Dvořák Prague Festival 2023 | Concertino for Piano Trio and String Orchestra

Ernest CHAUSSON: Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet in D Major, Op. 21
Jiří GEMROT: Diabolical Whim for Cello, Wind Instruments and Percussions (world premiere)
Bohuslav MARTINŮ: Concertino for Piano Trio and String Orchestra, H 232

Czech Chamber Music Academy
Tomáš Jamník (artistic leader, cello)
Josef Špaček (violin)
Roman Rabinovich (piano)

Since 2020, Dvořák Prague Festival has expanded its programme to give young musicians the space to showcase their talents, providing orchestral and chamber music hopefuls the opportunity to perform in front of the festival’s audiences in Dvořák Hall.

This year, the project for young people will be entrusted to scholarship holders from the Czech Chamber Music Academy. The Academy is dedicated to helping musicians who have achieved a high level of proficiency on their instruments to be recognised as colleagues, and to cultivate a team spirit that favours group success over individual achievement.

The Academy’s Head of Arts, Tomáš Jamník, is set to return from the USA, where he has been retracing the steps of Otakar Ševčík, a turn-of-the-20th-century Czech violin virtuoso and educator. Tomáš will bring his now-famous colleagues to perform in Prague, the first being violinist Josef Špaček, with whom he collaborated at the 2020 Dvořák Prague festival, as part of the legendary “dream team” (alongside pianist Lukáš Vondráček and violists Pavel Nikl and Jakub Fišer). This year, their “music buddy” will be pianist Roman Rabinovich, Josef Špaček’s fellow student from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. The stage is poised to create a warm and welcoming atmosphere that will captivate the audience, while also giving the young, enthusiastic orchestra the attention they deserve.

This year, the festival is again collaborating with modern composers through inventive commissions. Czech composer Jiří Gemrot has penned a piece for solo cello and chamber orchestra called Diabolical Whim, which will have its world premiere at the festival.

More information: https://www.dvorakovapraha.cz/en/programme/detail/czech-chamber-music-academy-t-jamnik-j-spacek-r-rabinovich/