The traditional concert celebrating the Independence Day of the State of Israel will be held this year with the participation of Czech artists. The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra has invited the renowned Czech jazz group Emil Viklický Trio consisting of Emil Viklický (piano), Petr Dvorský (double bass) and Jiří Stivín Jr. (drums). They will be joined by the acclaimed Czech-Israeli saxophonist Jaroslav Jakubovič. Under the baton of conductor Eli Jaffe, the evening will include Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, variations on Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess and Israeli folk songs in new arrangements. Come and enjoy a unique musical encounter of classical, jazz and folk music in the festive atmosphere of Israel's national holiday.
Date and time: 30 April 2025, at 21:30
Address: The Henry Crown Symphony Hall, Jerusalem Theater
The Emil Viklický Trio will represent the capital city of Prague at the concert as a partner city of Jerusalem.
Emil Vyklický "Grand Moravia" Trio
Emil Vyklický - Piano
Emil studied mathematics at Palacký University Olomouc, Czechoslovakia. Almost immediately after his Prague debut in Ludek Hulan´s Jazz Sanatorium in the early 1970´s, Viklický became a key player on the Czech jazz scene. He also worked with Karel Velebný´s SHQ, the Prague Big Band, the Czech Radio Jazz Orchestra and the Super Quartet. Emil Viklický earned significant acclaim with his very first recording "In Olomouc Town" in 1977, presenting a remarkable synthesis of modal jazz concepts, Moravian folklore and references to the legacy of Leoš Janáček. In the 1977-78 Emil studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston with Herb Pomeroy. He also developed valuable musical friendships in USA. Soon Emil recorded a number of albums: Window and Door with the guitarist Bill Frisell, CD Together, a piano duo with James Williams, Midgets with Joe Newman, Magic Eye with Scott Robinson. The most important are recordings with Emil arrangements of Moravian folk and L.Janáček themes: CDs “Morava”, “Moravian Gems”, “Sinfonietta”, “Kafka on the Shore” with George Mraz, Billy Hart, Lewis Nash, Iva Bittová, Zuzana Lapčíková and Jiří Pavlica. At present, Emil Viklický “Grand Moravia” Trio are drummer Cyril Zelenak or Tomáš Hobzek and contrabass player Petr Dvorský
Petr Dvorský - Doublebass
Graduated The Jazz Conservatory of Jaroslav Jezek in Prague and studied classical music at Prof. Jan Kment, Prof. Vaclav Fuka and Prof. Jiri Valenta. Since 1990 he has been an integral member of the Czech jazz scene and has been collaborating with many great Czech and abroad jazz musician, such as Emil Viklický, Mark Vinci, Steve Lacy, Ingrid Jensen, Markus Printup, Randy Brecker, Julian Nicholas, Lew Tabackin, Jaroslav Jakubovic etc. In 1994 he was rewarded at the international competition Jazz Juniors in Krakow in Poland. For several years, Petr Dvorsky has been nominated in The Czech Jazz Society Award as a talent of the year.
Nowadays, besides cooperation with Emil Viklický Trio, Infinite Q and Points, Petr Dvorský is a member of The Czech Radio Bigband and is also active in jazz education area – for two years, he has been a director of The Summer Jazz Workshop in Prague organized by the Czech Jazz Society.
Jiří Stivín - Drums
Jiří Stivín Jr. was born in 1975 in Prague, Czech Republic. He comes from known Czech musical family; his father is a famous Czech jazz flutist and saxophonist. He started to play drums at very early age and ever since as a teenager he stared to play professionally. He won a Czech jazz award of Karel Velebný in 1995, in the same year he graduated Prague Conservatory under prof. Miloš Veselý. Jiri Stivin is a very versatile player. His recordings include many different styles as jazz, rock, pop, classic music, folk and various alternative styles.
