Ars Instrumentalis Pragensis

The ensemble has gained great international recognition ever since it came into existence in 1987. It consists of five instrumental players: Luboš Hucek (bassoon), Josef Kšica (organ, harpsichord, piano), Pavel Nejtek (double-bass), Liběna Sequardtová (oboe), Ivan Sequardt (oboe, horn) each of whom is the top representative in his/her field. All of them have played with many internationally known ensembles and they have been awarded prizes from competitions at home and abroad. The ensemble has been concentrating, apart from German, Italian, French and English baroque compositions, on Czech baroque instrumental music dominated by the works of the “Czech Bach” Jan Dismas Zelenka, whose great instrumental cycle of six trio sonatas was recorded by the ensemble in 1994. Ars Instrumentalis Pragensis was highly praised for its interpretation of these Zelenka’s sonatas. The ensemble won the First prize and a gold medal at the international competition in Osaka, Japan

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