NEWS

28.01.2022 19:08

CHRISTMAS CONCERTS IN KARLOVY VARY

The Prague Viola Duo played a concert at Christmas Eve dinner at the Grandhotel Pupp and a Christmas concert at the hotel Spa Resort Sanssouci.

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01.11.2021 23:49

JIŘÍ LABURDA 90th BIRTHDAY CONCERT

The Czech composer Jiří Laburda recently celebrated his 90th birthday. It was a great pleasure for Tomáš and Jakub to perform at his 90 Birthday Concert, which took place in the Church of St. Clement in Prague...

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19.07.2021 16:16

10 YEARS OF THE PRAGUE VIOLA DUO

The Prague Viola Duo is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. A special concert for this occasion was symbolically held on Saturday 31 July in Dobřichovice Castle, where the very first public concert of...

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18.06.2021 23:37

MODŘANY SUMMER FESTIVAL 2021

The Czech cellist Ladislav Zelenka (1881–1957) was a highly respected soloist and pedagogue and a longtime member of the internationally renowned Bohemian (Czech) Quartet, which was essential for the Czech...

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17.06.2020 19:05

LADISLAV ZELENKA AND THE BOHEMIAN (CZECH) QUARTET

The historical exposition "Ladislav Zelenka and the Bohemian (Czech) Quartet" made by Tomáš Hanousek took place in the Modřany Bell Tower in Prague from 3rd to 6th of August 2020. The exposition presented the...

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CONCERT PROJECTS 

THE DIVIDING LINE OF THE WORLDS

VIOLA THROUGH THE AGES

CHRISTMAS WITH TWO VIOLAS

"Prague Viola Duo is comprised of excellent players. They are both successful at concerts and competitions. It is my pleasure to say that the duo is a very promising ensemble with a high degree of musicality. Tomáš and Jakub are also very intelligent and hardworking people and I wish them only the best". 

     Karel Doležal (1948-2018, violist, head of string studies at the Prague Conservatory, member of the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Society)

 

"...in Leclair´s Sonata they showed such a beautiful and joyful playing with perfect technique. I was impressed by their ornamentation and excellent balance. It was evident that they play together for a long time..."

     Jan Pěruška (violist, member of the Stamic Quartet, professor at the Academy of Music Prague)

 

It is always my pleasure to listen to the excellent performance of the Prague Viola Duo. It almost doesn´t happen that some recording of my music makes me as happy as their recording of "Dialogues for two violas".

     Jiří Laburda (composer, Professor emeritus at Charles University)

Founded in 2011 by two young Czech musicians Tomáš Hanousek and Jakub Macháček, the PRAGUE VIOLA DUO is the only one Europian chamber ensemble offering really extraordinary combination of two violas. Their repertoire consists of classical music from baroque up to contemporary works dedicated to them. They also play arrangements of popular music and film melodies. 
The Prague Viola Duo performed at festivals and concerts series and recieved several awards. Since 2015, both members live in Denmark. They are currently studying post-graduate Soloist Class Degree at SDMK - Danish National Academy of Music Odense. Founded in 2011 by two young Czech musicians Tomáš Hanousek and Jakub Macháček, the PRAGUE VIOLA DUO is the only one Europian chamber ensemble offering really extraordinary combination of two violas. Their repertoire consists of classical music from baroque up to contemporary works dedicated to them. They also play arrangements of popular music and film melodies.

Formed in 2011 by two young Czech musicians Tomáš Hanousek and Jakub Macháček, the PRAGUE VIOLA DUO is the only one long-time performing Europian ensemble offering really extraordinary combination of two violas. Their repertoire consists of classical music from baroque to contemporary works dedicated to them. They also play popular music and film melodies in their own arrangements.
The Prague Viola Duo succesfully performed at festivals and concerts series and recieved several awards. Since 2015, both members have studied postgraduate Soloist Class Degree at SDMK - Danish National Academy of Music.
The concert audience and music critiques appreciate that the ensemble is very compact, moreover, they laud the players´spontaneity and temperament, joyful playing and a huge range of moods and characteristics that can be heard in their interpretation.