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lunes, 7 de enero de 2019

Lucie Fišer Silkenová / Markéta Foukalová / Duo Teres SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS

The recording Shakespeare's Sonnets is dedicated to the contemporary works of Prague composers - Lukáš Hurník, Matej Benko, Juraj Filas, Zdenek Merta, Ondrej Kukal, Martin Brunner, Štepánka Balcarová, and Jirí Chvojka. All of the works are with lyrics by William Shakespeare and are sung by Czech soprano Lucie Silkenová, accompanied by Duo Teres. Born in Prague, Lucie Silkenova was a member of the Kuhn Children’s Choir, studied at Jan Neruda High School, and went on to graduate from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. She has also honed her vocal technique at master classes in England, Spain, Germany, and Austria. She has won several international voice prizes, including first prize at the international competition in France “Concours International d’Encouragement Musical, Lyon 2008,” and the second prize in the opera category at the “Antonin Dvorak International Vocal Competition 2009.”

lunes, 24 de julio de 2017

Kristina Fialová INTRODUCTION

Kristina Fialová has been primarily praised by the critics for her impeccable technique, impassioned performance and sophisticated musical sentiment. After winning the 2013 Michal Spisak International Competition in Katowice, Poland, she was invited to the major concert stages in Europe. Her appearance at the prestigious Tivoli Festival in Denmark was followed by her debuting at the Tonhalle Zürich and giving a recital at the 2015 Prague Spring festival.
Kristina Fialová studied at the Brno Conservatory, the Hochschüle für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden (Prof. Vladimír Bukač), the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen (Profs. Tim Frederikson and Lars Anders Tomter), and the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (Prof. Jan Pěruška). She further honed her skills at master classes led by top-notch soloists and pedagogues around the world (Leif Ove Andsnes, Wolfram Christ, Sheila Browne, Tatiana Masurenko, Jerry Horner, Helen Callus, Charles Avsharian, Václav Hudeček, Siegfried Frühlinger).
The virtuosic young Czech viola player Kristina Fialová presents contemporary and 20th-century works by Rózsa, Godár, Penderecki, Khachaturian, Stravinsky and Bodorová. Great performances of music by composers from middle and Eastern Europe.