delivering inspirational repertoire with absolute imagination and creativity. The quartet formed in early 2008 having met whilst studying at the Royal College of Music and have since found their unique yet collaborative voice through presenting well-crafted and engaging programmes.

Ondřej Lébr (*22. 7. 1974)

Ondřej Lébr started playing the violin at the age of three being tutored by his mother Magdalena Micková. Having graduated from the Prague Conservatory, he was admitted to the Faculty of Music at the Academy of Performing Arts to the class of Petr Messiereur. Thanks to the significant scholarship of Dagmar and Václav Havel Foundation VIZE 97, he could continue his postgraduate studies and prestigious master studies at Hochschule fur Music Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden in Ivan Ženatý’s class in 2000 – 2005. He actively participated in master courses at Frank Gulli and Zakhar Bron, with whom he studied thanks to winning a scholarship competition.

Panochovo kvarteto

Panocha Quartet was formed in 1968 at the Prague Conservatory in the class of prof. Dr. Josef Micka and soon it was clear that their success will equal them to their older predecessors – Smetana and Talich quartets, which were formed in the class of the same professor.

Pražské kytarové kvarteto

Prague guitar quartet was founded at the Prague Conservatory in 1984. This unusual ensemble is invited to perform at prestigious music festivals (Prague Spring, Paris, Tel Aviv, Miami…); they have performed in most European countries, the USA, Israel; and they have given hundreds of concerts in the Czech Republic. The quartet has made many recordings for the radio, television and released numerous compact discs.

The Swings

Petr Hanzlík (leader), Petr Jindra, Pavel Švestka, Jiří Hruška

The well-known Prague vocal quartet The Swings represents a unique and original type of musical amusement in the Czech Republic – stylish polyphonic jazz singing inspired by the golden era of swing. This coming season the quartet will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of their existence on the Czech and European musical scene. The lively and amusing as well as professional and cultivated performances of the quartet offer American and Czech swing classics.