Kristina Fialová Nouzovská - viola
Petr Nouzovský - cello
Program:
Johann Sebastian Bach - Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 for cello (Prelude-Sarabande-Gigue)
Antonio Vivaldi - Sonata in E minor for viola and cello (Largo-Allegro-Largo-Allegro)
Camille Saint-Saëns - Swan for viola and cello
Antonín Dvořák - Humoresque for viola and cello
Roman Haas - Duo No. 1 for viola and cello
Zoltán Kodály - Sonata op. 8 for cello (Allegro maestoso, ma appassionato)
Paul Hindemith - Sonata Op. 25, No. 1 for viola
Adam Skoumal - Beauty and the Beast for viola and cello
Kristina Fialová Nouzovská is appreciated by professional critics mainly for her perfect technique, temperament and cultivated musical sensibility. She is the absolute winner or laureate of a number of international competitions. She regularly performs with leading Czech and foreign orchestras under the leadership of renowned conductors, she has given concerts in most European countries, in Russia, Africa, Asia and in South and North America, and is invited to perform at domestic and international festivals. As a chamber player, she collaborates with a number of exceptional performers. She laid the foundations for a successful artistic career while studying at the Brno Conservatory, the University of Music in Dresden, the Royal Academy of Music in Copenhagen and the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. She further improved herself under the guidance of top soloists and teachers at numerous master classes.
Kristina Fialová Nouzovská is the director of the South Bohemian Chamber Festival and the founder of the Oskar Nedbal International Viola Competition in Prague. Since September 2020, she has been teaching viola at the Prague Conservatory, she has led master classes abroad. He publishes CDs with Czech and foreign publishers, records for radio and television. He plays the Italian viola "Carlo Antonio Testore - Contrada 1745". He is one of the artists working with the German string company Pirastro artists and uses exclusively Pirastro strings.
Petr Nouzovský ranks among the best European cellists of his generation. Its universally appreciated advantage is the interpretation, thought out in all components. He performed at many concerts in Europe, North America and Asia, in recitals, chamber formations or with orchestras under the direction of leading conductors. He is a regular guest at domestic festivals. The repertoire includes the main works of cello literature, but also compositions neglected for various reasons. He records for domestic and foreign companies, his CD has won numerous awards. The double album with the complete work of Bohuslav Martinů for cello and orchestra released in Germany was declared "Record of the Year" in 2017 and awarded the "German Critics Award". His CD with the works of Antonín Dvořák also won a high international award.
Petr Nouzovský studied at the Prague Conservatory, the Music Faculty of the AMU in Prague, the University of Music in Dresden and the Royal Conservatory in Madrid, he completed international master classes. He is currently finishing his doctoral studies at the VŠMU in Bratislava on the topic of Bohuslav Martinů and his work for cello from the performer's point of view. He has over 2,000 concerts in forty countries. He teaches at the Prague Conservatory, at master courses in Třebon and Pezinok (Slovakia). He co-founded the "International Cello Competition for the Gustav Mahler Prize" in Jihlava. He plays the cello Georg Rauer 1921.
Selected evenings are presented by Mrs. P. Kuchtová.
