Pražský filharmonický sbor převzal Cenu Antonína Dvořáka

Adventní koncert Pražského filharmonického sboru 19. prosince 2022 se stal dějištěm slavnostního předání Ceny Antonína Dvořáka za rok 2022 právě tomuto prestižnímu tělesu. Do rukou ředitele Pražského filharmonického sboru Davida Marečka ocenění vložili Robert Kolář, ředitel Akademie klasické hudby, která cenu od roku 2009 uděluje, společně s ředitelem festivalu Dvořákova Praha Janem Simonem.

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„Cena Antonína Dvořáka je určena umělcům a tělesům globálního rozměru. Zážitek ze včerejšího koncertu nás utvrdil v tom, že cena je ve správných rukou,“ uvedl Robert Kolář, ředitel Akademie klasické hudby, která cenu s každoroční podporou Karel Komárek Family Foundation uděluje.

„Cena Antonína Dvořáka je uznáním pro všechny zpěváky a sbormistry od roku 1935, kdy Pražský filharmonický sbor vznikl. Je pro nás čest, že se sbor ocitá v té nejlepší společnosti, a je to pro nás velký závazek, aby i nadále reprezentoval nejen Antonína Dvořáka, ale i celou českou hudbu,“ uvedl ředitel Pražského filharmonického sboru David Mareček.

Cena Antonína Dvořáka již od roku 2009 vyzdvihuje mimořádné umělecké počiny nebo významné zásluhy na propagaci a popularizaci české klasické hudby doma i v zahraničí. Jejím historicky prvním laureátem se stal Josef Suk, pravnuk Antonína Dvořáka, mezi dalšími oceněnými jsou mimo jiné Yo-Yo Ma, Jakub Hrůša, Jiří Bělohlávek, Sir András Schiff, Gabriela Beňačková, Ivan Moravec nebo Česká filharmonie. 

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Skleněnou plastiku violoncella navrženou akademickým architektem Jiřím Pelclem pro slavnostní předání vyrobili skláři společnosti Moser. Partnerem letošního předání Ceny Antonína Dvořáka byla společnost SAZKA.

Pražský filharmonický sbor je nejstarším českým profesionálním sborem s nepřerušenou historií od roku 1935. Od 60. let úspěšně vystupuje v zahraničí, v 80. letech vzniklo několik mezinárodně oceňovaných nahrávek včetně Stabat Mater a Requiem Antonína Dvořáka s dirigentem Wolfgangem Sawallischem a Českou filharmonií. V březnu 2007 byl do čela jmenován sbormistr Lukáš Vasilek. Pod jeho vedením si sbor vybudoval pozici vysoce oceňovaného partnera světových orchestrů, jako jsou Berlínští filharmonici s jejich šéfdirigentem Kirillem Petrenkem, či spolupráce s dirigenty, jako je Zubin Mehta, Alan Gilbert, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Fabio Luisi či již zesnulý Mariss Jansons. PFS se dlouhodobě podílí na nahrávání pro společnost DECCA. 

Hlavním partnerem Pražského filharmonického sboru, se kterým aktuálně sdílí i základní organizační platformu, je Česká filharmonie v čele s jejím šéfdirigentem Semjonem Byčkovem, sbor ale neopomíjí ani spolupráci s dalšími českými orchestry.

 

The Prague Philharmonic Choir is the laureate of the Antonín Dvořák Prize 2022

At its meeting on 16 September 2022, the Academic Council of the Antonín Dvořák Prize decided that the Prague Philharmonic Choir will be the recipient of this award for 2022. The Antonín Dvořák Prize will be awarded to this ensemble during the Prague Philharmonic Choir's Christmas concert at the Prague State Opera on 19 December 2022 at 8 pm, broadcast live on Czech Television.

"The Prague Philharmonic Choir is a great ambassador of Czech musical culture and the creative legacy of Antonín Dvořák on a global scale, which is documented not only by its numerous performances on prestigious international stages in collaboration with the world's most renowned orchestras and conductors, but also by a number of recordings where the works of Czech composers hold a prominent position. This year's collaboration with the Czech Philharmonic, its Chief Conductor Semyon Bychkov and international soloists on a concert performance of Rusalka at the Dvořák Prague International Music Festival is proof of this. As the new recipient of the Antonín Dvořák Prize, it is a worthy continuation of the previous series of winners of this award, which the Academy of Classical Music has been awarding since 2009," said Jan Simon, Chairman of the Council of Academicians and Intendant of the Academy of Classical Music.

The Prague Philharmonic Choir is the oldest Czech professional choir with an unbroken history since 1935. It began its artistic activity under the leadership of its founder, singer and choirmaster Jan Kühn, as the Czech Choir. In the 1960s, the choir, already under the name of the Prague Philharmonic Choir, undertook major tours abroad in Europe, and in the 1970s performed for the first time in Japan. In the 1980s several internationally acclaimed recordings were made, including Antonín Dvořák's Stabat Mater and Requiem with conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch and the Czech Philharmonic.

In March 2007, choirmaster Lukáš Vasilek was appointed to lead the choir, under whose leadership the choir has established itself as a highly valued partner of world orchestras. This is evidenced by numerous artistic performances with the Berlin Philharmonic and its chief conductor Kirill Petrenko, and collaborations with conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Alan Gilbert, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Fabio Luisi and the late Mariss Jansons. PFS has long been recording for DECCA. 

The main partner of the Prague Philharmonic Choir, with which it currently shares the basic organizational platform, is the Czech Philharmonic, headed by its Chief Conductor Semyon Bychkov, but the choir cooperates with other Czech orchestras, too.

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Antonín Dvořák Prize

The Antonín Dvořák Prize is a prestigious award in the field of classical music. It is intended to highlight people, artistic collectives, or institutions for exceptional artistic achievements or significant merit in promoting and popularising Czech classical music in the Czech Republic and abroad. Winners have been announced by the Academy of Classical Music since 2009.

The first laureate of the prize was the great-grandson of the composer Antonín Dvořák, the violinist, violist, and conductor Josef Suk. Following him were such figures as the pianist Ivan Moravec, the cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and the world-famous choreographer and dancer Jiří Kylián. In the past, the importance of the prize has been underscored by the special places and occasions of its presentation. The soprano Ludmila Dvořáková received the Antonín Dvořák Prize in the Spanish Hall of Prague Castle during a recital by the pianist Lang Lang, the conductor Jiří Bělohlávek was given the prize in 2014 at Carnegie Hall in New York, and the Czech Philharmonic received it at its concert celebrating 100 years of Czech statehood at the Kennedy Center in Washington.

Laureates of the Antonín Dvořák Prize receive a glass sculpture of a cello designed by the architect Jiří Pelcl and produced by the glassmakers from the company Moser.

Charter and Schedule

The awarding of the Antonín Dvořák Prize is governed by a charter. You can download the charter in its full wording here.

Academic Council

Since 2012, the Academic Council has made the decisions on awarding the Antonín Dvořák Prize. The Academic Council consists of important figures of Czech cultural life and classical music, and it decides on nominations and the actual selection of winners of the Antonín Dvořák Prize.

  • Petr Altrichter, conductor
  • David Beveridge, musicologist
  • Jakub Čížek, director of Prague Radio Symphony
  • Věra Drápelová, music publicist
  • Jakub Hrůša, Chief Conductor of the Bamberg Symphony and Principal Guest Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic
  • Ivo Kahánek, pianist, educator HAMU
  • Ivan Klánský, pianist, Dean of the Music Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (HAMU), holder of the Antonín Dvořák Prize 2017
  • Jiří Kylián, choreographer, holder of the Antonín Dvořák Prize 2013
  • David Mareček, general director of the Czech Philharmonic, pianist
  • Tomáš Motl, executive director of the ČT art channel
  • Jan Simon, artistic director of the Academy of Classical Music, pianist
  • Luboš Stehlík, the editor-in-chief of the magazine Harmonie, music publicist
  • Jiří Vejvoda, music publicist

Laureates