Biographies & programs
26.5.24
15:50
Kristýna Soukupová
Czech Republik
First Round
Michal Chrobák
Czech Republik
Program
Franz Schubert
Auf dem See D 543 (J.W.v.Goethe) - 1R
Ludwig van Beethoven
Vier Arietten und ein Duett Op.82
1. Hoffnung "Dimmi ben mio che m´ami" (Anonymous) - 1R
Robert Schumann
Myrthen, Op. 25
1. Widmung (Friedrich Rückert)
18. Zwei Venezianische Lieder II (Moore/Freiligrath)
Franz Liszt
Tre Sonetti di Petrarca, S 270
3. Vidi in terra angelici costumi
Henri Duparc
Mélodies
1. L´invitation au voyage (Charles Baudelaire)
9. Chanson triste (Jean Lahor) - 1R
12. La vie antérieure (Charles Baudelaire)
Reynaldo Hahn
A Chloris (Theophile de Viau)
Gerald Finzi
Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18 (Shakespeare)
2. Who is Silvia?
5. It Was a Lover and His Lass
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Four Shakespeare Songs, Op. 31
2. Under the greenwood tree - 1R
3. Blow, blow, thou winter wind
Ivor Gurney
Five Elisabethan Songs
3. Under the Greenwood Tree (William Shakespeare)
5. Spring (Thomas Nashe)
Richard Strauss
Drei Lieder der Ophelia Op.67 (Shakespeare/Simrock)
3. Sie trugen ihn auf der Bahre bloss
Ramón Gil Gonzáles
Zagalejo de Perlas (Félix Lope de Vega Carpio)
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Kristýna Soukupová
Soprano
Year of birth:
1991
She studied at the Conservatory of the Evangelical Academy in Olomouc, where in 2012 she graduated in Solo singing under the direction of MgA. Petry Špačková–Lintymerová. As part of her studies, she participated in singing interpretation courses of baroque music and master interpretation courses of Gabriela Beňačková at the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno. In the academic year 2013–2014 joined the Faculty of Education of the University of Hradec Králové in the singing class MgA. Petra Špaček, Ph.D. During her studies at the Department of Music, she completed an internship abroad in the field of Music and Performing Arts at the Academy im. Jan Długosz in Czestochowa in the singing class of Katarzyna Susky–Zagórska. In 2014, 2017 and 2018, she received an award at the Interpretation Competition of the Pedagogical Faculties of the Czech Republic with international participation. As part of the Pedagogical Days, she performed at the Festive Concerts for the University of Hradec Králové, during which she collaborated with the Pardubice Chamber Philharmonic and the Hradec Králové Philharmonic. In 2019, she completed her master's degree with honors.
She is currently continuing his doctoral study program at the Music Department of the University of Hradec Králové in the field of Music Theory and Pedagogy. In 2022, she completed a practical internship at the Conservatorio Statale "Luigi Cherubini" in Florence in the singing class of Donatella Debollini. As part of her doctoral studies and with regard to the scientific topic of her dissertation, she collaborated with experts from Italian libraries in Florence, Milan, Venice and Bergamo. In August of this year, she participated in the 25th International Music Competition "Concorso Pietro Argento" in Gioia Del Colle (Bari), Italy, where together with pianist Michal Chrobák, she won 3rd place in the Musica Vocale da Camera category. Kristýna Soukupová's repertoire includes opera and operetta arias, but she mostly concentrates on the interpretation of the song repertoire of Czech and world composers.
Michal Chrobák
Pianist
He completed his university teaching studies (music education – Czech language) in 1975 at the Faculty of Arts of the Palacky University in Olomouc, at the same time he completed his piano studies at the Conservatory in Brno with prof. Ivana Stanovská. He continued to study the piano under the guidance of doc. Jaroslav Smýkal at the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno (1977-1981). Since 1976, he has been working at the Music Department of the Faculty of Education of the University of Hradec Králové primarily as a piano teacher, in 1998 he was appointed associate professor in the field of music education – piano playing. In addition to his teaching work, he regularly engages in chamber and accompanist concert activities.