ensemble | Konvergence

The performers are both composers and top-players, mostly graduates of the Academy of Music. Such combination creates a symbiosis and platform for deep collaboration between composition and interpretation. Konvergence ensemble has performed dozens of premieres of compositions by Czech artists (H. Bartoň, P. Z. Novák, M. Kopelent) and Czech premiers of composers from around the world (A. Breier, G. Toro-Pérez, G. Crumb, T. Takemitsu, K. Saariaho, J. Ullmann).

Besides its own concert cycle, the KONVERGENCE chamber ensemble also performs on Czech and international stages and at music festivals.

Since 2006 the KONVERGENCE chamber ensemble has been collaborating with the national radio station Czech Radio, for which it makes recordings of Czech and international contemporary music. The KONVERGENCE chamber ensemble belongs to the respected chamber ensembles of contemporary music scene.

flute > Zuzana Bandúrová

clarinet > Jiří Mráz

violin > Matěj Vlk, Irena Štochlová

viola / artistic leader > Ondřej Štochl

violoncello > Sebastian Tóth

double bass > Ondřej Melecký

piano > Egli Prifti, Eva Hutyrová, Lucie Tóth

guitar > Jan Tuláček

accordion > Jiří Lukeš