SILENTIUM! ensemble is a Czech vocal-instrumental group that made its debut in 2025, founded and led by Tereza Válková, who spent 2008-2024 as choirmaster of Czech Ensemble Baroque. The ensemble focuses on historically informed performance of Renaissance, Baroque and Classical music on period instruments, while also presenting modern premieres of rediscovered works and new commissions. It collaborates with orchestras such as Concentus Musicus Wien and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, and performs at major festivals including Prague Spring and Smetanova Litomyšl.
A review in KlasikaPlus praised the March concert of the Aqua et vino et spirit program at the Besední dům in Brno as a dramaturgically clever and musically honest evening.
For 2026, the ensemble announced two major events: world premieres of works from the Kroměříž archive under the baton of Tomáš Netopil and a Coronation concert with Andreas Scholl in Znojmo, Brno, and at Prague Castle.
The SILENTIUM! ensemble will perform with the Brno Philharmonic and conductor John Butt in a program featuring orchestral suites by J. S. Bach and the Magnificat by C. P. E. Bach.
The ensemble was included in the C subscription series of the Czech Philharmonic, where it participates in the performance of the St. John Passion by J. S. Bach under the direction of Nicholas Kraemer.
In September 2025, the ensemble opened the 14th season of the Bach na Mozarta! cycle at the Church of St. John in Brno with a performance of Salieri's Piccolo Requiem.
The closing gala concert of the Znojmo Music Festival features the SILENTIUM! ensemble conducted by Andreas Scholl. The programme includes festive works by Handel, Zelenka and Fux, connected to the European musical tradition of monarchy.
A concert exploring Adam Michna of Otradovic alongside Monteverdi, performed by SILENTIUM! ensemble and Czech Ensemble Baroque under Roman Válek.
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The second part of the 15th season of Bach on Mozart presents four concerts spanning Baroque and Renaissance music, from Michna and Monteverdi to Gesualdo's madrigals and Spanish Renaissance works.
A Baroque concert exploring Adam Michna of Otradovic and Monteverdi, performed by SILENTIUM! ensemble and Czech Ensemble Baroque under conductor Roman Válek.
A musical dialogue between Czech composer Michna and Italian Monteverdi, performed by the Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra and SILENTIUM! vocal ensemble in Třebíč's historic basilica.
A festive concert from the 15th season of Bach on Mozart, featuring conductor Andreas Scholl and the Silentium! ensemble performing monumental Baroque works celebrating 400 years of Habsburg rule in Bohemia.
The Silentium! ensemble presents a festive advent programme of Spanish Renaissance vocal works by Mateo Flecha the Elder, combining folk directness with masterful composition.
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Four concerts by the SILENTIUM! ensemble exploring Baroque music from Galuppi through Bach and Tůma to Italian masters, part of the 15th season of the Bach na Mozarta series.
A monographic portrait of Venetian composer Baldassare Galuppi, featuring vocal and instrumental works performed by the Silentium! ensemble. Baroque music bridging to Mozart.
A Baroque concert pairing Bach's sacred motets with Tůma's instrumental work, performed by the Silentium! ensemble under Dagmar Valentová.
The second part of the 15th season of Bach on Mozart presents newly discovered works from the Kroměříž archive. The Silentium! ensemble performs under conductor Tomáš Netopil with works by Vejvanovský and Rittler.
A Baroque musical voyage by the Silentium! ensemble blending concert and theatre, featuring Italian masters and Spanish works brimming with humour and period character.
A concert by composer and musician Kuba Kubín performing with the Silentium! ensemble at the Church of St. Wenceslas in Opava.
A concert by composer and musician Kuba Kubín performing with the Silentium! ensemble at the Church of St. John in Brno.
A concert by composer and musician Kuba Kubín performing with the Silentium! ensemble in the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary.
Concert by composer and musician Kuba Kubín with the Silentium! ensemble at the Church of Our Lady of the Snows in Olomouc.