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Bohuslav Matousek (*1949,
Havlickuv Brod),
a leading representative of contemporary Czech music and violin playing, Bohuslav Matousek first drew public attention to his talent as a child, as the winner of numerous national competitions. Between 1967 and 1972 he studied in the classes of Jaroslav Pekelsky and Va clav Snitil at Prague's Academy of Music. Also during that time, in 1969, he attended for the first time Arthur Grumiaux's master classes in Zurich, completing the course with success that earned him an invitation for training with Nathan Milnstein. In 1970 he received the special prize of the jury at the Tibor Varga International Violin Competition along with a Swiss grant, which he used to sustain himself during a yearlong course of study with Wolfgang Schneiderhan in Lucerne. Another major success was winning first prize at the prestigious Prague Spring International Competition in 1972. After completing his studies, Bohuslav Matousek concentrated on his subsequent career as a concert artist. In 1977 he was invited to Japan, for an engagement as a soloist and orchestra Leader with Tokyo's Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra. Here, he appeared under the batons of such prominent international conductors as Celibidache, Kurt Masur, Zubin Metha, Bernstein and others, performing an extensive violin concerto repertoire. After his return from Japan in 1980, he continued his soloist commitments with work as the Leader of the Stamic Quartet, an ensemble which he helped launch, over the ensuing fifteen years, onto a trajectory lined by many important international triumphs and distinctions. The Quartet has to its credit an impressive list of over 60 CDs recorded both at home and internationally, as well as two Grand Prix du Disque awards. Since 1995, when he left the Stamic Quartet, Buhuslav Matousek has focused most of his attention on his solo concert performances. There, his extensive repertoire has encompassed works ranging from the early Baroque period through to contemporary music. In the domain of chamber music, he currently works chiefly with his stable partner, pianist Petr Adamec. In addition, he is a member of the Antonin Dvorak Trio. His solo discography comprises seven LP records and eighteen CDs. Amongst his latest major recordings for Supraphon so far is a four-CD set featuring Bohuslav Martinu's complete works for violin and piano, which was released at a world premiere in May 1999. This complete set, on which Matousek collaborated with pianist Petr Adamec, has generated an exceptionally mighty wave of attention among the critics and the general public alike. This has been evidenced by the flood of reviews it has received in the leading music magazines and periodicals (The Strad, Klassik heute, Repertoire, Le Monde dela Musique, Gramophone, Fono Forum, Harmonie, Prager Zeitung), and above all by the list of awards the recording has received. This includes the Classic Prize for the best chamber music recording in the Czech Republic for 1999, and the 2001 Cannes Classical Award in the 20th century Chamber Music category. Most recently, the set was pronounced Disk of the Year 2000 by the American Internet journal, Classics Today. Bohuslav Matousek's exceptional affinity for the
artistic personality of Bohuslav Martinu is further illustrated by
his performance, in Zlin, in September 1999, with the Bohuslav
Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Tomas
Koutnik, of the European premiere of the second version of Suite
Concertante, and of the world premiere of the same composition's
first version, with the Pardubice Chamber Philharmonic
Orchestra under Douglas Bostock at the Prague Spring
Festival in the year 2000. Martinu's chamber and orchestral
works with solo violin form constitute the backbone of Bohuslav
Matousek's current concert-platform and recording-studio projects,
his most recent recording being the first CD of a new Martinu
series: Suite Concertante and Violin Concerto No.1 with the
Czech Philharmonic under Christopher Hogwood. This CD was
designated best Czech recording in 2002 by the leading Czech
music magazine Harmonie. 
Joseph Haydn : Violin Concertos G major, C
major Joseph Haydn : Violin Concertos B major, A major, D
major, dubble Concerto F major (violin&piano) Smetana, Dvorak, Suk : Violin Works Franz Schubert : Grand Duo A major & 3
Sonatinas Bohuslav Martinu : Dubble concerto Bohuslav Martinu : Duo
Concertant Joseph Haydn : Violin Concertos in C major, G major B
flat major Czech music for violin and
piano Antonio Vivaldi : Le Quatro Stagioni & Concerti RV
356/230/522 Antonin Dvorak : The Complete Work for Violin and
Piano Wenceslaus Wodizka : The European Music of 18th
Century Johannes Brahms : Konzert fur Violine und Orchestr
D-Dur op.77 Antonin Dvorak : Die Werke fur Violine und
Orchestr Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart :
Kirchensonaten Antonio Vivaldi : Le Quattro Stagioni Bohuslav Martinu : Works for violin and piano
Vol.1 Ludvig van Beethoven : Works for violin and orchestra
(Concerto for violin in D major op.61, Romance F major/G major
op.50/op.40) Bohuslav Martinu : Suite Concertante for violin and
Orchestra H.276/2nd version 1945, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
No.1 H.232 bis | |
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