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Czech Chamber Music Society • Walter Hofbauer


In his cycle Windows, Petr Eben unforgettably combined the sounds of the organ and trumpet. This emblematic work and other noteworthy compositions written for a non-traditional combination of instruments will open this year’s series of Morning Concerts with Czech Philharmonic first trumpet player Walter Hofbauer and organist Petr Čech.

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Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach
Organ Concerto in D minor after Vivaldi, BWV 596

Alessandro Marcello (arr. Marie Clair Adam)
Oboe Concerto in C minor, SF 935, arranged for trumpet and organ

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548

Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Walter Hofbauer)
Agnus Dei from Mass in B minor BWV 232

Josef Klička
Concert Fantasy on motifs from Smetana’s Vyšehrad, Op. 33

Petr Eben
Windows, four movements for trumpet and organ after Marc Chagall

Performers

Petr Čech organ

Walter Hofbauer trumpet

Photo illustrating the event Czech Chamber Music Society • Walter Hofbauer

Rudolfinum — Martinů Hall — Academy of Performing Arts

Performers

Petr Čech  organ

Walter Hofbauer   trumpet

At the age of 26, the trumpeter Walter Hofbauer has already captivated music critics with his outstanding artistic performances and to achieve exceptional results and recognition. He comes from the Czech town Třešť and was raised in a musical family. At age 8 he began studying trumpet with Evžen Mašát, and he soon won first prize at several nationwide competitions. In September 2009 he entered Jiří Jaroněk’s studio at the Prague Conservatoire, and he soon became the overall winner of the conservatoire competition. Already as a second-year student, he played first trumpet in the orchestra of the Prague Conservatoire at the opening concert of the Prague Spring Festival under the baton of Jiří Bělohlávek, the chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic. Two years later, he won the audition for the Orchestral Academy of the Czech Philharmonic. He graduated from the conservatoire in 2015, and that same year he was admitted to the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, where he continued his studies under the guidance of Vladimír Rejlek. As a laureate of the Concertino Praga International Radio Competition, he appeared at the Rudolfinum as a soloist with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, and he became a full-time member of that orchestra in 2014. Since the 2017/2018 he has also been a member of the Orchestra of the National Theatre.