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HIS COUNTRY

The year 2024 was The Year of the Czech Music and 200th anniversary of birth of Bedřich Smetana.

We dedicated this year to authorial creation, tah accents his name. His Country čmeláků out of this process, a theatre play, that travelled not only within Czechia, but also Poland, Austria and unbelievable Nepal!

The piece was opened for many students and schools as educational source about that particular period of time.

His Country offers unique opportunity to go down on the Moldau river and history of Czech-german relationships on a washtub, with enough beer from the whole trip.

The project was created in cooperation of The Theatre Company Turnov and Imuza.  

The main inspiration to the project was drawn from the piece My Country by Smetana itself, particularly the old scores, from which I played Prague Spring opening with Czech Philharmonic orchestra, where you can find many funny comix-like drawings of parallel stories of the players on these pieces. I thought, what could happen if we made them alive on stage?

The script and the scene was inspired by following sources: notebooks by Smetana, historian Václav Holzknecht, Alois Jirásek, fine art works by Julius Mařák, Karel Vik, Smetana, Aleš, Věnceslav Černý, Arno Nauman 

script and regie: Petr Haken 
theme: Jana Kubánková 

music: Bedřich Smetana 

music supervision: Martin Hybler 

lights: Monika Hakenová a Artuš Hašek 
scene: Petr Haken 
costumes: Klára Jandová 

Cast
Fridrich 1 – David Meixner 
Fridrich 2 – Petr Haken 
Fairy 1 – Theresia Anna Hakenová
Fairy 2 – Ema Leitnerová

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IMUZA presented young talents

On 2nd of October we presented a recital of two young talented performers – violinist Barbora Sulkova and pianist Martin Jozifek. Recital was organized within professional concert series in Turnov city.

Both young performers presented themselves in classical solo pieces and chamber music with Jana Kubánková and Martin Hybler. Audience of almost sold out municipal theater rewarded young musicians with warm ovations and excitement.

concert program

Our aim is to present youth to support their grown by providing more professional concert experience and raise motivation to further work. Contrary we want to present the audience young talents from their area and let them be the witnesses of their growth.

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Traditional Concert to Summer Solstice. Photogallery.

This year concert was held in beautiful landscape of malá Skála, rock castle of Vranov-Pantheon in Bohemian Paradise. Before the concert a fine art workshop with professional artist V. Véla was held. Our guests could try to paint on canvas in evening planar. Then our guests could oversleep in areal of old stone castle below open sky. The Concert to Summer Solstice then started at 6:00 am in beautiful atmosphere of awaking nature.
Our Fine-Art Workshop – Evening Planair, was led by professional artist Vladimir Vela. People got instructios and then could start their own artworks. Various groups such as children, adult, families and friends were painting. The point of this workshop was not just to try painting on real canvas but also create artwork to charity collection, which will support people in need.
  • 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.
Concert to Summer Solstice began at 6:00 am below open sky. Unique atmosphere of awaking nature around the summer solstice brings specific atmosphere to music listening. Our guests would have enjoyed works by A. Vivaldi, J. Sibelius, A. Schnittke, M. Hybler, E. Morricone.
  • 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.
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Seminars for Meadowmount School of Music students

seminar students with Jana Kubánková, Meadowmount School of Music

Between the 25th of June and 8th of July, seminars with Jana Kubánková for talented young instrumentalists – Meadowmount School of Music students were held. Seminars were held for students every day and dealed with support of motivation, concentration, self-conidence, communication, creativity and stress compensation.

Meadowmount School if Music is unique project founded in 1944 by legendary violin teacher Ivan Galamian. Find out more on official site of the school below!

Meadowmount School Website

 

 

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Meadowmount School of Music. Just started!

Meadowmount School of Music

On 25th of June intensive seminars with Jana Kubankova for young scholars of prestigious Meadowmount School of Music have started. Seminars are held every day and deal with supporting motivation, self – confidence, concentration, creativity and stress compensation being a key aspect for any artistic training. Seminars also support communication abilities. Seminars will run for 14 days.

Meadowmount School of Music is unique project of legendary Ivan Galamian who founded this school yet in 1944 for his students including fo example I. Perlman or P. Zukerman. The school is situated in the forest right next to the Adirondack National Park in order to provide truly calm background for musical training. Alumnies mostly have a great careers as concertmasters and leaders, world chamber group players and of course soloists.

official web of Meadowmount School of Music

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Summer Solstice Concerts. How they were?

Summer Solstice Concert, 6:00 am

Summer Solstice Concerts are the concerts in the landscape so they everytime bring special experience of art and nature just be together..

Karel Dohnal as Harlekin

This year at the evening concert we introduced great Czech clarinetist Karel Dohnal playing Harlekin by K. Stockhausen. Karel brought us an extraordinary experience not just from his playing but especially from his unbelievable dramatical performing and expression. Both children and adult could not stop laughing! The composition Harlekin is extremely difficult not just due to the technique claims but especially the dramatical aspect of the piece. . Harlekin was played under the old oak and brought even more magic!

soloists Melanie Matějka on flute, violinist Jana Kubánková, TOS orchestra conducted by Martin Hybler

The next day, at 6:00am the second Summer Solstice Concert was held in the landscape. We offered an orchestral program with profesional soloists – flutist Melanie Matějka, quitarist Štěpán Matějka and violinist Jana Kubánková. Fifteen year old violinist Barbora Sulková also presented herself in solo piece. We had a high number of visitors who could enjoy beautiful morning athmosphere in the nature together with music.

additional program – planair

On saturday additional program our visitors could try painting on canvas in the open space – planair. We also offered a “Talk about the nature” with natural scientist Zdeněk Mrkáček.

We will offer you more photos and information in the next posts!

 

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Summer Solstice Concerts. Additional information.

official poster

We are happy to meet you this saturday in the landscape behind the Turnov City at Summer Solstice Concerts! Anyway, do not expect big stage or amplified sound! Our stage is nature itself. Our event will be fragile as the nature around us is.  Our aim is not to steal the space from the country but contrary to harmonise ourselves with the space, get the inspiration, peace and inner power, which people historically drew from being in the nature especially during the summer solstice period. This event is for those who desire to leave the noise and agresivity of the modern world at least for a while…

You will find the schedule of the event on the official poster on the top of this post and at the right column “Upcoming events” of this web page.

Painting workshop will be under patronate of great Czech academic painter Vladimír Véla, who will coordinate you during painting on canvas in the open space.

We reccomend to bring a blanket for sitting on the ground, also something to grill at fire, which will burn during the time between the “Talks about the nature” and an evening concert.

We are looking forward to see you!

 

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Concerts to Summer Solstice

Concerts to summer solstice will be held on Saturday 16th of June at 19:00 and Sunday 17th of June at 6:00am in the open landscape near the Turnov city. We will also offer you additional program.

Karel Dohnal as Harlekin

On Saturday at 19:00 we will present unique music performance Harlekin by K. Stockhausen played by extraordinary clarinetist Karel Dohnal. This composition is not just about music but also dramatic performing and motion, which make it extremely difficult so only several soloists play it. Do not wait to visit this performance and be a witness of this rare concert moment!

On Sunday at 6:00, being surrounded by beautiful athmosphere right after the sunrise, you are invited to listen to the orchestral concert of the TOS orchestra led by Martin Hybler and professional guests – flutist Melanie Sabel, guitarist Štěpán Matějka and violinist Jana Kubánková.

Within the additional program you can try painting on the canvas in the open landscape(planair) coordinated by academic painter. This non-traditional workshop will be held on saturday at 16:00.  At 17:00 we will invite you to a lecture about nature with  our eminent natural scientist RNDr.  Zdeněk Mrkáček.

Admission to whole event optional. We look forward to meet you in the landscape!

On the video below you can enjoy music and photos from the last concert in the nature to the summer solstice: