Frantisek Brikcius - Cello
Biography
CZECH CELLIST FRANTISEK BRIKCIUS
František Brikcius was born in Prague, into a family with a distinguished cultural background. From early childhood he began to play the cello and quickly developed into a competent student. He was accepted into the Janáček Academy of Music (JAMU) in Brno after completing his study of the absolutory at the Prague Conservatoire, under Professor Jaroslav Kulhan. As a student at JAMU, František studied in Bedřich Havlík’s cello class. He furthered his study at The Toho Gakuen Academy in Japan, and continues his studies today with master classes under the guidance of Professor Anna Shuttleworth in United Kingdom. He graduated from JAMU with an MgA degree, under the tutelage of Professor Evžen Rattay.
He has actively participated in many international cello master classes in Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Great Britain and Israel. French Academy 1999, 2000, 2001 (Prof. J.Bárta), Terezín Composers International Master classes 1999 (Prof. D.Sella), Cello Master classes 2001 (Prof. L.Meze), Jihlava Master classes 2000, 2001, 2002 (Prof. D.Sella, Prof. E.Rattay), International Cello Interpretation Master classes 2002 (Prof. S.Apolín), Summer Academy in Semmering 2000, 2001, 2003 (Prof. C.Onsczay, Prof. T.Kühne), Cello Master classes 2003 (Prof. L.Uynterlinde), Eton Cello Master classes 2002, 2004 (Prof. J.Goritzki, Prof. Melissa Phelps, Prof. Anna Shuttleworth), Jerusalem Academy Master classes in Jezreel Valley 2004 (Prof. Z.Plesser, Prof. S.Magen), Terezín Composers Master classes in Israel 2004 (Prof. D.Sella).
He has performed at many festivals including Lotherton Hall Young Artists Platform 2002 (UK), Festival Czech and Slovak Music in London 1999, 2000, 2002 (UK), Festival History, Music & Memory 2004 (Israel), Festival Music in the Valley 2004 (Israel), Violoncello 2005 in Brussels (Belgium), Spring in Russia 2006 (Moscow), LFŠ 2006 (Czech republic), Year of Jewish Culture - 100 Years of the Jewish Museum in Prague 2006 (Czech republic), Weinberger Tour 2007, 2008 (Czech republic), Dvořák's musical Nelahozeves 2007 (Czech republic), Musicale delle Nazioni 2007 (Italy), Premières rencontres avec Paul Bazelaire 2007 (France), Chotěboř's Spring 2008 (Czech republic), Boskovice 08 (Czech republic), Baščaršijske noći 2008 (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Duo Brikcius - 2 Cellos Tour.
He also enthusiastically visits cello festivals where he is able to mix with other young artists. These include the RNCM Manchester International Cello Festival 2004, Cello Meisterkurse & Konzerte Kronberg Academy 2004.
František Brikcius was the winner of the Anglo-Czech Competition in London (1999). He was awarded 2nd prize at The International String Competition London (2000), and 2nd prize at The International String Competition Jihlava (2003).
He was a fellow of The Czech Music Foundation (ČHF) in the 2001 and 2002 for the interpretation of contemporary Czech composers.
František Brikcius has been supported by Foundation Nadání Josefa, Marie a Zdeňky Hlávkových (1999), Österreichisches Kulturinstitut Prag (1999), Johannes Brahms Wettbewerb (1999), Czech Music Foundation (ČHF), Foundation Gideon Klein for the propagation of works written by Gideon Klein (2004, 2006, 2007,2008), Foundation Pro talent (2005), Music Foundation OSA (2005, 2006), Foundation Charta 77 (2005), Foundation Život Umělce (2007), Summer Academy in Semmering Scholarship (2000, 2001, 2003), Socrates-Erasmus Scholarship (2001, 2002), Japanese Toho Gakuen Fellowship (2002), Kronberg Cello Academy Scholarship (2004), Israeli government scholarship (2004), Thomastik Infeld (2006, 2008), Czech Centres (2003, 2006, 2007, 2008), Jewish Museum in Prague (2006, 2007), City of Prague (2006, 2007, 2008), City of Brno (2006, 2007), Czech Television (2006, 2007), Czech Radio (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) and Ministry of Culture Czech republic (2008, 2009, 2010).
Czech Cellist Frantisek Brikcius has dedicated his life to the interpretation of cello compositions written by composers from the 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, with special consideration given to compositions for solo cello. Brikcius has also concentrated on works by Czech, Terezín and other contemporary composers.
František Brikcius plays a "George Kriwalski" cello made in the 1904. He is together with his sister Anna Brikcius, founding member of the "Duo Brikcius". They will both apper as part of the "Duo Brikcius - 2 Cellos Tour" in Czech republic (Praha, Brno, Chotěboř, Lidice, Točník, Velké Březno, Veselí nad Moravou, Jičín, Telč, Boskovice, Praha - Šeberov, Klatovy, Praha - Chodov, Praha - Vysočany, Praha - Slivenec, …) and abroad (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Sweden and United Kingdom).
Music cooperation with Talich chamber orchestra, pianist Tomáš Víšek, composer Irena Kosíková and conductor Jan Talich.
Concert tours "Brikcius Cello Tour 2007", "Weinberger Tour" and "Duo Brikcius - 2 Cellos Tour" in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech republic, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Sweden and United Kingdom. More information about František Brikcius and his projects ("Prague - Brno: 6 Contemporary composers for cello solo in the interpretation of František Brikcius", "Tartini's L'Arte dell'Arco in the interpretation of František Brikcius". "7 Candles", "Weinberger Tour", "Duo Brikcius - 2 Cellos Tour", "MAKANNA" & "eSACHERe") is available on websites http://www.Brikcius.com and/or http://www.MySpace.com/Brikcius .
Repertoire
CELLO SOLOJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1. Suite G-dur (BWV 1007)
-Prelude
-Allemande
-Courante
-Sarabande
-Menuet I., II.
-Gigue
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
2. Suite d-moll (BWV 1008)
-Prelude
-Allemande
-Courante
-Sarabande
-Menuet I., II.
-Gigue
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
3. Suite C-dur (BWV 1009)
-Prelude
-Allemande
-Courante
-Sarabande
-Bouree I., II.
-Gigue
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
4. Suite Es-dur (BWV 1010)
-Prelude
-Allemande
-Courante
-Sarabande
-Bouree I., II.
-Gigue
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
5. Suite c-moll (BWV 1011)
-Prelude. Fuga
-Allemande
-Courante
-Sarabande
-Gavotte I., II.
-Gigue
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
6. Suite D-dur (BWV 1012)
-Prelude
-Allemande
-Courante
-Sarabande
-Gavotte I., II.
-Gigue
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Suita for Cello Op. 72 (1964)
-Canto primo
-I. Fuga
-II. Lamento
-Canto secondo
-III. Serenata
-IV. Marcia
-Canto terso
-V. Bordone
-VI. Moto perpetuo e Canto quarto
Lubos Fiser (1935-1999)
Sonata (1987)
Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759)
Passacaglia
Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759)
Fuga
Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759)
Blacksmith
Petr Hejny (*1956)
Metal Sonata (1983)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Sonata fur violoncelo Solo Op. 25, Nr. 3
-I. Lebhaft, sehr markiert
-II. Massig schnell, Gemachlich
-III. Langsam
-IV. Lebhafte Viertel
-V. Massig schnell
Jan Jirasek(*1955)
Dilema (1987)
Julius Klengel (1859-1933)
Caprice op. 43
Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1935)
Capriccio
Irena Kosikova
Stopy (2004)
Irena Kosikova
Saro Wiwa I., II. (2005)
Gyorgy Ligeti (*1923)
Sonata for cello solo
-I. Dialogo
-II. Capriccio
Jiri Matys (*1927)
Fantasie a Rondo
Alfredo Piatti (1822-1901)
Dodici capricci op. 25
Sergej Prokofjev (1891-1953)
March
Max Reger (1873-1916)
III. Suita a-moll für Violoncello Solo, Op.131c
-I. Praludium
-II. Scherzo
-III. Andante con variazioni
Milos Stedron (*1942)
Tance krale Leara (1995)
Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770)
L Arte dell Arco (tran. Paul Bazelaire) 50 Variations sur un theme de Corelli
CELLO AND PIANO
Alexander Grigorjevic Arutjunjan (*1920)
Expromt
Balakirev, Milij Alexejevic (1837-1910)
Romance E-dur
Bartok, Bela (1881-1945)
-Rapsodie
-Moderato
-Allegro moderato
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata A-dur op.69
-Allegro, ma non tanto
-Scherzo. Allegro molto
-Adagio cantabile. Allegro vivace
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata D-dur op.102/2
-Allegro con brio
-Adagio con molto sentimento d affetto
-Allegro. Allegro fugato
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Zwolf Variationen uber ein Thema aus dem Oratorium " Judas Maccabäus" von Handel
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Zwolf Variationen uber das Thema "Ein Madchen oder Weibchen" aus der Oper "Die Zauberflote" von Mozart, Op.66
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sieben Variationen über das Thema "Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen" aus der Oper "Die Zauberflote" von Mozart,
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)
Sonata 1. A-dur (G.13)
-Allegro moderato
-Largo
-Allegro
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)
Sonata 6. A-dur (G.4)
-Adagio
-Allegro
-Affettuoso
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Sonate e-moll, Op. 38
-Allegro non troppo
-Allegretto quasi Menuetto. Trio
-Allegro
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Ungarischer Tanz Nr.6
Jean Baptiste Breval (1753-1823)
Sonata G-dur
-Allegro brillante
-Adagio molto cantabile
-Rondo. Allegro con graziozo
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
Sonata D-Dur
Pablo Casals (1876-1973)
Song of the Birds
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Klid op. 68
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Rondo g-moll op. 94
Cesar Franck (1822-1890)
Sonata A-Dur
I. Allegretto ben moderato
II. Allegro
III. Recitativo - Fantasia
IV. Allegretto poco mosso
Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
Intermezzo (tran. Gaspar Cassado)
Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759)
Sonata B-dur
-Allegro non tanto, ma con brio
-Andantino, quasi Allegretto
-Moderato
Leos Janacek (1854-1928)
Pohadka
-Con Moto. Andante
-Con Moto. Adagio
-Allegro
Leos Janacek (1854-1928)
Presto
Leoš Janacek (1854-1928)
Listek odvanuty
Irena Kosikova
d-Fence (2007)
Isa Krejci (1904-1968)
Sonatina Concertante (Koncertantní sonatina)
-Prolog. Allegro molto vivace
-Moderato e mesto
-Rondo
August Kuhnel (1645-1700?)
Partita XIV.
-Preludium
-Allemande
-Corrente
-Sarabande
-Giga
Pietro Antonio Locatelli (1695-1764)
Sonata D-dur
-Allegro
-Adagio
-Minuetto
Witold Lutoslawki (1913-1994)
Metamorphoses, Grave
Marin Marais (1656-1728)
La Foglia
Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)
III. Sonata
-Poco Andante. Moderato
-Andante
-Allegro, ma non Presto
Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)
Variations sur un theme slovaque
Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)
Variations on a Theme of Rossini for Cello and Piano
Astor Piazzola (1921-1992)
Milonga in Re
-Tango
David Popper (1843-1913)
Adagio, op. 65, nr. 1
David Popper (1843-1913)
Ungarische Rhapsodie, op. 68
David Popper (1843-1913)
Tarantela G-dur, op. 33
David Popper (1843-1913)
Spinnlied, op. 55
Sergej Prokofjew (1891-1953)
Ballade, Op. 15
Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828)
Sonata a-moll, Arpeggione
-Allegro moderato
-Adagio
-Allegretto
Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942)
Sonate (1914)
-I. Frisch
-II. Langsam und getragen
-III. Fliessend, im Tempo di Minuetto
-IV. Rondo. Munter
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Stücke im Volkston op. 102
-I. Mit Humor
-II. Langsam
-III. Nicht schnell
-IV. Nicht zu rasch
-V. Stark und markiert
James Simon (1880-1944)
Lamento fur Cello (in jemenitischer Weise)
Meinem Lieber Martin! (1938)
Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)
Vzpominka op. 4, c. 3., arr. Milos Sadlo
Josef Suk (1874-1935)
Balada a Serenada op. 3
Antonio Vandini (1690?-1773)
Sonata F-dur
Jaromir Weinberger (1896 - 1967)
Colloque sentimental - Prelude d apres le poeme de Paul Verlaine (1920), arr. F. Brikcius
Jaromir Weinberger (1896 - 1967)
Une Cantilene jalouse (1920), arr. F. Brikcius
CELLO AND ORCHESTRA
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)
Koncert B-dur, Friedrich Grutzmacher
-Allegro moderato
-Adagio non tropo
-Rondo. Allegro
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)
Koncert B-dur, G. 482
-Allegro moderato
-Andantino grazioso
-Rondo. Allegro
Max Bruch (1838-1920)
Kol Nidrei op. 47
-Adagio
Pablo Casals (1876-1973)
Song of the birds
Petr Iljic Cajkovskij (1840-1893)
Variace na rokokove tema A-dur, op. 33
Antonin Dvorek (1841-1904)
Rondo g-moll, op. 94
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Klid, op. 68
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Koncert h-moll, op. 104
-Allegro
-Adagio ma non troppo
-Finale. Allegro moderato
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Koncert C-dur, Hob. VIIb:1
-Moderato
-Adagio
-Allegro molto
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Koncert D-dur, Hob. VIIb:2
-Allegro moderato
-Adagio
-Allegro
Irena Kosikova
7 Candles (2006)
for cello and string orchestra
Isa Krejci (1904-1968)
Concertino pro violoncello a orchestr
-Lento. Allegro
-Lento e mesto
-Lento. Molto Allegro
Edouard Victor Antoine Lalo (1823-1892)
Koncert d-moll
-Lento. Allegro maestoso
-Intermezzo. Andantino con moto. Allegro presto
-Introduction. Andante. Allegro vivace
David Popper (1843-1913)
Tarantela G-dur op. 33
David Popper (1843-1913)
Ungarische Rhapsodie, op. 68
Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)
Adagio con variazioni
Charles Camille Saint Saens (1835-1921)
1.Koncert a-moll, op. 33
-Allegro non tropo. Allegro con motto. Tempo I.
Robert Alexander Schumann (1810-1856)
Koncert a-moll, op. 129
-Nicht zu schnell
-Langsam
-Sehr lebhaft
Alexandre Tansman (1897-1986)
Fantaisie
-Moderato. Molto vivace
Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770)
Koncert D-dur
-Largo
-Allegro
-Grave
-Allegro
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Koncert G-dur
-Allegro
-Largo
-Allegro
For the full repertoire of Czech cellist Frantisek Brikcius, please see webpages http://www.Brikcius.com .
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