4 sextets, 3 world premieres
Nikol Bóková, Pavel Samiec and Matteo Hager
The now traditional MenART Academy concert at the Prague Spring is the outcome of further inspirational encounters between the youngest musical talents and their role models – leading figures on the Czech music scene: Tomáš Jamník, Jakub Jedlinský, Ivo Kahánek, Karel Košárek, Jan Ostrý, Irvin Venyš and Jan Fišer. On this occasion the programme will focus on the unusual combination of cello and accordion.
Commissioned by the Prague Spring festival, two sextets by Nikol Bóková and Pavel Samiec will be performed in their world premieres, written in response to works by Manuel de Falla and Astor Piazzolla. The third anticipated premiere will be a piece by Matteo Hager, violinist and composer, to whom MenART awarded its Comenium Musicum scholarship, which is providing long-term financial support for his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. His new composition for piano trio gives us the opportunity to hear another original voice from the young generation. Matteo will also be presenting his Violin Sonata.
The Music School Salon makes its own special contribution to the Prague Spring programme: the world of classical music seen through the lens of the youngest performers – people with courage, true dedication, creative fervour and new, fresh energy. Come and support the future of Czech music!”
