PATRICIA JANEČKOVÁ – soprano

Patricia Janečková, born in 1998 is of Slovak origin and now lives in Ostrava, where she studies opera singing at the Conservatoire under the guidance of soprano Eva Dřízgová – Jirušová.
In 2014, at sixteen, she was the absolute winner of the Concorso Internazionale “Musica Sacra” International singing competition in Rome.  She also won a scholarship to the summer singing courses in Arezzo, Italy in 2015, where she worked under the direction of La Scala baritone Renato Bruson.
Her first contact with the opera stage was at the age of nine as a member of the A. Dvořák Theater Opera Studio in Ostrava. As a ten-year old she won the Janacek Philharmonic – Ostrava competition and had her first opportunity to sing with a symphony orchestra.
In 2010, as a twelve-year old, she was the absolute winner of the Czech-Slovak TV competition Talentmania.
Patricia has already performed in a series of appearances at gala concerts and festivals both at home and abroad including; Starry Night – Vienna, Junge Talente der Klassik – Klosterneuburg (Austria), the Petr Dvorský International Music Festival – Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou, the Terras Sem Sombra Festival – Grândola (Portugal). The Smetana Opera festival – Litomyšl, the Festival Les Musicales de Louvergny (France), Kežmarok (Slovakia), Talentinum 2016, and the 2016 Český Krumlov International Music Festival 2016.
In 2015, he had the opportunity to debut in two opera houses in Slovakia (the Košice State Theatre – The Marriage of Figaro / Barbarina, and the Slovak National Theatre – The Magic Flute / Pamina).
In the Czech Republic and Slovakia, she has worked with, amongst others; the Janáček Philharmonic in Ostrava, with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, with the Via Musica! Orchestra in Bratislava, with the Pardubice Chamber Philharmonic, with the Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic in Zlín, with the Moravian Philharmonic in Olomouc, with the Janáček Camerata Orchestra, with the Košice State Philharmonic Orchestra and the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra.

ADAM PLACHETKA – Bass-baritone

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ONDŘEJ JURČEKA – Trumpet

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BAROCCO SEMPRE GIOVANE

(Baroque still young) is a chamber ensemble composed of top young professional musicians. It specialises in the interpretation of High Baroque works but does not shrink from performing works from other stylistic periods. The ensemble was founded in 2004 by prof. Josef Krečmer who is also its Artistic Director. The ensemble has already performed hundreds of times at major concerts, and has appeared at both domestic and foreign music festivals (Prague Spring, Smetana’s Litomyšl, the Brno International Music Festival, Festival Concentus Moraviac, the Mitte Europa Festival, The Ohrid Summer Festival, Nitrianska Music Jar, Le Quattro Stagioni, Kammermusik um halb acht Basel, Bach Istanbul’da, etc.).  Its concerts have been broadcast live by Czech Television, Televize Noe, and Czech Radio, and recorded on CD.  They organise their own subscription series concerts. The ensemble works with leading Czech and foreign soloists including for example; Jan Mráček, Václav Hudeček, Ivan Ženatý, Jana Boušková, Dagmar Pecková and Giuliarno Carmignola.