Prague Baroque Ensemble

Prague Baroque Ensemble

The Prague Baroque Ensemble was founded by the oboist Vojtěch Jouza in 1982. The ensemble´s specialty is music of the Baroque era performed by various instrumental configurations. Even though members of the ensemble play on modern instruments, they do their best to perform the music in an authentically Baroque style on the basis of the interpretive practices of that era. The ensemble is comprised of musicians from the Czech Philharmonic and other significant ensembles. Their concerts frequently include singers who perform the sacred and secular cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach and others. In 1993 members of the ensemble recorded the complete sonatas of the Czech Baroque composer Jan Dismas Zelenka. The ensemble has also performed his works at the „Old Testament in Art“ festival and in the concert cycle „Hommage ? Zelenka“ organized by Czech Radio on the 250th anniversary of Zelenka´s death. The ensemble collaborates with Czech Radio and television, performs during the Czech Philharmonic concert series and in concerts organized by the FOK agency, and perfoms abroad (regular tours of Japan and concerts in Germany).