Collegium of Gabriela Demeterová

An ensemble fulfilling musical dreams ...

As the title suggests, the ensemble was founded in 2005 by violinist Gabriela Demeterová. She is its soloist as well as artistic director. Its members are exceptional music personalities. They are all connected by a common dream of first class music interpretation and similar career standard.

"I am grateful I can afford to choose the best ones from my colleagues and together with them to attend to the splendid lady, Lady Music. It is the ensemble creating for me the much-needed base, in which I can fully realise my artistic visions", Gabriela Demeterová, founder of the ensemble, explains.

Collegium of Gabriela Demeterová is a versatile chamber orchestra. Its cast can be changed according to the repertoire and programme needs. Thus it can offer even special arranges of brilliant pieces for violin or viola, which are otherwise performed with a big symphony orchestra or piano only. The wide repertoire includes for example Brahms's Hungarian Dances, Sarasate's Gipsy Melodies, Tchaikovsky's Valse-Scherzo, Dvořák's Mazurek ...

An exceptional music achievement of the ensemble is performing and recording "Opella Ecclesiastica", a set of church cantatas written by Czech baroque composer Josef Antonín Plánický. It was recorded at the chateau in Manětín, his birthplace, where he also worked in his lifetime. An integral collection of short compositions with deep biblical topics is full of melodious ideas and entirely comparable with the work of famous European composers of the period.

The ensemble of excellent musicians fulfilled their baroque dream not only to themselves, but also to their audience in a  number of beautiful concerts. In 2005, they gave concerts e.g. at The International Festival of Chamber Music in Český Krumlov or The International Music Festival of Emma Destinnová in České Budějovice. In December 2005, they also took a successful concert tour of Japan. One of the most significant activities of the year 2006 was taking part in the Gala Programme celebrating the 50th anniversary of the company of Sazka in Prague Sazka Arena. The Collegium performed in the most recent Czech multi-purpose hall with the seating capacity of 18 000, as the only ensemble in the programme playing classical music.