Barocco sempre giovane is a professional

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chamber

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. Barocco sempre giovane (Baroque forever young) was founded in 2004 by a violoncellist Josef Krečmer. It is a

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ensemble consisting of young musicians, standing

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and

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is Pavel Svoboda, concert master is

Iva Kramperová Iva Kramperová (born 1984) is a Czech people, Czech violinist. Iva Kramperová studied at the Music Faculty of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (Prof. Ivan Straus, Leos Cepicky), she has participated in ...

. It makes CD recordings, performs on

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and cooperates regularly with

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. The young performers focus primarily on the music of the European baroque and classical masters, as well as the contemporary music (

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, Slavomír Hořínka,

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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 The Prague Spring International Music Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní hudební festival Pražské jaro, commonly cs, Pražské jaro, Prague Spring) is a classical music festival held every year in Prague, Czech Republic, with symphony orchestras an ...

, and

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) and abroad (

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). Barocco sempre giovane cooperates with renowned soloists:

Václav Hudeček Václav Hudeček (born June 7, 1952 in Rožmitál pod Třemšínem, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech violinist. A former student of David Oistrakh, Hudeček's records have sold many copies in the Czech Republic, especially a 1992 recording of Vivaldi's ...

Michaela Fukačová Michaela Fukačová (born 27 March 1959) is a Czech Republic, Czech cellist. She took up the cello aged 14, and won the Beethoven Cello Competition two years later. She is a past winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. She studied at ...

Ivan Ženatý Ivan Ženatý (born February 2, 1962) is a Czech violinist. Ženatý appears regularly as a guest artist with famed ensembles internationally such as BBC Symphony Orchestra of London, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Berliner Sympph ...

Ludmila Vernerová Ludmila Vernerová (born 6 December 1962, Prague) is a Czech operatic soprano and the niece of the oboist . After graduating from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, she was a regular performer at the Prague Chamber Opera in the mid 1980s. ...

Jiří Stivín Jiří Stivín (born 23 November 1942 in Prague) is a Czech flute player and composer. Biography He graduated from the Film Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU). He also studied composition at the Royal Academy of Music ...

, and

Jaroslav Tůma Jaroslav Tůma (born 1956, in Prague, Czech Republic) 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 ...

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Concerts in Spain
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