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Terezie Fialová & Jiří Bárta
Beethoven: The Sonatas For Piano & Cello
biography
“Technically unfazeable, musically charismatic and blessed with a poet's sensibilities...”
(Daniel Cariaga, Los Angeles Times)
Concert activities of Jiří Bárta, one of the foremost cellists of his generation, have taken him to most of European countries, North & South America, Australia, Japan and Korea as well as Africa and Middle East. He has appeared at festivals such as Edinburgh, Kuhmo, Lugano, Newport, Prague Spring Festival, Schubert Festival Salzburg, Schleswig Holstein Musik Festival. As a concerto soloist or in recital he has performed in venues such as Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Berlin Konzerthaus, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Manchester Bridgewater Hall, Buenos Aires Teatro Colon, Carnegie Weill Recital Hall, Dublin Concert Hall, Edinburgh Queen Elisabeth Hall, L’Auditorio in Barcelona, Los Angeles Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, London Wigmore Hall, Royce Hall at UCLA, Prague Rudolfinum, Tokyo Suntory and Casals Halls, Paris Theatre Chatelet, Paris Auditorium de Louvre, Salzburg Mozarteum, Soul Arts Center, Washington National Gallery with instrumentalists such as Quatuor Ebene, Ilya Gringolts, Chloe Hanslip, Martin Kasík, Piers Lane, Konstantin Lifschitz, Hamish Milne, Vadim Repin, Dmitri Sitkovetski, Josef Suk or Antoine Tamestit, with orchestras such as Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Symphony, Prague Philharmonia, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic London, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Scottish Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Glasgow, Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra and, finaly, with conductors such as Jiří Bělohlávek, Charles Dutoit, Jakub Hrůša, Gianandrea Noseda, Libor Pešek, Gennadi Rozhdestvenski and Maxim Shostakovich.
As a recording artist on a Supraphon label Jiří Bárta has released Dvorak Celloconcerto with Czech Philharmonic/Jiří Bělohlávek, live recording of performance commemorating Dvorak‘s 100 year’s anniversary televised throughout Europe by Arte Channel. Both CDs with Kodaly Cello works and Martinu/Foerster/Novak concertos respectively have been awarded Gramophon Editor’s Choice. His other Supraphon recordings include Bach Cello Suites and Shostakovich concertos, two discs for Hyperion include sonatas by Moscheles, Hummel and Rubinstein Sonatas. He has collaborated with mezzosoprano Magdalena Kozena on her Deutsche Grammophon Lieder project awarded by Gramophone Award.
As an enthusiastic chamber musician Jiri has co-founded Kutna Hora Chamber Music Festival, festival aimed at both worlds of contemporary and classical music which gained instant recogition as one of the top classical festivals in the Czech Republic.
Jiří Bárta studied in Prague with Josef Chuchro, in Cologne with Boris Pergamenschikow and in Los Angeles with Eleonore Schoenfeld. After winning number of national competitions he has been awarded the Europäische Förderpreis für Musik in Dresden and the Rostropovich-Hammer Award in Los Angeles. Jiří was featured in Czech TV documentary „Můj pokus o mistrovský opus (Bárta versus Bach Cello Suites)“ which won Prix CIRCOM of 2015 in Irland.
Jiří Bárta currently plays violoncello built by Dietmar Rexhausen in 2012.
Jiří Bárta se vrací k k repertoáru, který nahrál již před 23 lety, obohacen o mnoho životních i interpretačních zkušeností, a to ve zcela novém pojetí - pro nahrávku tentokrát použil barokní violoncello se střevovými strunami, čímž celkové vyznění skladby přiblížil její pravděpodobné originální podobě - namísto expresivity přichází spíše meditace a zklidnění. Bárta ke kompletu přistupuje jako k šestivěté symfonii ("Vzpomínám na chvíli, kdy jsem před lety hrál komplet poprvé. Bylo to jako zjevení: jednotlivé suity se mi zpodobnily v dokonalém tvaru jako symfonie o šesti větách, jako příběh života o šesti kapitolách; naprosto logická a prokomponovaná skladba.") a nácviku nového provedení a přípravě studiové nahrávky věnoval mnoho času a interpretační i zvukové péče. Nahrávka aspiruje na vážno-hudební událost sezóny.
discography
Jiří Bárta
Bach: The Six Cello Suites
Sergej Tanějev – Kompletní kvintety/ Kvarteto Martinů
Sergej Tanějev (1856-1915) – Klavírní kvintet g moll op. 30, Kvintet G dur pro dvoje housle, violu a dvě violoncella op. 14, Kvintet C dur pro dvoje housle, dvě violy a violoncello op. 16
Kvarteto Martinů (Lubomír Havlák – 1. housle, Libor Kaňka – 2. housle, Zbyněk Paďourek – viola, Jitka Vlašánková – violoncello)
Olga Vinokur – klavír, Jiří Bárta – violoncello, Jitka Hosprová – viola
Andante cantabile Variations
on a Rococo Theme for Violoncello and Orchestra
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Jiří Bárta - Cello,
Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
Leoš Svárovský - conductor
Schola Gregoriana Pragensis & Jiří Bárta - Dialogues
Vydáno: 28.5.2010
Celkový čas: 63:55
Skladby: Graduale Universi, Alleluia Ostende Nobis, Lectio Primo Tempore, Suite For Cello Solo: I. Goya, Suite for Cello Solo: II. Geometric Thoughts, Miserere, Litanic Divinc Pacis, Graduale Universi (Reminiscence), Cantio Ad Honorem Sempiterni, Antiphona Cum Appropinquarent, Fratres, In The Gorge For Cello Solo
Cello Concertos
B. Martinu, J. Foerster, J. Novak
Jakub Hrůša, Prague Philharmonia
Jiří Bárta - Cello
Cello sonatas
Artur Rubinstein
Jiří Bárta, Hamish Milne
Fryderyk Chopin: Cello Sonata, Introduction and Polonaise
brillant - Jiří Bárta, Martin Kasík [CD]
Dvořák: Piano & Cello Concertos - Martin Kasík & Jiří Bárta [2CD]
Cello sonatas
Zoltán Kodály / Vítězslav Novák
Jiří Bárta - Cello, Jan Čech - piano
Dvořák Antonín
Complete Compositions for Cello and Piano
Cello Concerto in A major, sine op., Polonaise in A major, sine op.
Rondo in G minor, Op. 94, Silent Woods, Op. 68/5, Two Slavonic Dances, Op. 46/8, 3
Jiří Bárta – cello
Jan Čech – piano
11 1467-2 DDD NEW RELEASE
Lubomír Brabec, Kateřina Englichová, Jiří Bárta
Granados: Španělské tance
Bach Johann Sebastian
Six Suites for Cello Solo, BWV 1007-12
Jiří Bárta - Cello
SU 3502-2 132 DDD
Bárta Jiří / Reflections
Messiaen Quatuor V, VIII, Pärt Fratres, Dvořák Vocalise, Saint-Saëns Le Cygne
Straus R. Don Quixote, Kopelent Cantus rogans*, Webern Three Little Pieces
Gubaydulina Brief, Zemek-Novák Sonata No. 2*
Jiří Bárta - Cello, Jan Čech - piano
* WORLD PEMIÈRE RECORDING
CENA HARMONIE, KLASSIK HEUTE EMPFEHLUNG
SU 3425-2 131 DDD
Jiří Bárta
Šostakovič: Symfonie č. 6, Zlatý věk, Kateřina Izmajlova
Shostakovich Dmitry
Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107
Cello Concerto No. 2, Op. 126
Jiří Bárta - Cello, Prague Symphony Orchestra - Maxim Shostakovich
/LIVE RECORDING/
SU 3414-2 031 DDD
Jiří Bárta
Šostakovič: Koncert pro violoncello Es dur, op. 107, Zlatý věk
Bach Johann Sebastian
Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009
Jiří Bárta - Cello
SU 3241-2 131 DDD
Bach Johann Sebastian
Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010
Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011
Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012
Jiří Bárta - Cello
SU 3242-2 131 DDD
Schulhoff Ervín
Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 17
Sonata for Flute and Piano
Hot Sonata /Jazz Sonata fot Alto Saxophone and Piano
Jiří Bárta - Cello, Pavel Foltýn - flute, Štěpán Koutník - alto saxophone, Jan Čech - piano, Tomáš Víšek - piano
11 2169-2 131 DDD
Bárta Jiří / cello, Lapšanský Marián / piano
Rachmaninov Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 19
Schnitke Sonata for Cello and Piano
Pärt Fratres for Cello and Piano
GOLDEN HARMONY
11 2156-2 131 DDD
Jiří Bárta, Marián Lapšanský
Franck, Debussy, Janáček: Sonáty pro violoncello a klavír
Jiří Bárta, Marián Lapšanský
Sonata in A Major, FWV 8: III. Recitativo - Fantasia
Marek Kopelent - Mon amour
4. smyčcový kvartet, Žesťový kvintet, Jitřní chvalozpěv,
Balada pro klavír, Karrak pro violoncello a klavír, Mon amour
Jiří Bárta, Marie Hřebíčková, Martin Prokeš, Veronika Pudláková, Kamil Doležal,
Petr Polívka, Daniel Mikolášek, Luventus paedagogica Female Chorus
31 0356-2 DDD
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
Klavírní koncert a moll, op. 1
Klavírní kvartet g moll, op. 8
Josef Suk, Pavel Šporcl - violin, Karel Untermüller - viola, Jiří Bárta - cello, Jan Simon - piano
LT 0058-2 131
THEATRE MONTANARO
Clémentine, Nestor, La Dame En Rose, Mondrie II, Deux Coeurs, Le Seigneur De Mondroie,
Dragonade, Paquebot, Bloody Mary, Tango, Lei Souvenirs, Lei Vielhs, Una Dona, Les Coutures
Andršt, Bárta, Bartoš, Dvorský, Kop, Růžička, Secký, Vitouš
F1 0059-2
SMETANA HALL REOPENING CONCERT
Josef Klička - Koncertní fantazie pro varhany
Bedřich Smetana - Předehra k opeře Prodaná nevěsta
Antonín Dvořák - Koncert pro violoncello a orchestr h moll, op. 104
Antonín Dvořák - Te Deum, op. 103
Symfonický orchestr hl. m. Prahy, Gaetano Deogu,
Zdena Kloubová, Ivan Kusnjer, Jiří Bárta, Jaroslev Tůma
PSO 0297
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
Klavírní koncert A dur, op. 81
Klavírní kvartet Es dur, op. 87
Josef Suk, Ivan Ženatý - violin, Jan Pěruška - viola, Jiří Bárta - cello, Josef Hála - piano
LT 0045-2 131
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK - Maličkosti
Josef Suk, Ivan Ženatý - violin
Jan Talich - viola
Jiří Bárta - cello
Josef Hála - harmonium
LT 0048-2 131
Cello sonatas
J.N. Hummel, Ignaz Moscheles
Jiří Bárta, Hamish Milne
The Kutná Hora International Music Festival ranks among Czech foremost chamber music events. The general outline of its programme and the selection of artists taking part are determined by the festival’s artistic director, the cellist Jiří Bárta.
The programme is focused predominantly on classical chamber music. That notwithstanding, Jiří Bárta has invariably incorporated into the festival lineup of concerts a special treat picked from the domains of crossover, jazz, or even rock music. This is a feature that has never failed to thrill the event’s audiences.
Everything that can be heard at the festival is actually created on the spot, in Kutná Hora. Most of the concerts come into existence as a result of as many creative workshops. That, to be sure, is something which sets this particular festival apart from most others, since otherwise it is extremely rare for a group of excellent solo musicians to get together on the same stage at one time. Hence the immense joy of music-making that is literally tangible during each of the concert nights here.
The concerts take place in Corpus Christi Chapel, Church of St. Barbara, Refectory of Jesuit College – Central Bohemian Region Gallery / GASK, etc.
Places of the concerts:
Church of St. Barbara – Barborská street, Kutná Hora
Corpus Christi Chapel – Barborská street, Kutná Hora,
Church of St. John Nepomucene – Husova 121/43, Kutná Hora
Church of the Annunciation of the Virgin – Bohdaneč near Kutná Hora
Music and Arts School – Vladislavova 376, Kutná Hora
Můj pokus o mistrovský opus / premiéra 15. 4. 2017 ČT art
Jiří Bárta versus Bachovy Suity pro sólové violoncello
Na plovárně / premiéra 10. 9. 2014 ČT art
Jiří Bárta
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