BBC Orchestra plays on Feb 11, 2010 - see performance update
Viktor and Zuzana
formed a remarkable partnership at the heart of Czech music for more than 50 years. They refused to join the Communist Party and faced endless adversities, yet they achieved enormous international success.
Viktor's music, inspired in particular by such composers as Martinu, Hindemith, Stravinsky, Honegger and Bartok, has been widely performed and recorded. Zuzana's virtuoso skills on the harpsichord – most notably her interpretations of Bach - have brought her honors and acclaim. Her more than 65 recorded albums and thousands of public performances have thrilled audiences across the world.
Watch this space for upcoming new recordings of Kalabis
PERFORMANCE UPDATE 2010
Kalabis Concerto for harpsichord
and strings, Op. 42
BBC Radio 3
Thursday, 11 February, 7pm in London
Discovering Music & New Generation Artists. Free concerts with the BBC Concert Orchestra. New Generation Artists - Mathew Coorey conductor, Daniela Lehner mezzo-soprano, Mahan Esfahan harpsichord.
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Watch New York University's Professor Michael Beckermann Introduce the Music of Victor Kalabis - click here
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A Wonderful Prague Spring Festival Saw Outstanding Performances in two concerts the complete string quartets by Viktor Kalabis
Kocian Quartet
&
Zemlinsky Quartet
Also see details of performances by the Hawthorne String Quartet & the Prague Spring Festival...
See more upcoming performances.
Jindřichův Hradec Honors Viktor Kalabis
Special exhibition celebrates a composer who spent much of his childhood in this southern Bohemia town and who, together with Zuzana, was to spend many happy and inspirational summers here in recent decades.
The mission of the Foundation, inspired by Zuzana, is:
To develop, promote knowledge of, and sponsor the music and life's work of Viktor Kalabis through events such as concerts, lectures, festivals, exhibitions, competitions, master classes and other educational events by the use of such media as radio, television, film, recordings, publications and electronic technology including the internet, and hiring such performing and creative artists, consultants, and administrative staff as might be required to operate and maintain the organization and its goals.
Viktor Kalabis 1923 - 2006
Schott publishes Kalabis scores.
Visit Schott Music's website for details.