Concert | Ambroš Duo Prague

Image Credits: Jakub Ludvík

November 7 | 7pm

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Czech Center New York, in cooperation with Austrian Cultural Forum New York, presents a concert of Ambroš Duo Prague, which consists of musicians Zuzana Ambrošová (piano) and Miroslav Ambroš (violin).

Program | Ambroš duo Prague

Miroslav  Ambroš –  violin

Zuzana  Ambrošová –  piano

Wolfgang  Amadeus  Mozart – Sonata  b  major  KV 570

1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Allegretto

Josef  Suk  – Radúz and Mahulena Op.16  from  Fairy Tale

Fritz Kreisler – Liebesleid

Bedřich Smetana – From my homeland –  Two duos

1. Moderato
2. Andantino

Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Much Ado About Nothing,  Suite  Op. 11

1. The Maiden in the Bridal Chamber
2. Dogbery and Verges. March of the Watch
3. Scene in the Garden: Molto espressivo
4. Masquerade: Hornpipe: Animato

Juraj  Filas –  Les Adieux

Fritz Kreisler-  Caprice  Viennois, Op. 2

Antonín  Dvořák-  Mazurek e minor  Op.49

Artists

Zuzana Ambrošová began her conservatory studies in Košice in Slovakia at the age of 13 as an exceptionally talented child. She graduated from piano playing at the Music Academy of Performing Arts in Prague under the supervision of Prof. Zdeněk Jílek (piano class) and Prof. Jan Panenka (chamber playing). For the period of one year she received private lesson by Lecturer Valentina Kameníková. She also extended her studies by taking Master piano courses in Weimar, Germany.

At the age of 16 as the laureate of the Smetana´s piano competition and the international competition Beethoven’s Hradec she became a solo artist in the State Philharmonic Orchestra Košice, which she later joined again repeatedly. As a solo artist she made a successful appearance with the Vienna philharmonic. She taught piano playing at the conservatory in Košice for ten years and performed in various places in Slovakia and abroad at the same time.

In 1992, she started working at the Prague Conservatory and engaged in external cooperation with the Music Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.  Since the late 1994 she has worked at Jan Deyl Conservatory and  Prague Music High School.

She regularly makes various recordings for Czech and Slovak radios and televisions. She recorded a CD Il Vrituoso together with the violinist Miroslav Ambroš, which was published at Arco Diva label.

She keeps returning to many festivals and stages.  In years  2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020 she finished a very successful tours through the USA. She performed  in Los Angeles , San Francisco, San Diego,  Las Vegas,  Phoenix,  Little Rock, Seattle and Portland.   The next concert tours in the USA in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and New York are already scheduled for the end of October and November of this  year.

In recent years she has played  concerts with the  Ambroš  Ladies Orchestra  and Virtousi di Praga  in Croatia, France, Germany,  Holland  and  Monaco.

In August 2020, the tour of Argentina and Peru was canceled due to the Covid 19 pandemic.

Miroslav Ambroš has experienced a professional supervision by many outstanding pedagogues from Czech Republic and Germany. Along the way he attended the Prague Conservatory, C.M. von Weber in Dresden (Prof. Ivan Ženatý), Faculty of Music AMU (Prof. Ivan Štraus) and Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover (Prof. Krzysztof Wegrzyn). He also completed many master courses in Canada, Netherlands, Germany, Italy and Switzerland, where he received lesson from great musicians such as P. Zukerman, R. Ricci, A. Chumachenco, G. Pauk, P. Amoyal and others. In 2008 he started taking private lessons from Maestro Josef Suk.

In his music career, Miroslav has received  various prizes. The most valued one is the overall win in the international competition “Du Prix des Jeunes Talents Eropéens de Musique Classique” that takes place in Marseille.

Miroslav Ambroš has also cooperated with most Czech and Slovak orchestras and worked for some of the Czech and Slovak televisions and radio broadcasts. He has done some recording for radio broadcasts in Marseille, Luxembourg and for the BBC. His violin can be heard on several recordings published by Arco Diva, Radioservis and Supraphon. On the last one mentioned he joined Maestro Josef Suk on his last CD. This recording received the Editor’s Choice Award at the Classic FM Magazine Awards in 2009.

Annually in middle of March, under the auspices of Czech Embassy, consulates and compatriotic associations, came back to the USA to give concerts in Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Diego, Seattle, Little Rock and Portland.

At the University of Little Rock and Portland he also led the violin masterclasses in years 2018 and 2020.

The next concert tours in the USA  in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and New York are already scheduled for the end of October and November of this year.

Miroslav Ambroš  won a gold medal  from the international  music competition in Vienna  and a silver medal from the international music competition in New York in 2020.