Opening Gala Concert - A Meeting of Song, Violin and Piano

Name: Opening Gala Concert - A Meeting of Song, Violin and Piano
Start: 2026-09-11T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-11T19:00:00+02:00
Location: ČSOB regionální centrála

took place · 11 Sep 2026

ČSOB regionální centrála, Hradec Králové

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The opening gala concert launches the second season of the Architóny festival. The programme brings together opera arias, songs and chamber music - violin, baritone and piano meet on stage.

The evening will be hosted by Jaroslav Svěcený (violin and introduction), Jiří Rajniš (baritone, soloist of Milan's La Scala) and Jaromír Klepáč (piano). They will be joined by students from the International Conservatory Prague.

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studenti Mezinárodní konzervatoře Praha

About: Jaroslav Svěcený

Violinist Jaroslav Svěcený has been performing since the age of five and has taken his instrument to 62 countries over a forty-year professional career. Alongside the classical repertoire, he is known for cross-genre projects such as Vivaldianno and Cigánski diabli, where he blends classical music with rock, folk and tango.

45+

released CDs

visited countries

30000

sold copies of the album Vivaldianno MMVIII

first Czech violinist on Sony Classical

What's new

2025-02
In 2025, Jaroslav Svěcený celebrates 40 years on the professional stage and undertakes a jubilee tour JS 40 years on stage with a series of concerts and festival performances in the Czech Republic and abroad.
2025-02
In the jubilee year 2025, Svěcený will publish two books: a book of interviews with Vojtěch Babka and a lavish publication about five centuries of the violin.
2025-07
In summer 2025, Svěcený performed at the Jihočeské Nové Hrady festival, which celebrated its tenth anniversary and simultaneously forty years of the violinist's career.

Tour

PrahaNový BydžovKlášterec nad OhříNové HradyDobříšHradec KrálovéTřeboňPlzeňVídeňAnkara

Tracks

Vivaldianno MMVIIImulti-platinum album fusing classical music and rock, over 30,000 copies sold in the Czech Republic

Vivaldianno MMXIIfollow-up album with Michal Dvořák, inspired by the music of Vivaldi, Bach and Mozart

Paganiniadaoriginal composition inspired by Paganini, part of the solo repertoire

Ve znamení tangaconcert project with accordionist Ladislav Horák dedicated to Piazzolla's tango nuevo

Strings for NYCoriginal composition premiered in New York in February 2013, honored with a thank you from Mayor Bloomberg

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