Markéta Dvořáková
MARKÉTA DVOŘÁKOVÁ
Markéta Dvořáková (1974), mezzo-soprano. After graduating the Pedagogic Faculty of
Charles University in Prague she studied opera-singing at the Conservatoire in
Teplice. She became a founder-member of the Middle-Ages-style group “Schola
specialis” in 2000 and then, one year later, she started to get a solo career.
She sang at festivals Ars Cameralis Katowice 2001, Tribuna komorní písně Plzeň
2002, 2004 and 2006, Ecumenical Festival in Berlin 2003, Smetanova Litomyšl
2003, Early Music Festival Český Krumlov 2003, Górnośląski Festiwal 2003, Brno
2004 and 2005, Banská Bystrica 2004 and 2006 except others.
She follows mainly classical concert repertory with works of J. D. Zelenka, G.
B. Pergolesi, J. S. Bach, G. F. Händel, W. A. Mozart, A. Dvořák, B. Martinů and
other composers of 20th and 21st century. She is a solo-singer of the Orchestr
Atlantis and a smaller group called Atlantis Collegium.
Markéta Dvořáková is a much-sought-for interpreter of contemporary music – many
composers write just for her: Vlastislav Matoušek, Markéta Dvořáková (consonance
of names), Bohuslav Řehoř, Ivo Medek, Miroslav Pudlák, and others. She also
sings works of world-famous authors of experimental music, for instance John
Cage, Giacinto Scelsi, Morton Feldman, Steve Reich, and follows vocal improvise.
She has performed a character of the Tarracan at the opening night of Vlastislav
Matoušek´s opera “the Eighth Way” (according to the model of St. Łem), and
leading characters of Miroslav Pudlák´s opera-farce “In the Shade of Sausage”
and of Ivo Medek´s opera “Doctor” were written for her (2002).
From 2002 she acts at the theatre Archa in Prague (performance “Questioning
heaven in dispair” under direction of J. A. Pitínský and “Tearoom KarMa” under
direction of Jana Svobodová). In 2004 she performed the leading character at the
first night of the opera MrTVÁ? from Ivo Medek and Markéta Dvořáková (consonance
of names) at the Noble Theatre in Prague.
I 2006 she shares revival and performing on opus of songs from Czech-German
composer Václav Jindřich Veit by his 200th anniversary of birth. She also
assists identifiebly at revival of an opus of songs of Miroslav Kabeláč and
other composers of the post-war generation by her concert activity. Together
with a baritone singer Petr Matuszek she has studied the concert programme “The
Czech Spiritual Songs of Middle-Ages”, which they perform successfully at
festivals and individual concerts both at our place and abroad.
She can offer CD records (The Czech Spiritual Songs of Middle-Ages), recordings
at the Czech Broadcasting Corporation (opus of songs from Josef Bohuslav
Foerster and Jaroslav Ježek) and at the Czech Television.