The 4th year of the Summer Music Academy ended with a world premiere performed by a student orchestra led by Tomáš Netopil. The best graduates received their awards
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”6899″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]The 4th annual Summer Music Academy in Kroměříž culminated yesterday with a gala concert in the Greenhouse in the Flower Garden. In a world premiere, an orchestra composed of this year's students presented a work by Lukáš Sommer. The academy, founded by conductor and Kroměříž native Tomáš Netopil, was graduated by 78 participants this year under the guidance of renowned lecturers. The project also prepared an accompanying program for the general public.At the beginning of the gala concert, the students played a new work by the young composer Lukáš Sommer called Dvořák Airlines, who watched the young musicians' performances from the audience. "It is admirable how well and with what dedication the students were able to study not only this piece, but also other pieces by Joseph Haydn and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in record time," said artistic director Tomáš Netopil, who led the orchestral academy and prepared the concert with the students. He also explained the purpose of the student orchestra, which will also be presented under the name Young Philharmonics as part of the prestigious Dvořák Prague festival on September 14. "Our effort is to provide high school and university students with active experience in professional preparation for a concert performance of the pieces they have studied," added Tomáš Netopil.
Last year's laureate, cellist Adam Klánský, performed as a soloist with the students. During the concert, the exceptionally talented students of this year's academy were announced. The main award with a financial reward was awarded to the three best students of the academy. The Zlín Region Award was received by the Councilor for Culture Zuzana Fišerová, Dutch cellist and composer Tomáš Prechal . The Academy of Classical Music Award was presented by the director of Dvořák's Prague, Jan Simon, to the youngest participant, the twelve-year-old pianist Nora Lubbadová , and the Kroměříž Summer Music Academy Award was presented by the artistic director Tomáš Netopil to violinist David Hernych . All awardees will become laureates of the Summer Music Academy and will perform as part of the Kroměříž Music Festival in 2022.
This year, the Academy again awarded a special prize to a student who impressed the lecturers with his extraordinary talent. Vojtěch Červenka from the Piano Collaboration department received the prize.
The fourth year of the Summer Music Academy in Kroměříž provided an opportunity for 63 active and 15 passive participants to develop their musical fields. The lessons were conducted in ten fields under the guidance of world-class musicians such as cellist Michaela Fukačová, pianist Ivo Kahánek, violinist Jiří Vodička, soprano Kateřina Kněžíková, harpsichordist Barbara Maria Willi, and newly also double bassist Petr Ries and Russian-French violinist Fedor Rudin, among others.
The Academy also brought attractive musical experiences to the general public as part of the accompanying festival Hudební Kroměříž. Concerts and discussions offered meetings with both musical personalities and young participants of the summer academy. "The novelty of this year's academy was not only the orchestral academy, but also a professional forum on the future of culture with representatives of Czech culture," added the executive director of the Summer Music Academy Jana Kubáčová.
The next, 5th, international Summer Music Academy will take place from August 12th to 19th, 2022. "With the program that the academy will bring next year, we want to emphasize even more the quality that our academy offers. But we will also draw attention to the tradition of artistic education in Kroměříž," Jana Kubáčová has already outlined her intentions.
More information also at www.academykromeriz.com
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