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Gabriela Tardonová

Gabriela Tardonová
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About

Gabriela Tardonová (born 1975, née Piszkaliková) is a Czech conductor from Karviná. She studied choral conducting at the University of Ostrava and then conducting at JAMU in Brno, where she became the first woman to graduate in that discipline. Since 2004 she has led the Brno Youth Symphony Orchestra, and since 2006 she has been the principal conductor of Ensemble Opera Diversa, a Brno-based ensemble with which she focuses on premiering contemporary - chiefly Czech - opera.

since 2004
chief conductor of the Young Brno Symphonics
since 2006
principal conductor of Ensemble Opera Diversa
~20 productions per year
number of performances of Ensemble Opera Diversa per season

What's new

  • 2025-09

    Ensemble Opera Diversa under the direction of Tardonová opened its 14th season titled "Bach to Mozart!", which takes place in the Besední dům and the Church of St. John in Brno until summer 2026.

  • 2025-09

    Tardonová conducted Ensemble Opera Diversa at the prologue of the 10th edition of the Lednicko-valtický Music Festival in the Brno Reduta, where works by Stravinsky, Martinů, and Jan Novák were performed.

  • 2025-04

    Tardonová conducted the world premiere of Vojtěch Dlask's composition "Obětinka" for piano and chamber orchestra at the Brno Conservatory.

  • 2024-11

    At the Janáček Brno 2024 festival, Tardonová conducted the world premiere of Ondřej Kysa's opera "Druhé město" at the Divadlo na Orlí in Brno.

  • 2022-06

    The recording "Jan Novák: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1" with Ensemble Opera Diversa conducted by Tardonová was released by the British publisher Toccata Classics.

Tracks

Jan Novák: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1first international CD recording of Ensemble Opera Diversa, released by Toccata Classics (2022)
Jan Novák: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3third part of the diverse Novakiada, released in 2020 - includes previously unrecorded works for string orchestra
Ondřej Kyas: Druhé město (The Other City)world premiere of the opera at the Janáček Brno 2024 festival, conducted by Tardonová
Markéta Dvořáková: Žirafí operacontemporary Czech opera, staged at the JAMU chamber opera and premiered at the Prague State Opera
Lenka Nota / Olga Sommerová: Jsem kněžna bláznůopera about the life of Božena Němcová, premiered at the Brno Reduta theatre, conducted by Tardonová

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