A Baroque orchestra is an ensemble for mixed instruments that existed during the Baroque era of Western Classical music, commonly identified as 1600–1750. Baroque orchestras are typically much smaller, in terms of the number of performers, than their Romantic-era counterparts. Baroque orchestras originated in France where Jean-Baptiste Lully added the newly re-designed hautbois (oboe) and transverse flutes to his orchestra, Les Vingt-quatre Violons du Roi. As well as violins and woodwinds, baroque orchestras often contained basso continuo instruments such as the theorbo, the lute, the harpsichord and the pipe organ.
Jiří Stivín is a Czech flute player and composer.
Jaroslav Tůma is a Czech organist.
Libor Novacek is a Czech pianist. He has gained international reputation for his interpretations of the works of Brahms and Liszt, which despite his young age have already been compared to those of the great masters such as Kempff and Arrau and said to possess ‘exceptional poetic verve and inwardness’. His popularity grew greatly upon winning the Landor Records 2005 Competition, whereupon he established a long-term recording contract with Landor and proceeded to release two CDs in 2006 to outstanding reviews in the classical music press including BBC Music Magazine, International Record Review, Pianonews, Crescendo, Rondo and "Editor’s Choice" in Gramophone Music Magazine for his Liszt CD featuring Années de pèlerinage – Italie and Mephisto Waltz No.1. In October 2007, this same CD was awarded the 'Diplom d’Honneur' by the prestigious Ferenc Liszt Society in Budapest. Novacek's latest CD, released in September 2008 and featuring works by Brahms, continues to gather exultant reviews, including 5 stars and "Instrumental Choice" in BBC Music Magazine.
Edita Adlerová is a Czech classical mezzo-soprano who has been active in operas, concerts, and recitals since the early 1990s. She is the recipient of the Czech Music Fund Award.
Pavel Svoboda is a Czech organist.
Ludmila Vernerová is a Czech operatic soprano and the niece of the oboist Pavel Verner. After graduating from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, she was a regular performer at the Prague Chamber Opera in the mid 1980s. In 1987 she joined the Prague National Theatre where she performed for 12 years. Since 1999 she has been a member of the Prague State Opera. Among the many roles she has created on stage are Angelica in Orlando furioso, Belinda in Dido and Aeneas, Countess Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Isabella in Robert le diable, Lucy in The Beggar's Opera, Micaela in Carmen, Musetta in La bohème, Pamina in The Magic Flute, and the title roles in Alcina and Rodelinda.
Josef Krečmer is a Czech violoncellist.
Ivan Ženatý is a Czech violinist.
Bohuslav Matoušek is a Czech violinist and violist. At present he is a lecturer at the Academy of Music in Prague and JAMU.
Václav Vonášek is a Czech classical bassoonist.
Iva Kramperová is a Czech violinist.
The Prague Spring International Piano Competition is a music competition for young pianists that takes place in Prague, Czech Republic.
Marek Štryncl is a Czech conductor, violoncellist, choirmaster and composer. He is the founder and leader of Baroque music ensemble Musica Florea.
The International Music Festival of F. L. Vek is a festival of classical music in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic.
Rolnička Praha is a children's choir based in Prague, Czech Republic. It was founded in 1978 by its director, Karel Virgler. Choral Study Rolnička has about 200 young singers from 5 to 19 years in 5 choir levels. Rolnička Praha's Touring Choir has 45 singers aged 10 to 19 years.
Marek Pavelec is a Czech solo violinist, laureate of international competitions and student of Zakhar Bron.
Gypsy Devils is the Slovak Orchestra, which was founded in 1991. Classical music in their submission is enriched with elements of gypsy music, folk music, jazz, ethno, flamenco and more. They use their own unique arrangements and virtuosic elements.
Václav Luks is a Czech harpsichordist, horn player, conductor, musicologist and pedagogue, founder and artistic director of the Prague baroque orchestra Collegium 1704 and of the vocal ensemble Collegium Vocale 1704. He specialises in Baroque music, especially in the works of Jan Dismas Zelenka, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, and others. His activities have played an important role in reviving interest in the works of Czech composers including Zelenka and Josef Mysliveček. In 2022, Luks was awarded the title of Knight of the French Ministry of Culture, Arts and Letters.
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