EuroArt International Festival.In the six years of its existence, the Prague EuroArt International Festival has earned itself a place of honour among Czech festivals and has gradually been making a name for itself in music-loving circles abroad. Last year it became a member of the Czech Association of Music Festivals and of the European Association of Music Festivals, which testifies to the quality of its choice of performers and compositions, and to the fact that it has been succeeding in a competitive conditions by the "smart strategy" of filling a gap on the music market. This is because it is the only year-round European festival of chamber music and the only festival of its kind in the Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. . This year, in its sixth season, it will as usual be offering audiences outstanding ensembles and soloists from all over the world, and refined taste in its choice of pieces, many of them rarely publicly performed.[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Prague EuroArt Festival is international in its foundation, presents music by international composers and brings leading foreign musicians to the Czech Republic. Nonetheless, let us now take a look at the way in which the festival promotes Czech music and helps Czech musicians on their way to an honourable honourable or US honorable Adjective 1. principled 2. worthy of respect or esteem honourably adv Honourable Adjective position alongside renowned foreign ensembles. In its very first year, 2000, the Prague EuroArt Festival already managed to offer visitors two significant musical experiences by presenting the works of Czech contemporary composers on the one hand and top Czech performers on the other. Seven pieces by 20th-century Czech composers
amu abbr. atomic mass unit , were played at the Lichtenstejn Palace in the Lesser Town in this first festival. In the second year the programme was comparable, and in subsequent seasons works by important composers from EU and candidate countries were played in juxtaposition juxtaposition /jux·ta·po·si·tion/ (-pah-zish´un) apposition. jux·ta·po·si·tion n. The state of being placed or situated side by side. with Czech work. Audiences therefore had the chance to hear the Czech premieres of many pieces, and what is more they were played by outstanding foreign ensembles, which is a rather rare privilege for Czech composers. In the 2002/2003 and following seasons, composers whose work was performed at the festival have included Marek Kopelent Marek Kopelent (born April 28, 1932) is a renowned Czech contemporary composer. Biography Kopelent was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, where he studied composition under Jaroslav Řídký at the Academy of Performing Arts (AMU) from 1951 to 1955. , Peter Graham For other persons named Peter Graham, see Peter Graham (disambiguation). Peter Graham (Lanarkshire, Scotland), born 1958, is one of the leading composers for brass band. , Jan Klusak, Milan Slavicky, and Svatopluk Havelka as well as the classics L. Janacek, B. Martinu, I. Krejci, J. Suk SUK Sveriges Unga Katoliker (Swedens Young Catholics) , A. Dvorak, B. Smetana, L. Kozeluh and J. L. Dusik. The world premiere Noun 1. world premiere - (music) the first public performance (as of a dramatic or musical work) anywhere in the world performance, public presentation - a dramatic or musical entertainment; "they listened to ten different performances"; "the play ran for 100 of R. Z. Novak's String Quartet string quartet Ensemble consisting of two violins, viola, and cello, or a work written for such an ensemble. Since c. 1775 such works have been perhaps the predominant genre of chamber music. , played by the British Arditti String Quartet started a tradition of the performance of works specially commissioned for the festival. This policy was crowned with the premiere in December last year of "Fragments of One Afternoon" for vibraphone vibraphone or vibraharp Percussion instrument with tuned metal bars, arranged keyboard-style like the xylophone. Felt or wool beaters are used to strike the bars, giving a soft, mellow tone quality. , piano and string quartet, which the well-known jazz pianist and composer Karel Ruzicka wrote specially for the occasion. Czech Radio expressed an interest in the piece, which is soon to be jointly recorded. One of the festival's aims is to provide a space for young composers, students at Prague's Musical Academy HAMU. In this context the performance of Tomas Palka's 1st String Quartet with Tape was an interesting aspect of the festival and for the next season the festival is planning to present the premiere of Michaela Plachka's String Octet performed by the brilliant American ensemble the Alexander String Quartet and the Stamic Quartet. Currently, the festival's choice of programme as far as Czech music is concerned is focused on the promotion of gifted young musicians, to whom it offers appearances at the festival as part of the prizes in international competitions. This meant that in 2005/2006 season, for example, the festival included a performance by the winners of the International Prague Spring Prague Spring: see Prague and Czechoslovakia. Prague Spring (1968) Brief period of liberalization in Czechoslovakia under Alexander Dubcek. Festival Competition for string quartet, the Pavel Haas Quartet The Pavel Haas Quartet is a string quartet founded in 2002, since when it has a won a number of international awards. Named after the Czech composer Pavel Haas (1899–1944), who was deported from Czechoslovakia in 1941 and died in the Auschwitz concentration camp, the , and from the next season the Stamic Quartet will be joined as resident musicians of the festival by the young pianist Ivo Kahanek Ivo Kahanek (born * 1979) is a Czech pianist regarded as one of the most gifted Czech musicians of his generation (in 2005 he was nominated on International New Talent Award (http://www.slovakradio.sk/radioinet/depozit/newtalent/index.php?page=05_list_candidates New Talent). , who is likewise a laureate lau·re·ate adj. 1. Worthy of the greatest honor or distinction: "The nation's pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down his black bag" James Traub. 2. of the Prague Spring competition. Other outstanding Czech soloists and ensemble have also had the chance to shine at Verb 1. shine at - be good at; "She shines at math" excel at excel, surpass, stand out - distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math" the festival. Just at random, let us mention the cellist Jiri Barta, the violinist Hana Kotkova, the harp player Jany Bouskova, the oboist Vilem Veverka, the vibraphonist Radek Krampl and the young Zemlinsky Quartet. One important development is the increasing organisation of festival concerts outside Prague, in the Czech regions. This extends the audience base and the festival's aim, which is now not just to offer excellent Czech and international chamber music in Prague, but to bring its concerts to listeners in what are already ten partner cities. The next season will offer audiences keen to hear Czech musicians the pleasure of concerts by the Skampa Quartet and clarinettist Katerina Soukalova--Vachova, winner of the Prague Spring Competition, and also a recital Recital - dBASE-like language and DBMS from Recital Corporation. Versions include Vax VMS. by the piano Trio A piano trio is a group of piano and two other instruments, usually a violin and a cello, or a piece of music written for such a group. It is one of the most common forms found in classical chamber music. Concertino con·cer·ti·no n. pl. con·cer·ti·nos 1. A short concerto. 2. The solo group in a concerto grosso. [Italian, diminutive of concerto, concert; see , at which the resident musician Ivo Kahanek will introduce himself in the form of a chamber player. In the opening festival concert Kahanek will also partner the Swiss soprano soprano [Ital.,=above], female voice of highest pitch. The three basic types of solo soprano are coloratura, lyric, and dramatic. The coloratura has a great range and impressive vocal agility; the lyric soprano has a light, pretty voice; and the dramatic soprano has Brigitte Fournier, and at the end of the festival accompany the Japanese violinist Okazaki Keisuke and the Stamic Quartet. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] We look forward to seeing you there!
International Festival of the Chamber Music
EuroArt Praha
www.euroart.cz
Season 2006/2007
Opening concert Brigitte Fournier, Soprano
19.9.2006 Praha (Switzerland); Ivo Kahanek, Piano;
Stamic Quartet
17.10.2006 Praha Jing Zhao, Cello (China)--Award for the
Winner of the ARD Munich Competition
2005; Stamic Quartet
21.11.2006 Praha Skampa Quartet;
Katerina Soukalova--Vachova, Clarinet
12.12.2006 Praha WORLDS BEYOND TRIO: Daniel Schynder,
Saxophone (USA / Switzerland), Kenny
Drew, Jr., Piano (USA), David Taylor,
Trombone (USA); Stamic Quartet
16.1.2007 Praha Faust Quartett (Germany); Stamic Quartet
20.2.2007 Praha Trio Concertino;
Kaspar Zehnder, Flute (Switzerland)
20.3.2007 Praha Quartet Amedeo Modigliani (France)--
Winner of AFAA Declic and Young Concert
Artists New York; Vladimir Leixner,
Cello
17.4.2007 Praha Javier Echecopar Mongilardi, Guitar and
Baroque Guitar (Peru); Stamic Quartet
22.5.2007 Praha Alexander String Quartet (USA);
Stamic Quartet
Closing concert Okazaki Keisuke, Violin (Japan)--Award
12.6.2007 Praha for the Winner of the ARD Munich
Competition 2005; Ivo Kahanek, Piano;
Stamic Quartet
20.9.2006 Trutnov, D. Milhaud, E. Chausson, A. Honegger,
21.9.2006 Jicin J. Turina
16.10.2006 Domazlice, A. Vranicky, Work by Chinese composer
18.10.2006 Brno for Cello solo, A. Borodin
I. Krejci, H. Sutermeister, D.
Shostakowich, W. A. Mozart
13.12.2006 Liberec J. C. de Arriaga, G. Gershwin, K. Weil,
D. Schnyder
15.1.2007 Kralupy nad Vltavou J. C. de Arriaga, G. Kurtag,
J. S. Svendson
23.2.2007 Chrudim W. A. Mozart, D. Shostakovich, Works by
Swiss composers in negotiation
21.3.2007 Jicin R. Schumann, K. Beffa, G. Onslow
18.4.2007 Decin, Works by Baroque Peruvian Composer,
19.4.2007 Jablonec A. Vivaldi, L. Boccherini
23.5.2007 Olomouc, S. Barber, A. Copland, Ch. Ives,
24.5.2007 Ostrava M. Plachka, B. Martinu
14.6.2007 Jablonec D. Shostakovich, M. Ravel,
T. Takemitsu, E. Chausson
Festival EuroArt Praha is a member of Association of Czech Music
Festivals and Europeane Association of Music Festivals
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