Stumbling Stones
Traditional Concert to Summer Solstice. Photogallery.
Canvas waiting for author. 
Vladimír Véla starts painting collective work. 
Vladimír Véla gives instructions to first group of guests. 
Family group. 
Planair, inspiration by landscape. 
Beautiful family pictures came out. 
We were painting also during the night. 
Collective work of all the guests. Chapel of the rock-castle Pantheon with “ghost” of J. Jíra – a painter who used to live here.
Before the concert, waiting for the last guests. 
Conductor M. Hybler and TOS orchestra are opening the concert. 
Violinist Jana Kubánková. 
Guitar player Štěpán Matějka perormed whole Vivaldi Quitar Concerto. 
Flutist Melanie Matějka played work by Czech composer K. Borovička in world premiere. 
Our audience could enjoy beautiful view to the landscape during the concert. 
from the left: violinist J. Kubánková, guitar player Š. Matějka, flutist Melanie Matějka 
Final applause. 
Our audience.
How was “Being Medea”? Photogallery.
before the performance. from left: translator A. Koutská, reggiseur S. Bestier, composer M. Hybler 
preparations of the space 
scene 
departure of the special train for performance guests and audience coming from the city main station 
arrival of the last guests 
old depot exterior
Pre-premiere of music-theater psychological drama “Being Medea” of german script writer and reggiseur Stephan Bestier and Czech composer Martin Hybler.
disscussion, from left, translator A. Koutská, regisseur S. Bestier and actor Y. Reich 
Jazz concert with I. Hájek, M. Hybler, Y. Reich 
Being Medea?
“Mythic story of Medea in present context. Original work with the question of migration and migrating women. What is necessary to leave both outside and inside and what is left? How to manage new life in new culture as a stranger? How does it influence particular action?”
Being Medea is authorial psychological Music-Theater Drama of excelent German stage manager Stephan Bestier and Czech composer Martin Hybler. On a background of the old myth Medea, this up to date drama deals with such topics as migration, multicultural communication and missunderstanding. The role of Medea will be played by great German singer and actor Yvonne Reich.
Pre-premiere is held on Friday, 7th of June in Turnov city, CZE.
Premiere of the drama is held on 22nd of November, Sektor Dresden, Dresden, GER
Follow this link to learn more about the project
Míša likes Tennis
On 7th of May a Private View to Exhibition “Michaela Vélová Maupicová” was held at Colloredo-Mansfeld Palace in Prague.
Audience could listen to free improvisation on michaelaś pictures from the cycle Compositions and Oriments played by violinist Jana Kubánková and basoon player Tomáš Františ. At the end a premiere of composition Miša likes Tennis by Martin Hybler was played by both players. This composition was specially composed in this occasion and drew an inspiration from the fact, that this brilliant fine artist used to train the tennis and watching world tennis during her fatal disease contests brought her fun and motivation to get healthy and play again – for fun…
Exhibition is open until 25th of August, 2019.
Jewish Violin of the classical Repertoire
On 12th of May a concert of violinist Jana Kubánková and pianist Martin Hybler is held in synagogue Turnov. Concert is named “Jewish Violin of the classical Repertoire” and presents both Czech and foreign Jewish authors and their compositions which already set the place within classical violin repertoire. Audience will enjoy works by Ernst Bloch, Ervín Schulhoff and others.
Exhibition, Monography, Composition, by Michaela Maupicova
On 7th of May, a private view to exhibition of one of the best Czech painters Michaela Maupicova is held at Colloredo-Mansfeldsky Palace in Prague. This extraordinary woman created mauch original artistic work including paintings, graphics and installations. Michaela passed away at the age of thirty-six, but she left an extraordinary, inspiration and interesting work behind… At the private view a presentation of new monographs of Michaela’s artistic work will be held. Also an original music production will be included – violinist Jana Kubánková and bassoon player Tomáš Františ will play “prepared improvisation” on Michaelaś paintings from the cycle “Compositions”. At the very end a premiere composition for violin and bassoon written by Martin Hybler called “Unfinished Tennis Gem” will be presented specially for this occasion.
Official website of the exhibition
“The work of this prematurely deceased artist will be presented an exhibition prepared by the team of her colleagues from Prague City Gallery and the curator Petr Vaňous. This “artist and painter, sometimes reaching out to the object, installation and new media, has developed her own distinctive artistic expression consisting of ‘abstracted storytelling’, which can be described as existential. Michaela Maupicová’s drawings represent a spontaneously multiplying, restless, all-absorbing ornament, sometimes disciplined into symmetrical systems, sometimes running and spilling randomly over and outside the format, or expanding directly into space. Here there is an order in randomness, an enlargement that in a model situation of the given unifying element and its multiplication allows us to see our analogous idea of what is happening outside and inside of us.“
quoted from the source GHMP
Supporting the Youth
During the past few months we finished couple of projects supporting young people and children seriously interested in music and artistic work to help them grow their talents and fulfill their potential.
In December 2018 in our North-Czech region we organized and held traditional Concert for Christmas – a Christmas gift not just for the audience, but mostly for young talented musicians from our region. Symphonic orchestra consisting of professionals together with amateurs and kids, childs choir together with experienced adults, great professional oboe soloist Vilem Veverka together with young instrumentalists, these all were rehearsing months before with Martin Hybler as artistic coach and conductor and presented their work on stage during the concert for Christmas. The point of this project is to enrich experience of young people by work with professionals straight next to them. This work usually brings positive changes in life of young people, motivate them more to responsibility for their work, to make decisions about their future, strengthen the will in practicing, bring inspiration to their lives and show them positive personality examples. After this experience many of our children successfully pass exams to higher artistic education and conservatories or move to responsibility in their decision making on their future education.
In January 2019 a festive concert presentation of the new work by Martin Hybler for children and young pianists was presented. It is a set of arrangements of popular songs and melodies from evergreen fairy tales and movies on piano for four hands. The title was published by the Czech Radio Publishing and the concert was also broadcasted and streamed. At the concert, schoolmates, but also grandmother with granddaughter played together, one song was also presented by Czech eminent pianist Ivo Kahanek together with headmaster of The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra David Mareček. The title became very popular straight. From this concert till now many songs was played at events and competitions. Titles on the piano for four hands by Martin Hybler brings many kinds and young people together just to play and enjoy music as different and enriching way of communication together but also helps cultivate the skills for teamwork, chamber music playing, rhythm and empathy. You can find more of instructive work by Martin Hybler here.
In February 2019 we joined international competition for young singers Sanremo Junior to support finalists in their couple-month preparation for final round performance with symphonic orchestra. Martin Hybler showed as a conductor of the project and Jana Kubankova as art coach teaching young finalists how to eliminate stress and stage fright and work on their expressivity and musical feeling. No matter if these young talents continues with music or not, all the experience they reached will help them at any area they choose for their future life.
Recent multi-art events
What we managed during the past fall? We joined with other artistic disciplines and created couple of nice multi – art events together.
On 3rd of December Jana Kubankova performed solo composition Tabula Rasa by Arvo Part, accompanied by the Berg Orchestra. Composition was presented together with beautiful contemporary dance choreography by Mirka Eliasova. This unique event was held at the national Gallery in Prague. More about event here.
On 28th of November a commemoration evening on Max Brod and his literary work was held at the Portheimka gallery in Prague. Max Brod was not just an eminent writer of his time but also a great supporter of Franz Kafka work and translator of Leos Janacek operas. During this evening, Jana Kubankova and Martin Hybler presented works by Leos Janacek. More about the event here.
On 20th of September very special fine art view called Ecstasy of St. Francis of Assisi was held in Turnov. This view presented two artists – J. J. Hertl (18th century) and P. Roučka(21st century), two views on one personality and life of iconic Francis, traditional and contemporary. Jana Kubankova also provided two genres of music on her violin and presented works from both 18th century and contemporary period on a close thematic background to show sound work distinction between these two times such as the paintings presented.
“Happiness knows just Minutes” in Goerlitz!
Successful theater drama “Happiness knows just Minutes” left Zittau with the last performance last week and now moves to beautiful ancient german city of Goerlitz! The Goerlitz premiere will be held in Gerhart-Hauptmann Theater on 13th of October at 19:30.
This theater drama is written for just one actor presenting Hildegard Knef. This role takes an extraordinary way amazing sopranist and actor of the Gerhart-Hauptmann Theater – Yvonne Reich. Author of the scenario and stage manager at one person is Stephan Bestier – actor and stage manager of the Gerhart-Hauptmann Theater and Theater in Koln, Germany. Arranger of the songs and artistic leader for music group is Martin Hybler.
Hildegard was an extraordinary woman with extraordinary thoughts. She was born in 1925, the end of the II. World War she was captured and imprisoned by russians. Soon after the war she managed to get to Holywood an Broadway as an actor and singer. Then she came back to Germany and showed up mainly in Berlin. However, the key artistic contribute of his life lays in her chanson – texts and poems, beautiful, true, very deep…