Opera Arias in the Celetná Salon: concert of participants of the Markéta Cukrová Masterclass
Markéta Cukrová's masterclass is part of the activities of the Ševčík Academy and offers young singers the opportunity to work with one of the most outstanding Czech interpreters of the classical repertoire.
Programme:
- Antonín Dvořák.
Markéta Cukrová - Pietro Mascagni: The Peasant Cavalier - Santuzza's aria "Voi lo sapete, o mamma"
Petra Sobotková - Franz Lehár: Land of Smiles - aria "Im Salon zur blauen Pagod"
Denisa Nováková - Joseph Haydn: Creation - aria "Und Gott sprach... Nun beut die Flur"
Klára Muknsnablová - Arrigo Boito: Mephisto - aria by Markétka "Laltra in fondo al mare"
Vicenzo Bellini: Norma - aria "Casta Diva"
Veronika Movsesyan
Markéta Cukrová
Mezzo-soprano Markéta Cukrová is a sought-after interpreter of music from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, valued for her versatility and sense of style. Her long-term success in early music interpretation has brought her collaboration with renowned ensembles and orchestras such as La Risonanza, Mala Punica, Les Muffatti, Collegium Marianum, Collegium Vocale Gent, Collegium 1704, Musica Florea, Ensemble Inégal, Orkiestra Historyczna and Göttingen Festival Orchestra, with whom she has participated in more than twenty recordings.
V romantickém a moderním repertoáru spolupracovala s dirigenty Jiřím Bělohlávkem, Jakubem Hrůšou, Janem Latham-Koenigem, Markem Ivanovićem či Jaroslavem Kyzlinkem a vystoupila s Českou filharmonií, Symfonickým orchestrem Českého rozhlasu, Symfonickým orchestrem hl. m. Prague Symphony Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK and other Czech and foreign orchestras. In addition to her concert activities, she is also an opera theatre performer and guest performer at many European venues. In 2018, she was nominated for the Thalia and Jantar awards for outstanding performance of an operatic role.
Kristina Marková Stepasjuková
Pianist Kristina Marková Stepasjuková studied piano at the Pardubice Conservatory with Prof. Inna Tolmačová and at the HAMU with Prof. Ivan Klánský, where she received her doctorate. She also studied chamber music in Vienna with prof. Avedis Kouyoumdjian.
She is a laureate of numerous national and international competitions (e.g. in Pilsen, Vienna, Rome, Madrid and the Johannes Brahms Competition in Pörtschach). In 2016 she gave the world premiere of Peter Seaborne's Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestral Academy. She performs at home and abroad, and has long been involved in chamber music and piano collaboration. Currently, she is a teacher of piano collaboration at the Prague Conservatory and the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.

