My dears…
Red Kostelec
Small hall of the J. K. Tyl Theatre
My dears…
The concert is held under the auspices of the mayor of the town Tomáš Prouza.
Admission 150 CZK
Advance ticket sales in IC Červený Kostelec, Náchod, Hronov, Česká Skalice, Nové Město nad Metují, Police nad Metují, CA TOMA Úpice, Zahradnictví Trees and online at www.mksck.cz
Performers
Frantisek Kinsky – spoken word
Matyas Novak – piano
Program
A. Dvořák – Poetic Moods Op. 85 (selection)
M. Novák – Fantasies on the opera Rusalka
J. Suk – Piano Pieces Op.7 (selection)
L. Janáček – Sonata 1. X. 1905 “From the Street”
B. Smetana – Vltava (arr. Matyáš Novák)
Program
A. Dvořák – Poetic Moods Op. 85 (selection)
M. Novák – Fantasies on the opera Rusalka
J. Suk – Piano Pieces Op.7 (selection)
L. Janáček – Sonata 1. X. 1905 “From the Street”
B. Smetana – Vltava (arr. Matyáš Novák)
Composed by František Kinský, descendant of an old Czech noble family and guide to the popular series Blue Blood, and the exceptional pianist Matyáš Novák, winner of numerous domestic and international competitions, who at the age of nineteen made his debut at the legendary Carnegie Hall in New York, combines the compositions of Antonín Dvořák, Josef Suk, Leoš Janáček and Bedřich Smetana with a selection of Antonín Dvořák’s correspondence with these personalities.
Matyáš Novák
is one of the most promising pianists of his generation thanks to his extraordinary harmonic sensitivity, wide repertoire and excellent technique. At the age of ten he made his first appearance with an orchestra, at nineteen he made his Carnegie Hall debut, and at twenty he presented a solo recital at the Prague Spring Festival. His extraordinary musical talent is evidenced not only by the many prizes he has won at domestic and international competitions, but also by the fact that at his young age he has forty concerts with orchestra and hundreds of compositions for solo piano in his repertoire.
Matyáš Novák started playing the piano at the age of five. He graduated from the J. K. Tyl Grammar School in Hradec Králové and the Pardubice Conservatory in the class of Prof. Jitka Fowler Fraňková. He is also a graduate of the renowned piano academy Incontri col Maestro in Imola, Italy, in the class of Prof. Boris Petrushansky. He is currently studying at the Academy of Performing Arts in the class of Prof. Ivan Klánský.
As a soloist he has performed with the Brno Philharmonic, the Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, the Prague Chamber Orchestra, the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra and others. He regularly participates in masterclasses and is invited to domestic and international music festivals (Prague Spring, Smetana Litomyšl). Matyáš is also a great connoisseur and lover of railway transport. Since January 2019, he has been exclusively represented by the KINSKY Art Media agency, whose managing director is František Kinský.
František Kinský
(*27 December 1947, Hradec Králové), full name Maria František Emanuel Jan Silvestr Alfons Kinský, is a descendant of the Kostelec branch of the noble Kinský family from Vchynice and Tetovo. He grew up in Prague and during his active life he had a number of jobs – he worked as a designer, production assistant and director at Czech Television, and then for a long time he worked in advertising. First he worked as head of the film, radio and television department at the Merkur advertising company, and after the revolution as creative director at the Czech branches of the multinational advertising agencies Lintas and Ogilvy.
He is a councillor and until 2022 he was also the mayor of Kostelec nad Orlicí, where he manages the family castle. Since 2017, he has hosted the TV documentary series Blue Blood. František Kinský is convinced that no matter what has happened in our country in recent years, it is possible to achieve great results through honest work.
Red Kostelec
Červený Kostelec is located in the picturesque eastern foothills of the Giant Mountains in the middle of the Náchod region in the Hradec Králové Region.
The first mention of Kosteliec dates back to 22 August 1362 from the confirmation book of the Prague diocese. In this book it is written about the appointment of the parish priest Heřman as the patron of the church by the Red Mountain lord Mikuláš Pískl.
In 1591, the town suffered a fire that destroyed part of the town and the church. A tin baptismal font has been preserved from the church, which is now one of the oldest material monuments of the town. Another disaster came during the Thirty Years’ War, when the town was plagued by imperial and Swedish troops, crop failure and famine. Even after a hundred years, the original population could not be restored. More significant growth did not occur until around 1780, when Kostelec was designated as a township. The evidence is the preserved seal of the township with the oldest depiction of the town’s coat of arms.
The Baroque period also had a significant impact on the history of the town. The Baroque church, for example, dates from this era and was rebuilt in 1591 by Prince Ottavio Piccolomini on the site of the original burnt-out church. In the following years, the town suffered from frequent invasions by the Prussian army and the Silesian wars, but after the end of the fighting, textile production began to develop. Domestic spinning and weaving linen production gradually joined the emerging manufactories. By the end of the 18th century, the town experienced remarkable economic growth.
During the period of national revival, Kosteliec was alive with cultural and patriotic life. Among the important personalities were the teachers Alois Rudl and his son-in-law Augustin Purm, who had previously taught Božena Němcová. It was Božena Němcová who poetically depicted the atmosphere of the town in her short story “Poor People”.
Today Červený Kostelec boasts reconstructed historical buildings such as Church of St. James the Greater, Town Hall, Town Hall and the J. K. Tyl Theatre.