Jan Ryant Dřízal: Me and You (world premiere)
26 Novemeber 2019, Church of St Lawrence, Prague Jan Ryant Dřízal: Me and You (world premiere) Trio Helix (Tereza Horáková – violin, Ondřej Štochl – viola, Egli Prifti – piano)
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Jiří Lukeš: Ichimoku cloud (world premiere)
29 June 2019, Assembly Hall, Chateau Kroměříž, Kroměříž Forfest Jiří Lukeš: Ichimoku cloud (world premiere) Ensemble Konvergence (Jiří Mráz – clarinet, Matěj Vlk, Irena Štochlová – violin, Ondřej Štochl – viola, Tomáš Novák – double bass, Egli Prifti – piano, Jan Tuláček – guitar)
Jiří Lukeš: O spánku, Rem-Nrem (world premiere)
13 June 2019, St. Lawrence’s Church, Prague Konvergence Jiří Lukeš: O spánku, Rem-Nrem (world premiere) Matěj Vlk – violin, Ondřej Štochl – viola, Sebastian Tóth – violoncello, Jiří Lukeš – accordion
Brno Contemporary Orchestra: new pieces by Ondřej Štochl and Mario Buzzi
5 June 2019, The House of the Lords of Kunštát and Divadlo Husa na provázku, Brno “… and their parents” Ondřej Štochl: Živý motýl for soprano and chamber orchestra (world premiere) Mario Buzzi: Kryptadia aneb co se nevešlo do Bartoše (world premiere) Irena Troupová – soprano, Arnošt Goldflam, Mariana Chmelařová, Ivana Hloužková – recitation and singing, Brno Contemporary Orchestra, cond. … Read more
Marek Keprt: Lehkosnovná zújmění když mízní (world premiere)
9 April 2019, church of St. Lawrence, Prague Konvergence Marek Keprt: Lehkosnovná zújmění když mízní (world premiere) Trio Helix (Tereza Horáková – violin, Ondřej Štochl – viola, Egli Prifti – piano)
Marek Kopelent: The Music of Silence for violin, viola and piano (world premiere)
16 October 2018, Corpus Christi Chapel, Palacký University Art Centre, Olomouc MusicOlomouc Marek Kopelent: The Music of Silence for violin, viola and piano (world premiere) Trio Helix (Tereza Horáková – violin, Ondřej Štochl – viola, Lucie Tóth – piano)
Pavel Zemek-Novák: The Touches of Mercy (premiere)
“… Impressions and Touches in the Soul…”, this year’s first concert by the Konvergence composers’ association, took place on 5 March in the Church of St Lawrence in Lesser town, Prague. It presented, among others, the premiere of Doteky milosrdenství (The Touches of Mercy), a new piece by a well-known Brno-based composer Pavel Zemek-Novák. The programme also included La Mandragore (Tristan Murail), Ambre … Read more
Ondřej Štochl: YIN – Nostalgia and Hope (premiere of an orchestral version)
On 4 January, PKF – Prague Philharmonia gave world premiere to an orchestral version of YIN – Nostalgia and Hope by composer Ondřej Štochl (*1975). Its chamber version for vibraphone and 12 instruments had been premiered 2 years ago in Brno; just like then, the solo part was now played again by the excellent Martin Opršál. The orchestral transcription maintained … Read more
Ian Mikyska: All Ending (world premiere)
The composers’ association Konvergence dedicated this year’s last concert to the youngest generation of Czech composers and composition students. It was held on 12 December, as usually in St. Lawrence Church in Lesser Town, Prague. The evening was closed with the world premiere of All Ending, a piece by composer, director, poet and translator Ian Mikyska (*1994), performed … Read more
Ondřej Štochl: shadows by day, Light by night (world premiere)
The BERG Orchestra ended this year’s season on 5 December with a concert in the St Salvator Church, Prague. They presented the Czech premiere of Circle for 4 trios, conductor and audience by the Chinese composer star, Oscar and Grammy winner Tan Dun. The second part belonged to the world premiere of a space composition shadows by day, Light by night by Czech … Read more