The time of the masterclass will be announced later
This masterclass, held by member of the Belcea Quartet, violist Krzysztof Chorzelski, is aimed at string quartet players. Active participation is free of charge. All those interested in taking part may register via the email address masterclass@festival.cz by sending us a current profile of their ensemble not later than 31 March 2026.
Professor of viola at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, Krzysztof Chorzelski has been a member of the Belcea Quartet since 1996. He has also collaborated with other outstanding chamber ensembles such as Quatuor Ysaÿe, Les Dissonances and the Razumovsky Ensemble. In 2006 he joined the Alban Berg Quartet to perform works by W. A. Mozart at Vienna’s Konzerthaus. He won the Tadeusz Wroński Violin Competition in Warsaw in 1992 and, as a member of the Belcea Quartet, he was a prize-winner at other world competitions in Osaka, Bordeaux and in Banff, Canada. With the quartet he took up a five-year residency at London’s Wigmore Hall (2001–2006) and appeared in concert with the ensemble in a number of prestigious venues: Berlin’s Philharmonie, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Carnegie Hall and Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. He gives regular chamber music and viola masterclasses in Poland, Romania and Colombia. Krzysztof Chorzelski is appearing at the Prague Spring as a member of the Belcea Quartet together with Barbara Hannigan in the Rudolfinum on 24 May.
