CZECH STRING DUO
Technopolis 20 Garden
7 June - 8pm
Entrance: €20 / €10 (students)
Online tickets: www.technopolis20.com
Information: 70002420
A summer concert will take place in the beautiful garden of Technopolis 20, with two distinguished musicians from the CZECH STRING DUO: Ludmila Pavlová on violin and Jakub Otčenášek on cello. The audience will have the opportunity to enjoy an elegant open-air musical evening, surrounded by the unique atmosphere of the Technopolis 20 garden. The programme will include Alexis Makrides’ Multipolar for Violin and Cello, Maurice Ravel’s Sonata for Violin and Cello, Bohuslav Martinů’s String Duo No. 1 for Violin and Cello, H. 157, Erwin Schulhoff’s Duo for Violin and Cello, and Ondřej Kukal’s Present – Duo for Violin and Cello.
A few words about the musicians:
Jakub Otčenášek began his musical journey at the age of 14, starting piano lessons out of curiosity. He took up the cello a year later and quickly advanced, joining the Europera Jugendorchester at16. By the age of 17, he had begun studying under Renata Strašrybková at the Prague Conservatory. He graduated in 2012 with a performance of Schumann’s Cello Concerto. He then
continued his studies at the Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität with Lilia Schulz-Bayrova. In 2016, Otčenášek was appointed principal cellist of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra.
He has participated in masterclasses with renowned cellists such as Michaela Fukačová, Michal Kaňka, Bruno Weinmeister, and Natalia Gutman. In August 2024, he had the opportunity to join the Korean National Symphony Orchestra for its summer academy, which included mentorship from cellists Kyeongjin Lee and Jungwoo Choi. He plays a Panormo cello from 1809.
continued his studies at the Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität with Lilia Schulz-Bayrova. In 2016, Otčenášek was appointed principal cellist of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra.
He has participated in masterclasses with renowned cellists such as Michaela Fukačová, Michal Kaňka, Bruno Weinmeister, and Natalia Gutman. In August 2024, he had the opportunity to join the Korean National Symphony Orchestra for its summer academy, which included mentorship from cellists Kyeongjin Lee and Jungwoo Choi. He plays a Panormo cello from 1809.
Ludmila Pavlová is a Czech violinist who performs solo and in chamber ensembles at home and abroad. Her motto is love and passion combined with music.
Ludmila is a three-time winner of the J. Muzika Competition in Nová Paka. At the age of 13, she made her debut at the Rudolfinum in Prague with Josef Suk as part of the concert series "Josef Suk presents Young Talents," and a year later, she performed F. Mendelsohn-Bartholdy's Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor in the United Arab Emirates. In 2014, she was awarded the winner of the year at the Václav Hudeček´s Academy in Luhačovice with the prize violin made by Petr Rácz and a tour with Václav Hudeček. As a Dvořák Society Scholarship holder in London, she made her UK debut in 2018 at the Dartington Masterclasses with one of the most difficult pieces for solo violin, H. W. Ernst's The Last Rose of Summer. In 2018, Ludmila was the overall winner of the International Violin Competition in honor of Master Vasa Příhoda "New European Talents" and the winner of the Bohuslav Martinů Competition with the prize for the best interpretation of a work by Bohuslav Martinů and the Jaroslav and Zorka Zich Foundation Award. In June 2019, she won the Gold Medal with High Distinction at the 4th Manhattan International Music Competition.
The young violinist has performed at many important festivals not only in Europe but also has traveled around the world from London, Dubai, Algeria, to Japan. She has worked as a soloist with numerous orchestras and in chamber ensembles with major international performers.
Ludmila has long been concerned with the issue of relaxation when playing an instrument. In 2021, she won the Grant Excellent competition as part of her PhD at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, where she conducted a year-long research on Relaxation Techniques for Violinists from a psychological, physiological, and pedagogical point of view and their subsequent use in 20th and 21st century music. Since 2023, she has taught the course Authenticity and Flexibility in Musical Expression at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
Ludmila is the founder (2016) and artistic director of the Podkrkonošské hudební léto festival, and her dramaturgy seeks to broaden the horizons of local listeners and unite non-traditional instrumental formations. It is not only for these formations that world premieres are created, of which Ludmila has many to her credit.
Since the end of 2023, she has been the concertmaster of the Prague Chamber Orchestra, where she also acts as conductor from the violin stand, as the orchestra plays without a conductor.
Ludmila plays a historic instrument which she received as a gift from a Viennese sponsor and recently debuted at the famous Musikverein.
www.ludmilapavlova.net
Ludmila is a three-time winner of the J. Muzika Competition in Nová Paka. At the age of 13, she made her debut at the Rudolfinum in Prague with Josef Suk as part of the concert series "Josef Suk presents Young Talents," and a year later, she performed F. Mendelsohn-Bartholdy's Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor in the United Arab Emirates. In 2014, she was awarded the winner of the year at the Václav Hudeček´s Academy in Luhačovice with the prize violin made by Petr Rácz and a tour with Václav Hudeček. As a Dvořák Society Scholarship holder in London, she made her UK debut in 2018 at the Dartington Masterclasses with one of the most difficult pieces for solo violin, H. W. Ernst's The Last Rose of Summer. In 2018, Ludmila was the overall winner of the International Violin Competition in honor of Master Vasa Příhoda "New European Talents" and the winner of the Bohuslav Martinů Competition with the prize for the best interpretation of a work by Bohuslav Martinů and the Jaroslav and Zorka Zich Foundation Award. In June 2019, she won the Gold Medal with High Distinction at the 4th Manhattan International Music Competition.
The young violinist has performed at many important festivals not only in Europe but also has traveled around the world from London, Dubai, Algeria, to Japan. She has worked as a soloist with numerous orchestras and in chamber ensembles with major international performers.
Ludmila has long been concerned with the issue of relaxation when playing an instrument. In 2021, she won the Grant Excellent competition as part of her PhD at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, where she conducted a year-long research on Relaxation Techniques for Violinists from a psychological, physiological, and pedagogical point of view and their subsequent use in 20th and 21st century music. Since 2023, she has taught the course Authenticity and Flexibility in Musical Expression at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
Ludmila is the founder (2016) and artistic director of the Podkrkonošské hudební léto festival, and her dramaturgy seeks to broaden the horizons of local listeners and unite non-traditional instrumental formations. It is not only for these formations that world premieres are created, of which Ludmila has many to her credit.
Since the end of 2023, she has been the concertmaster of the Prague Chamber Orchestra, where she also acts as conductor from the violin stand, as the orchestra plays without a conductor.
Ludmila plays a historic instrument which she received as a gift from a Viennese sponsor and recently debuted at the famous Musikverein.
www.ludmilapavlova.net
