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| Who | Ensemble Opera Diversa (CZ) Gabriela Tardonová (CZ) conductor Ayla Bártová (CZ) piano Matteo Hager (CZ) violin |
| Where | Reduta Theatre Brno |
| Program | Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971): Concerto in D “Basle” for string orchestra, K075 Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959): Concerto da Camera for violin and string orchestra with piano and percussion, H 285 — intermission — Jan Novák (1921–1984): Concerto for piano and string orchestra Dress code: Semi-Formal |
is an artistic ensemble that focuses on original music and theatre programmes. During more than twenty years of its activity, the ensemble has developed into a musical company that organizes around two dozen performances a year in its own production, mainly in its hometown of Brno. The uniqueness of the ensemble is partly due to its three-parts section – original musical theatre, orchestral or chamber concerts with original programming and concerts by the chamber choir Ensemble Versus. In addition, during the autumn of 2022, the Diversa Quartet, a string quartet dedicated primarily to domestic and international contemporary quartet music, was formed within the ensemble. Furthermore, the ensemble initiates or participates in the production of CDs or radio recordings. Through its artistic programming, the encouragement of new compositions and its interpretative commitment, the ensemble strives for a dialogue with the open-minded listener.
comes from Karviná. In 1998 she graduated from the Faculty of Education of the University of Ostrava in choral conducting and then studied conducting at the JAMU in the class of Rostislav Hališka and Lubomír Mátl. In 2003-2004 she studied in Graz, Austria, at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in the conducting class of Martin Sieghart. During this scholarship she was selected to actively participate in the International Week Festival held in Graz, where she worked with the university symphony orchestra. She is largely focused on the performance of contemporary opera and is the conductor of Young Symphony Orchestra Brno. She has been cooperating with Ensemble Opera Diversa regularly since 2006.
Ayla Bártová, born in 2005, started playing piano at the age of five as a pupil of Jitka Shabuová at the Prague-Spořilov Music School. She graduated from the eight-year Gymnasium of the capital city of Prague with a musical specialization in the piano class of Taťána Vejvodová and Marek Kozák. She is a laureate of many national and international competitions, such as the Vítězslav Novák International Competition (2017), Prague Junior Note (2018, 2019, 2020) and Beethoven Teplice (2020). She has performed with her younger brother, cellist Josef Bárta, at the Znojmo Music Festival and the Kutná Hora Chamber Music Festival. In 2023 she received a scholarship to participate in the International Masterclasses in Wengen (Switzerland), where she studied with the Canadian pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin. In the concert series “Young Talents to Josef Suk” she performed as a soloist the piano concerto of Edward Grieg accompanied by the Prague Symphony Orchestra conducted by Tomáš Brauner in the Smetana Hall of the Municipal House in Prague. Since 2024 she has been studying at the Academy of Performing Arts in the piano class of Prof. Ivan Klánský.
Czech-American violinist Matteo Hager was born in 2003 in Prague. He graduated from the Musical Gymnasium in Prague and subsequently won a talent scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he is currently studying with Professor Rodney Friend.
He has won numerous international competitions, including International Violin Competition of J. Micka, France Music Competition, Note di Talento in Italy, Václav Hudeček Academy and Manhattan International Music Competition. Also, has been featured in BBC Music Magazine’s Rising Stars section.
As a soloist, Matteo has performed on three continents and performed with many important ensembles conducted by Tomáš Netopil, Robert Kružík, Radek Baborák, Chuhei Iwasaki, Naci Özgüç, Nataliya Gonchak and other renowned conductors.
Furthermore, Matteo is an active chamber musician. Together with pianist Pavol Praženica and cellist David Pěruška, he is a member of the Ernest Bloch Trio and also performs with pianist Marie Šumníková, with whom he was a laureate of the International Showcase Music Competition 2023.
In addition to playing the violin, Matteo has been invested in composing music. As a laureate of Showcase 2022, he presented his own composition Threnody at Rudolfinum as part of the Dvořákova Praha International Music Festival, and has composed music for several plays and films (Endless Summer Syndrome).
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