Czech Center New York will present, in collaboration with the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in New York, a concert on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the independent Czech Republic, called Paths of Tomáš Jamník and Josef Špaček.
Registration here.
Program of the concert:
Leoš Janáček - String Quartet No. 1, after Tolstoy’s “Kreutzer Sonata” (1923) for Violin and Cello (arr. Jiří Kabát)AdagioCon motoCon moto – Vivo – AndanteCon moto – Adagio – Più mossoBohuslav Martinů - Duo for Violin and Cello no. 2 (1958)AllegrettoAdagioPoco allegroGideon Klein - Duo for Violin and Cello Allegro con FuocoLentoErwin Schulhoff - Duo for Violin and Cello ModeratoZingarescaAndantinoModerato
Tomáš Jamník is a Czech cellist, currently residing in New York City at NYU on a Fulbright-Masaryk stipend. Recognized for his in-depth knowledge of each performed piece, attention to detail, and strong interest in bringing less-well-known music to a wider audience, Tomáš has established himself as a celebrated soloist in both classical and contemporary music.
In 2006, he won the Prague Spring International Music Competition and was awarded a number of special prizes, including the Czech Radio Prize, the Oleg Podgorny Prize, the Gideon Klein Foundation Prize, the Pro Harmonia Mundi Foundation Prize and the Artist’s Life Foundation Prize. He was also a finalist at the Pierre Fourniere Award 2011 in London.
Josef Špaček studied with Itzhak Perlman at The Juilliard School in New York, Ida Kavafian and Jaime Laredo at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, and with Jaroslav Foltýn at the Prague Conservatory. He was laureate of the International Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, and won top prizes at the Michael Hill International Violin Competition in New Zealand, the Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition in Denmark and the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York.
He has served as concertmaster of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the youngest in its history. The orchestra named him “Associate Artist” as of January 2016. He left this post at the end of the 2019/20 season to devote himself exclusively to his solo career.
