Rudolf Friml: Songs of Záviš, Op. 1 (17')
Viktor Ullmann: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 46 (13')
Erwin Schulhoff: 5 Pieces for String Quartet (14')
Pavel Haas: Fata Morgana, Op. 6 (35')
Winning composition of the composition competition for solo piano (10')
Austrian-Polish tenor Jan Petryka is a versatile concert and oratorio singer. Baroque music is a key part of his artistry, and he regularly collaborates with specialized, internationally renowned ensembles. He made his successful debut as a song interpreter with several Schubert programs at the Oxford International Singing Festival. On the opera stage, he created the role of Tamino in Mozart's The Magic Flute in Lyon, sang the tenor part in Schubert's oratorio Lazarus at the Theater an der Wien, and appeared in Handel's opera Ariodante in Warsaw. He made his debut at the National Theater in Prague in 2018 as Nováček in Benjamin Britten's opera Billy Budd, and also appeared as Don Ottavio in Mozart's Don Giovanni with the Israel Chamber Orchestra and as Jaquino in Beethoven's Fidelio at the Styriarte Festival in Graz. Highlights of the singer's career include his debut at the Schubertiade Festival in Schwarzenberg, Vorarlberg, Austria, accompanied by Sir András Schiff, several European tours with Thomas Hengelbrock and the Balthasar Neumann Choir & Ensemble, and a concert performance of Gottfried von Einem's opera Der Prozess in Vienna. He also performed with the Zurich Singing Academy as Evangelist in Bach's St. Matthew Passion in Lucerne and in the composer's Christmas Oratorio at the Vienna Musikverein. Jan Petryka made his successful debut at the Salzburg Festival as Jacob in Leonard Evers' children's opera Gold! He also performed there in concert performances of Strauss' Capriccio under the baton of Christian Thielemann. At the Salzburg Whitsun Festival, he sang the tenor part in Mozart's Mass in C minor. His opera roles include Brenner in Lortzing's Der Waffenschmied and Endimione in Martín y Soler's El árbol de Diana (both at the Theater an der Wien), and he has given numerous song recitals (Schubertiade Hohenems, concerts in Regensburg, at the Heidelberg Spring Festival in Barcelona). Jan Petryka toured Europe with Jordi Savall and his ensemble Le Concert des Nations as the Evangelist in Bach's St. John Passion, and at the Bach Festival in Leipzig he sang in a performance of Bach's St. Matthew Passion with the ensemble Collegium 1704 conducted by Václav Luks. He recently performed Bruckner's Mass in F minor with the Zurich Singing Academy and will soon appear as the Evangelist in Bach's St. John Passion at the Zurich Opera. Other projects in the current season include Haydn's Mass in C major (Missa in tempore belli) at the Vienna Musikverein and the oratorio The Creation by the same composer with the Orchestre d'Auvergne, Antonio Salieri's opera Trofoniova jeskyně (Trofonio's Cave) at the Days of Early Music in Herne, and the tenor part in Franz Schmidt's oratorio The Book of Seven Seals at the Bratislava Music Festival.
Johanna Haniková
is a graduate of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and a laureate of international competitions. She is the president of IPASA (International Performing Arts Support Association) and the artistic director of the Song Academy and Music Festival in Žďár nad Sázavou. She studied piano with Ivan Klánský, at the Dresden University of Music with Arkadi Zenziper, and at the Private University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Ralf Heiber. Her musical expression has been fundamentally influenced by her collaboration with Giuseppe Ravì and his "Respiro e Movimento" method, based on the systematic development of skills. Since March 2025, Johanna Haniková has been teaching at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz and at the Institute for Singing and Music Theater in Vienna. As a soloist, she regularly collaborates with leading Czech orchestras (Prague Philharmonia, Prague Chamber Soloists, National Theater Orchestra, Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic, Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, etc.), and performs at music festivals (Prague Spring, Antonín Dvořák Festival in Příbram, International Music Festival Český Krumlov, Mahler's Jihlava, Music Autumn Como, Bruno Walter Music Days), at the Vienna Musikverein and Ehrbar Palace, and elsewhere. In the field of chamber music, she forms a piano duo with her sister, violinist Miriam Magdalena Haniková. She is also a founding member of the Mucha Trio, together with violinist Ludmila Pavlová and clarinetist Anna Paulová, with whom she has been performing on the music scene for ten years. Her discography includes recordings of compositions by Leoš Janáček with Ivo Hrachovec, soloist of the National Theater and State Opera in Prague (RADIOSERVIS 2014), L. van Beethoven's unfinished Romance in E minor for NAXOS (2020), and a solo CD with works by L. v. Beethoven, S. Rachmaninoff, B. Smetana, L. Janáček, and Adam Skoumal.
Ineo Quartet
The Latin verb "ineo," which the ensemble chose as its name, means "I enter," "I go in," or "I begin." The Ineo Quartet was founded in 2022 at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. Both violinists were founding members of the all-female Russian-Romanian-Greek ensemble Selini Quartet, which won joint third prize in the Prague Spring competition in 2021. The ensemble disbanded in 2022, and with new viola and cello players, the current ensemble was formed, in keeping with the chosen name Ineo. In addition to Austria, the ensemble has performed in France (Paris, Melun), Switzerland, Italy, and elsewhere, and is a member of the chamber music associations Le Dimore del Quartetto, ECMA, and ProQuartet. Recent concerts include performances in Linz, Graz, and Feldkirch, as well as the presentation of a new CD at the Arnold Schönberg Center in Vienna in January of this year. Among other works, the CD features String Quartet No. 3 by Austrian composer Richard Dünser, dedicated to the ensemble. The Ineo Quartet is currently the resident ensemble at the Queen Sofia College of Music in Madrid.
The Spanish Synagogue is located in Prague's Josefov district and is part of the Jewish Museum. The building was completed in 1868 on the site of the original Old School, one of the oldest prayer houses in this part of the city. The authors of the project were architects Josef Niklas and Jan Bělský.
The building was constructed in the Moorish (Mudejar) style, which combines elements of Islamic and European architecture. The interiors of the synagogue are richly decorated and offer excellent acoustics, thanks to which concerts are regularly held here.
The synagogue houses a permanent exhibition of the Jewish Museum, which traces the history of Jews in the Czech lands from the Josephine reforms to the post-war period, with an emphasis on the Holocaust and the fate of people from the Terezín ghetto. Today, the synagogue serves as a cultural space for concerts and other events, combining history, architecture, and music.
