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New Yearss Concert 2011 New Year's Concert in St. Vaclav church in Dobruska Sunday 2nd January 2011 at 3 pm Soloists: Iva Kramperova – Violin Pavel Svoboda – Organ Program: Dietrich Buxtehude, Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Friedrich Händel, Georg Muffat, Jan Jiri Benda and Antonio Vivaldi About artists: Violinist Iva Kramperova graduated at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, cooperates with famous soloists (Vaclav Hudecek, Ivan Zenaty, Jiri Stivin, Barbara Maria Willi, Radek Baborak etc.) and is Professor at the Conservatory of Pardubice. Iva Kramperova studied at the Music Faculty of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (Prof. Ivan Straus, Leos Cepický), has attended various workshops in the Czech Republic and abroad (France - Régis Pasquier). She was awarded the prize of the foundation Český hudební fond (Czech Music Fund) for the best performance of contemporary music, she is laureate of Leos Janacek International Music Competition in Brno, Competition of Conservatories of the Czech Republic, Beethoven’s Hradec International Music Competition. She received the prize of the mayor of the city of Pardubice for her excellent study results and scholarship of Yamaha Company. She is the concert master and soloist of Barocco sempre giovane. With this ensemble she has performed at hundreds of concerts (including of International Music Festival Prague Spring). She makes CD recordings, as well as those for the Czech Radio and the Czech Television. She performs at music festivals including concerts for Office of the President of the Czech Republic. Pavel Svoboda (*1987) is one of the most successful young Czech organists. He began to study the organ at the Conservatory of Pardubice (Josef Rafaja, Vaclav Rabas), has attended various workshops at famous organists (Susan Landale, Martin Sander, Theo Jellema, and others) and since 2008, he has been studying at the Music Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague at Jaroslav T ůma and since 2010 at the Berlin University of Arts at Leo van Doeselaar. He won the 1st prize at the International Organ Competition of Young Organists in Opava, he was awarded the prize of the foundation Český hudební fond (Czech Music Fund) for the best performance of contemporary music, in 2008 he won the 2nd prize at the International Competition of Petr Eben and he received the prize of the mayor of the city of Pardubice for his excellent study results. Not at least, he won the 1st prize and the Laureate title at the International Performing Competition Brno which took place within the International Music Festival Brno. He performs at music festivals in the Czech Republic and abroad (Germany, Belgium, Slovakia, Poland, and Spain) and as a soloist he plays with the best orchestras. He is also active as a dramaturge and co-organizer of the classical music festivals in East Bohemia. Since 2004 he has been a standing organist and cembalist of Barocco sempre giovane. .
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