The Impresario Czech Artists Agency of Prague, founded in 1995 by Marek Vrabec, has developed into an important agency of its kind. It is devoted to representing artists in an international context, primarily in the field of classical music.

Concert Management

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	Musica Florea

The Impresario Czech Artists Agency works closely with the most important Czech ensembles devoted to "authentic interpretation" of early music - its core clients - under the leadership of Marek Štryncl and David Eben.

International Representation

Impresario also arranges appearances of selected Czech performers abroad - ranging from soloists, chamber ensembles, and orchestras to operatic and ballet ensembles.

Arrangement of Appearances by Foreign Artists in the Czech Republic

Michael Nyman

	Yair Dalal

Impresario arranges for appearances by foreign artists in concert projects of various presenters including the Prague Castle Administration - an organization funded by the Office of the President of the Republic. In recent years Impresario has arranged for appearances by such ensembles and artists as tenor Peter Straka, contrabassist Miroslav Vitouš, the Wiener Kammerorchester, American pianist Cecil Taylor, Klaus Mertens of Germany, from England the Michael Nyman Band and the Emperor String Quartet, from France the Ensemble Philidor and Didier Lockwood, and from Israel Shalev Ad-El and the SheshBesh ensemble with Yair Dalal.

Co-Productions

Miroslav Vitouš

Impresario works as a co-producer with the Prague Castle Administration, especially for the Strings of Autumn Festival at the Prague Castle of which Marek Vrabec is a co-founder. In close cooperation with the Prague Castle Administration, Impresario shares in programming and producing concerts at the castle including Stings of Autumn and the modern premiere of Jan Dismas Zelenka's monumental musical-dramatic work Sub olea pacis et palma virtutis (Under the Oliver Branch of Peace and the Palm of Virtue), composed in 1723 for the coronation of Charles VI as King of Bohemia.

Production of Audio Recordings

Impresario works as a producing agency for selected recording projects, serving as producer for recordings by Musica Florea for Supraphon (the most important Czech recording company) among other labels. Let us mention for example the world premiere recording of church cantatas by J.L. Dukát - Cithara nova 1707, the premiere recording of J.D. Zelenka's Sub olea pacis et palma virtutis, and a unique series of recordings from the archive of Prague's Order of the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star. (For more information see the Discography.) In April 2002 the St. Wenceslas Vespers by Pavel Josef Vejvanovský were released in a world premiere recording on a Supraphon compact disc.

Contacts

Marek Vrabec, managing director, marek.vrabec@impresario.cz