Lina Tur Bonet, Wranitzky Kapelle, Marek Štilec
Biographie Lina Tur Bonet, Wranitzky Kapelle, Marek Štilec
Lina Tur Bonet
Considered by the international press for her virtuosity (“Fiery virtuoso”, The Strad, “True Devil Violinist” Bayerische Rundfunk, “Superbement joué, flamboyante Lina” Diapason) combined with exceptional musicality, (“honest and heartfelt music-making” Gramophone, ”the violinist of the soul" Sankei Shinbun) Lina Tur Bonet develops a career as a violinist and conductor that is as versatile as it is personal.
Her love for music and his inexhaustible curiosity allow her to perform and research a repertoire that covers more than 400 years of music, from Monteverdi to Kurtag, always with the original instruments.
After working from a very young age with many of the most recognized artists of baroque, romantic and contemporary music of the moment, and dedicating herself as a soloist to the interpretation and recording of both great composers and unpublished music, Lina Tur Bonet has already become a reference in the musical scenario, being invited all over the world as a soloist and to lead world-class groups.
She brings together the most important musical heritages, including the pioneers of historicism and also some of the most consecrated directors and performers of music of all time, thus becoming the repository of the great European tradition. Awarded, among a dozen national and international awards and scholarships, in the Bonporti Prize.
She has made first versions and first world recordings of many scores: trios by Boccherini op.34, music by Brunetti, Montali, Reynaldi, works for solo violin by Matteys, Boxberg, Wranitzki, Leo, and even two CDs with unknown music by Antonio Vivaldi himself, as well as several contemporary pieces that have been dedicated to her.
Her recording of op. Corelli's V with her own ornamentations, rose as “recommended top-version” among all existing versions according to BBC Radio 3 in its Record Review program - “Building a library”, and her Biber Rosario Sonatas were described as “ referencial” by Gramophone, France Musique and Scherzo. Her recordings of unreleased Vivaldi concertos and sonatas have also been recommended by Bayerische Rundfunk, SWR, Radio Berlin, and on Spanish and Austrian radio. Crescendo Joker for “La Bellezza”. Two GEMA Awards for best recording of 2015 and 2018. 10/10 for Luister for her CD dedicated to Ravel. Two Diapason d'OR for her album “La Belleza” and for the CD “Biber Sonatas” 1681. Award for best album of the year 2022 in the chamber music category, in the considered Japanese “Grammy” of Record Geijutsu Magazine Magazine. CHOC from CLassica for the CD of Bach Violin Concertos.
She has performed all the Rosario Sonatas in Tokyo, Madrid, Granada and Vienna; has been concertmaster of more than a hundred Bach Cantatas and his Passions - including the St. Matthew Passion at the Konzertgebouw in Amsterdam with Concerto Köln. She has premiered solo violin works written for her by José Maria Sánchez Verdú, Mauricio Sotelo and Josep María Guix, and performed as a soloist with Orchestra in solo concerts and works by Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Ravel, Chausson, Mendelssohn, Bartok or Piazzolla with chamber and symphony orchestras. She was invited to the Montreal Festival to perform the entire work for solo violin by J.S. Bach. Both Lina Tur Bonet and her group MUSIca ALcheMIca were resident artists of the CNDM in its 2021-2022 season, and “Artist in Residence” of the Bach Biennale Weimar.
Lina Tur Bonet conducts orchestras from her Violin all over the world. She is currently professor of baroque violin and viola at the Musikhochschule “Franz Liszt” in Weimar, and concertmaster of Le Concert des Nations with Jordi Savall. ...
Marek Štilec
is one of the most prominent representatives of the young generation of Czech conductors, while also listing a long line of international successes, which include conducting the New World Symphony in Florida under the patronage of Michael Tilson Thomas, as well as a number of international awards for the recordings of the works of Zdeněk Fibich for the Naxos label (2 x New York's WQXR Radio's Album of the Week, Music Web International's 2013 and 2014 Recording of the Year, the 2013 Project of the Year for the magazine, Hudební Rozhledy, and 2 x Tip Harmonie 2014).
Marek Štilec began his musical studies at the Prague Conservatory in the violin class of Dana Vlachová. He studied conducting with Leoš Svárovský, is a graduate of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
Štilec is also an alumnus of the International Järvi Academy (masterclass with Leonid Grin), Jac van Steen´s Emerging Conductors Series and participated in the masterclasses of Jorma Panula, Collin Metters, Vladimír Kiradjev, Gerd Albrecht , Achim Holub and Johannes Gustavsson.
Marek collaborates with a wide range of leading orchestras, including the New World Symphony, Ulster Orchestra, London Classical Soloists, Das Kurpfalzische Kammerorchester Mannheim, The Orchestra of the Swan, Berlin Camerata, Kammerphilharmonie Graz, National Orchestra of Moldova, Pärnu City Orchestra, Camerata Titano, Aurora Symphony Orchestra. In the Czech Republic, he works with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, Prague Philharmonia, Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra Zlín, South Czech Philharmonic, Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra, Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra. He is a guest at premier music festivals such as Smetana's Litomyšl Festival, Prague Spring, Janáček May, International Festival of Concert Melodrama Prague, International Television Festival Golden Prague, and Music of Thousands—Mahler Jihlava. Štilec has also collaborated with soloists such as Thomas Hampson, Gabriela Beňačková, Štefan Margita, Soňa Červená, Ivan Kusnjer, Andrea Kalivodová, Kateřina Englichová a.o.
At the age of 17, Štilec founded the orchestra, Quattro, in which he acts as conductor and artistic leader.
He also worked with many choirs, including Prague Philharmonic Choir, Houston Symphony Chorus, Martinů Voices, Boni Pueri a.o.
Marek Štilec is a highly sought-after music label conductor, working with leading global classical music labels with 6 albums for the Naxos label, and 3 albums for ArcoDiva. He also collaborates with Czech television and radio broadcasting, and his recordings have been featured by the BBC. Additionally, Marek devotes time to promoting classical music (programs for Czech Radio, Czech and Austrian television: Mahler, Fibich, Oskar Nedbal), as well as conducting operatic works with such institutions as the Northern Bohemian Opera and Ballet Theatre (Leo Delibes – Lakmé) and the F. X. Šalda Theatre in Liberec (G. Donizetti – Conventions and Inconveniences of the Stage), and premiered the opera, Legend of Catherine of Redern, by Sylvie Bodorová in December 18th, 2014 in Liberec (Reichenberg).
In March 2010, Štilec interned with the San Francisco Symphony and its music director, Michael Tilson Thomas, and visited the Maestro again with the New World Symphony in March 2014. In February 2012, Marek embarked on a project to record the complete orchestral works of Zdeněk Fibich with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra (with 4 albums released thus far), and the symphonic works of representative of the Mannheim School, Franz Ignaz Beck (2 album released) for Naxos. Marek Štilec is also working on a large-scale project with this label featuring the works of Czech composers active in Vienna in the 18th century (15-20 albums).
