Concert of Quartet Epoque Held at Kolarac

Written on May 26, 2016.

Ilija M. Kolarac Endowment,
5 Studenstski trg,
14 May 2016 at 20:00h

Quartet Epoque from the Czech Republic appeared at Kolarac, as a part of the ArtLink’s Balkan-Visegrad Cultural Bridge, in cooperation with the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Belgrade, the Hungarian Cultural Centre and through the kind support of the International Visegrad Fund.

Program:

A. Dvoržak – Vivace, string quartet F dur, op.96, „American“

P.I. Tchaikovsky – Andante cantabile for cello and strings

J. Kučera – Birth

W.A. Mozart – Quintet A dur for clarinet and strings, 1st movement, Allegro

A. Piazzolla – Oblivion

A. Piazzolla – Libertango

Django Reinhardt – Douce ambience

Chick Corea – Señor mouse

Jimi Hendrix – Gipsy eyes

A. Dvoržak – Songs, My Mother Thought Me

Pat Metheny – Jaco

Quartet Epoque, violin, viola, cello (Czech Republic)

The Prague string quartet Epoque Quartet was founded at the beginning of 1999. Four excellent soloists and chamber musicians with abundant stage experiences brought along not only their unanimity in musical opinions and the relationship in their artistic nature together but even their extraordinary interest in musical genres, which do not belong under the title „classical music“ – jazz, rock and funk. As the compositions of the classical quartet literature remain an integral part of the ensemble’s programmes, the sensitive approach to unconventional arrangements brings them new possibilities in using the string instruments and, at the same time, it enables them to widen their repertoire, which is unique both on the Czech and on international stages.

The members of the Quartet are laureates of several international competitions (for two times the first place at the competition of Liezen in Austria, the first price at the international competition Ludwig van Beethoven for string quartets, the prize Jeunesse Musicale) and the ensemble took part in some other competitions (for example the competition Paolo Borciani), too. Abroad, the Quartet gave, among others, concerts in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, England, Israel, Japan, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina and so on. The Epoque Quartet performs regularly in the subscription cycles of the Symphonic Orchestra of the Czech Broadcasting, the Czech Nonet, plays for the Association for Chamber Music, cooperates with the Czech Television and the Czech Broadcasting and is a guest on prestigious music festivals, for example, the Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestival, Concentus Moraviae, the Music Festival of Český Krumlov, Chamber music Cycle of the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Metamorphoses (Switzerland), Music Festival Ludwig van Beethoven, Moravský podzim (Moravian autumn) an so on.

In jazz music, the Quartet cooperated with artists the likes of Mraz, Benny Beailey, Yoshiko Kishino, Trio Robert Balzar and others.

Quartet Epoque:

David Pokorný (1985) – violin

Vladimír Klánský (1977) – violin

Vladimír Kroupa (1973) – viola

Vít Petrášek (1978) – cello

Guest appearances by:

Kristijan Boroš, (1986) clarinet, Novi Sad.

Nemanja Stanković, cello, Kragujevac and Belgrade.

Petar Petković, base, Belgrade.