The Talich Chamber Orchestra was formed in 1992 by the violinist Jan Talich Jr., the great-nephew of the legendary Czech conductor Václav Talich. In recent years Jan Talich, as the orchestra’s artistic director, has been devoting a large part of his professional career to conducting the orchestra, whose members are graduates of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and winners of numerous prizes internationally and at home. The orchestra’s members show a level of professionalism under the distinctive direction of Jan Talich that guarantees the highest quality of musical interpretation. The orchestra has received strong acclaim from both Czech and foreign critics and artists. The TCO performs regularly at a number of music festivals, such as the Prague Spring and the Prague Autumn international music festivals, the Český Krumlov Chamber Music Festival, the Prague Music Festival, and the Music Festival Talich's Beroun, and it also plays concerts abroad (in Spain, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Croatia and Italy). The TCO records CDs for Czech and foreign music companies (including the French EMI Records). On the 250th anniversary of the birth of the W.A. Mozart they recorded a new CD with compositions for violin and orchestra. The violin solos are played by Jan Talich. For more details visit http://www.Talich.com

  Czech Cellist František Brikcius studied at the Prague Conservatoire (Prof. J. Kulhan) and graduated at the JAMU in Brno (Prof. B. Havlík, Prof. E. Rattay). Continued his studies in United Kingdom (Prof. A. Shuttleworth) and at the Toho Gakuen Academy in Japan. He has performed at many festivals e.g. Festival History, Music & Memory 2004 (Israel), Festival Music in the Valley 2004 (Israel), Violoncello 2005 in Brussels (Belgium), Spring in Russia 2006 (Moscow). František Brikcius was awarded 2nd prize at The International String Competition London (2000). He was a fellow of The Czech Music Foundation (ČHF) in the 2001 and 2002 for the interpretation of contemporary Czech composers. He is preparing for the concert tour in United Kingdom as part of the "Brikcius Cello UK Tour 2007. František Brikcius dedicate his life to the interpretation of cello compositions written by composers of the 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st century, with special consideration given to the compositions for cello solo. He also allows himself time to concentrate on works by Czech, Terezín and contemporary composers. He plays a "George Kriwalski" cello made in the 1904. http://www.Brikcius.com

  Jan Talich studied at the Prague Conservatory and later at the Prague Academy of Music under Václav Snítil. He received scholarships to further his education in both the USA with Shmuel Ashkenasi and then with Yfrah Neaman at the Guildhall School of Music in England. In 1989 he won 1st prize at the Václav Huml International Violin Competition in Zagreb, which launched his international solo career, playing with orchestras and giving recitals throughout Europe and the USA. Jan Talich has recorded several solo CDs of Czech music, as well as Beethoven and Mozart concertos. He regularly gives masterclasses both at home and abroad: in Telč, Dijon, Angers, Prades and the Conservatoire Superieur in Paris. With the Talich Quartet he has performed to great acclaim, regularly touring the major venues of Japan, South America, Mexico and South Korea. As well as conducting his own orchestra since its foundation he has, in the last few years, begun to broaden his career as a conductor. He is now increasingly asked to work as a guest conductor with many other orchestras in the Czech Republic and abroad. Since 2008/09 he has been chief conductor of Jihočeská komorní filharmonie. Jan Talich plays violins J. Gagliana 1780 and A. Stradivarius 1729. Visit http://www.Talich.com