Czech Jazz Weekend: Tomáš Liška Invisible World Trio / Petr Beneš Quartet at Opus Jazz Club

20:00 Tomáš Liška Invisible World Trio

Featuring:

David Dorůžka - guitar
Vit Kristan - piano
Tomáš Liška - double bass

Czech double bass player Tomáš Liška’s Invisible World Trio features three dominant figures of the Czech jazz scene. Liška, the leader, became well-known in the jazz-circles of Prague soon after he has started his studies on double-bass at the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatorium, appearing with a wide array of musicians at the city's most important jazz clubs and festivals. He has played with numerous Czech and international groups and won dozens of awards and competitions. ...

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20:00 Tomáš Liška Invisible World Trio

Featuring:

David Dorůžka - guitar
Vit Kristan - piano
Tomáš Liška - double bass

Czech double bass player Tomáš Liška’s Invisible World Trio features three dominant figures of the Czech jazz scene. Liška, the leader, became well-known in the jazz-circles of Prague soon after he has started his studies on double-bass at the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatorium, appearing with a wide array of musicians at the city's most important jazz clubs and festivals. He has played with numerous Czech and international groups and won dozens of awards and competitions.

Liška’s collaboration with exceptionally talented Czech guitarist David Dorůžka started back in 2005 when they got together into the final of the International Jazz Festival in Getxo, Spain. In 2009 the guitarist was also a key member of the leader’s first solo CD, Invisible World, beside Daniele di Bonaventura on bandoneon. The critically acclaimed album was presented by the trio worlwide on festivals and clubs.

Youngest musician in the trio is pianist Vit Kristan, who saw incredible success as a member of the young jazz quintet Inner Spaces, whose album Light Year was awarded with the Angel Prize for Best Jazz Album in 2012. Kristan also participated in the recording of Czech jazz veteran Jaromir Honzak’s Blood Sings, a beautiful collection of Suzanne Vega covers, also nominated for the Angel prize. The pianist's own debut Imprints, released last year, was also praised to heaven by critics.

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21:30 Petr Beneš Quartet

Featuring:

Petr Beneš - piano
Ondřej Štveráček - tenorsaxophone
Tomáš Baroš - double bass
Marek Urbánek - drums

Jazz pianist and composer Petr Beneš, born in 1977, started piano lessons at the age of 5. After winning the Czech National Piano Contest in Pardubice in 1991 he was accepted to the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory where he has stared to study piano and composition in 1993 and where he teaches jazz improvisation since 1999.

Beneš has played nine years with the Reduta Big Band and worked with the Czech Radio Big Band as well. He was member of the Petr Kořínek Quartet and the group Jazz Efterrätt for many years. His current projects include work with the Libor Šmoldas Quartet, with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and the St. Blažej Big Band conducted by Kryštof Marek.

His piece Waiting for the Art won the award Jazz Composition of The Year 2011 on a competition organized by Bohemia JazzFest and OSA. His own group, the Petr Beneš Quartet offers exclusive original repertoire in combination with exceptional musicians.


Tickets are available for 1500 HUF on the spot, in the national JEGYPONT network of Interticket, at jegy.hu and here.

Please don't forget your table reservation, as seating at the Opus jazz Club can only be guaranteed in this case.
Tel: (+36 1) 216 7894

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