Ondřej Vrabec

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Ondřej Vrabec (born 1979) is a Czech conductor and horn player, currently solo horn of the

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.[1] From 2022 season he will become Chief Conductor of the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra.[2]

Ondřej Vrabec conducting the premiere of Seabourne's Piano Concerto no.2 at the Lichtenstein Palace, Prague

Biography

Vrabec studied at the

Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Benjamin Zander and others.[3][4][5]

Vřabec first played as solo horn of the

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, Bavarian Chamber Orchestra, Sólistes Européenes Luxembourg, China National Center for the Performing Arts Orchestra,[6]
Augsburg Philharmonic Orchestra, State Philharmonic Košice, Rzeszow Philharmonic and Lviv Philharmonic.

He has also acted as Assistant Conductor at the

Prague Philharmonia; the orchestra's first tours of these countries. His opera performances include world premieres of Lists of Infinity by Martin Smolka, Encounter by Mojiao Wang[8] and Protracted Sinuous Movement of a Longitudinal Object by Petr Cigler.[9]

Vrabec has released more than twenty CDs as player and conductor. His 2020 disc ″British Works for Horn″ (Sheva Contemporary, UK) featured music by

Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Valery Gergiev, Manfred Honeck and Jiří Bělohlávek
.

Many orchestral and chamber works have been written for Vrabec. He has a special, ongoing interest in British composers Peter Seabourne and Robin Holloway,[17][18] both of whom have written him multiple works. He premiered Seabourne's Double Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in Olomouc (2012),[19] broadcast by Czech Radio Vltava, and conducted the premiere of the same composer's 2nd Piano Concerto in Prague (2016).

References

  1. ^ "Ondřej Vrabec on Czech Philharmonic Orchestra website".
  2. ^ "Šéfdirigentem karlovarských symfoniků bude Ondřej Vrabec". 21 December 2021.
  3. ^ "International Horn Society".
  4. ^ "National Moravian-Silesian Theatre".
  5. ^ "Muzicus".
  6. ^ "China Daily".
  7. ^ "Ostrava Music Days International Festival".
  8. ^ "New Music Ostrava".
  9. ^ "Hudební informační Středisko". 14 July 2016.
  10. ^ "Gramophone".
  11. ^ "BBC Music Magazine".
  12. ^ "Limelight Magazine - Australia".
  13. ^ "Review".
  14. ^ "Beethoven • Robin Holloway • Peter Seabourne: Horn Quintets".
  15. ^ "★★★★½ Beethoven, Mozart, Seabourne & Holloway: Horn Quintets (Ondřej Vrabec, Pavel Bořkovec Quartet)".
  16. ^ "MusicWeb International review".
  17. ^ "Review in BBC Music Magazine July 2020".
  18. ^ "Prague Official Tourist website".
  19. ^ "Official Olomouc City website".

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