Barocco sempre giovane is a professional Czech

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

 chamber orchestra

Orchestra

An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...

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Barocco sempre giovane (Baroque Still Young) was founded in 2004 by a violoncellist Josef Krečmer

Josef Krečmer

Josef Krečmer is a Czech Violoncellist.He graduated at the conservatories in Teplice and Prague and Academy of Performing Arts in Prague . During his studies he participated in the masterclasses of Erki Rautio and Natalia Shakhovskaya...

. It is a chamber

Chamber music

Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...

 ensemble consisting of young musicians, standing organist

Organist

An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumental soloists...

 and harpsichordist

Harpsichordist

A harpsichordist is a person who plays the harpsichord.Many baroque composers played the harpsichord, including Johann Sebastian Bach, Domenico Scarlatti, George Frideric Handel, François Couperin and Jean-Philippe Rameau...

 is Pavel Svoboda

Pavel Svoboda (organist)

Pavel Svoboda is a Czech Organist.This organist and harpsichordist graduated from the Conservatory of Pardubice . Since 2008, he has been studying at the Music Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague at Doc...

, concert master is Iva Kramperová

Iva Kramperová

Iva Kramperová is a Czech violinist.Iva Kramperová studied at the Music Faculty of Academy of Performing Artsin Prague , she has participated in several master classes in the Czech Republic and abroad .She is the concert master and soloist of Barocco sempre giovane...

. It makes CD recordings, performs in Czech television

Czech television

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 and cooperates regularly with Czech Radio. The young performers focus primarily on the music of the European baroque and classical masters, as well as the contemporary music (Luboš Sluka

Luboš Sluka

Luboš Sluka is a Czech Contemporary Composer.-Life and career:Lubos Sluka was admitted to Prague Conservatory where he completed his studies in three subjects - percussion, conducting and composition. In 1951, Sluka was chosen as Arthur Honegger's student, as well as George Auric's assistant...

, Slavomír Hořínka, Vít Zouhar).

Concert performances

The concert activities of the orchestra include performances at music festivals in the Czech Republic (in 2010 it will be Prague Spring International Music Festival, Brno International Music Festival etc.) and abroad (Belgium

Belgium

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, Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

, Spain

Spain

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). Barocco sempre giovane cooperates with renowned soloists: Václav Hudeček

Václav Hudecek

Václav Hudeček is a Czech violinist.He studied at the Prague Conservatory. While he was still only fifteen, he performed in concert on 12 November 1967 with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. One day later he was heard by the legendary David Oistrach. Hudeček was the pupil of this great...

, Michaela Fukačová

Michaela Fukacová

Michaela Fukačová is a Czech cellist. She took up the cello at fourteen winning the Beethoven Cello Competition only two years later.Among her many top prizes is the prestigious Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow...

, Ivan Ženatý

Ivan Ženatý

Ivan Ženatý is a Czech violinist.He studied at the Prague Conservatory, there he has made his debutwith the Czech Philharmonics. Since 1988 he has been collaborating in private lessons with Josef Suk...

, Ludmila Vernerová

Ludmila Vernerová

Ludmila Vernerová is a Czech operatic soprano and the niece of oboist Pavel Verner. After graduating from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, she was a regular performer at the Prague Chamber Opera in the mid 1980s. In 1987 she joined the Prague National Theatre where she performed for 12...

, Jiří Stivín

Jirí Stivín

Jiří Stivín is a Czech flute player and composer.He graduated from the Film Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague . He also studied composition at the Royal Academy of Music as well as at the Prague Academy of Music .Stivín performs music from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and...

, Jaroslav Tůma

Jaroslav Tuma

Jaroslav Tůma is a Czech Organist.This organist, clavichord, harpsichordist and pianoforte player graduated from the Prague Conservatory and from the Faculty of Music of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague...

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External links

• Official websites
• Fan Club, Facebook.com
• Prague Spring International Music Festival 2010
• Concerts in Spain, Carmen Picanyol