Salon Dvořák

A chamber series dedicated to young performers, to whom the Antonín Dvořák Museum offers a space for concerts and artistic realisations in the inspiring surroundings of the Baroque summer palace Amerika.

Programme:

  • Antonín Dvořák – String Quartet No. 14 in A flat major, Op. 105
  • Leoš Janáček – String Quartet No. 1, inspired by Tolstoy's "Kreutzer Sonata"


The Kubita Quartet is a young ensemble founded in June 2024 by members of the Orchestral Academy of the Czech Philharmonic, consisting of Filip Kubita (1st violin), Kateřina Vítečková (2nd violin), Michaela Sedláčková (viola) and Petr Hamerský (cello). Despite its short existence, the ensemble has already been given the opportunity to perform, for example, at the Czech Center in New York. It has had the opportunity to study under Jiří Panocha, founder and principal of the Panocha Quartet, and Irena Jakubcová, deputy concertmaster of the Czech Philharmonic.

Filip Kubita is a son of professional musicians. He has been playing the violin since he was five years old, when he started attending M. Müllerová's class at the Horní Počernice Music School. He won his first awards at the age of seven at competitions of the Music Schools, for example B. Martinů in Polička (1st place) and at the Josef Micka Violin Competition. After his admission to the Prague Conservatory in the class of Prof. Pavel Kudelásek, he won 3rd place at the International Violin Competition of J. Muzika in Nová Paka. During his studies he participated in several interpretation courses in Soběslav, where he studied under professors Jiří Fišer, Štěpán Ježek and Jan Fišer.

Kateřina Vítečková is a graduate of the Prague Conservatory from the class of MgA. Dana Vlachová. Now she is continuing her master studies at HAMU with prof. Leoš Čepický and Mgr. Jiří Panocha. In 2018, she was awarded 3rd place in the Talents for Europe competition. From 2019 to 2024 she was a member of the Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra. She gained further orchestral experience in the PKF – Prague Philharmonia and is currently a member of the Orchestral Academy of the Czech Philharmonic.

Michaela Sedláčková, a graduate of the Orchestral Academy of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in violin (2023), has again succeeded in the audition, this time specializing in viola. She graduated from the Prague Conservatory in the field of violin and is currently continuing her studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. She has participated in several master classes with Josef Špaček (2020), Václav Hudeček (2018, 2019) and Jana Kubánková (2020, 2021, 2022).

Petr Hamerský studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in the class of Prof. Michal Kaňka. He has participated in a number of international competitions, his most recent achievement being the title of laureate of the Antonio Janigro International Cello Competition in Šibenik, Croatia. As a soloist he has performed with the Hradec Králové Philharmonic and the PKF – Prague Philharmonia. He is also a graduate of masterclasses with prominent cellists such as Jérôme Pernoo, Sebastian Klinger, Giovanni Gnocchi and Tomáš Jamník.


Tickets: 100 CZK
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