Ústí Children’s Choir
Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
Conductors: Anna and Vlastimil Kobrle

The Ústí Children’s Choir has been functioning in the city of Ústí nad Labem since its establishment in 1966, and currently is supported by the Albis Culture Centre. From the very beginning, the ensemble has been led by the husband and wife team of Dr. Anna and Prof.Dr. Vlastimil Kobrle of the Music Education Department of the Pedagogical Faculty of Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem where the choir regularly appears in concert. They have also performed at a number of engagements, both in their home country and abroad (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, United States, etc...). Their rich repertoire focuses mainly on contemporary Czech compositions. This is amply demonstrated by their concert programmes and studio recordings (Prague, Ústí nad Labem, Hilversum, Stuttgart, Vienna, Varna, etc...) which also include three LP’s and one CD.
For a number of years, the group has collaborated with the Municipal Theatre Opera of Ústí nad Labem, in several combined productions like Jacobin, La Tosca, Bohemian Nativity Scene, Carmen, Bystrouška Fox’s Occurrences, and, most recently, in Pavel Blatný’s children opera ‘Fairy Tales from the Forest’. In June 1995, in conjunction with the North Bohemian Philharmonic the choir presented Czech composer George Sternwald’s scenic cycle ‘The Village Year’. The singers have also repeatedly taken part in a number of national and international competitions and festivals, in which they have represented the art of Czech choral singing with both honour and success...

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