NEWS

21.05.2017 00:30

SOLOIST CLASS AT SDMK - DANISH NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC

Tomáš and Jakub have been accepted into the Soloist class (Advanced Postgraduate Diploma) at SDMK - Danish National Academy of Music in Odense. They will study with Marta Líbalová in years 2017 -...

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14.02.2017 21:05

CZECH RADIO INTERVIEW

14. 2. 2017 The Prague Viola Duo was introduced in the Czech Radio broadcasting (Český rozhlas Vltava). The interview was a part of "A Word on Music"  ("Slovo o hudbě") - Magazine of music news...

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12.12.2016 22:31

CHRISTMAS CONCERTS 2016

The Prague Viola Duo played several performances as a part of official events of Danish companies (presentations, celebrations, opening of new buildings, Christmas parties). The duo has played music by J. S....

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18.11.2016 22:32

CONCERTS IN AUTUMN 2016

6. 11. 2016 TOMMERUP - BROHOLM KIRKE  The Prague Viola Duo has played Wilhelm Friedemann Bach and Georg Philipp Telemann´s music as a part of All Saints´ Day service.    The Duo has...

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17.08.2016 22:15

CARL NIELSEN ORCHESTRA ACADEMY

Both members of the Prague Viola Duo have passed the audition for the „Carl Nilsen Orchestra Academy“ of the Odense Symphony Orchestra. The concept of the Orchestra Academy is based on a long-time tradition of...

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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.