AVE MARIA Kristýna Kůstková and Ondřej Valenta

J. S. Bach: Sinfonia from Cantata "Wir danken dir Gott" BWV 29

J. S. Bach: Mein glaubiges Herze

W. A. Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate – Tu virginum corona, Alleluja

Th. Dubois: Toccata

G. F. Händel: Rinaldo – Lascia ch'io pianga

G. F. Händel: Samson – Let the bright Seraphim

F. Schubert: Ave Maria

P. Fletcher: Festival Toccata

J. Wade: Adeste Fideles/Oh come, all ye faithful

KRISTÝNA KŮSTKOVÁ

Soprano singer Kristýna Kůstková graduated her studies at the Pardubice Conservatory of Music in the class of Jarmila Chalupková, and also cooperates with Italian pedagogue Antonio Carangelo. She studied at the The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and is currently a Voice Master of Music student at the Mannes School of Music in New York in studio of Diana Soviero.

In 2016, she made her debut as Pamina in The Magic Flute at the Moravian Theatre. She also presented herself as Musetta in the project of the Conservatory of Pardubice in East Bohemian Theatre Pardubice and as Pamina. In 2017, she sang on the Closing night concert of Dvořák 's Art Songs in the Bohemian National Hall of the Czech center New York with members of The Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and presented herself as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) in the Project of Run OpeRun Prague. In 2018, she appeared on a „Romantic evening“ solo recital in the Rudolfinum.

She has also been successful in competitions, winning 1st prizes in the International Singing Competition Prague Singer, the Duškova competition, the Antonín Dvořák International Competition in the category Promising Opera Singer. She has also been awarded 1st prize in the Singing Competition in Olomouc (2015), the title of Laureate and the Prize of artistic head of opera and operetta of the Moravian Theatre and 1st prize and Prize for the absolute winner in the Contest of Conservatories (2016). In 2018, she won 2nd prize in the Antonín Dvořák International Competition in the category Junior, Honorable mention in the category Song and Prizes of Jarmila Novotná, Antonín Dvořák Society, Carangelo Belcanto Academy and Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra.

ONDŘEJ VALENTA

studied at the Prague Conservatory with Jan Hora and he continued his studies at the Academy of Arts in Prague with Pavel Černý (2014 - 2019). He studied also harpsichord, piano and basso continuo.

He gives concerts in many european countries (France, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Italy and Austria). He cooperates with soloists, choirs, orchestras and musical ensembles.

He is organist and choirmaster at the Royal Collegiate Chapter of Ss. Peter and Paul at Vyšehrad since year 2016.