Zahajovací VARHANNÍ KONCERT

Performers

• Jaroslav Tůma – varhany

  Jaroslav Tůma was born in 1956. He is a concert organist and professor at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.He also performs on harpsichord, clavichord, pianoforte and other keyboard instruments.He is also engaged in music composition and publishing.

  He studied at the Prague Conservatory with Prof. Jaroslav Vodrážka and at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague with Prof. Milan Šlechta (organ) and Prof. Zuzana Růžičková (harpsichord).He has won first prizes in organ improvisation competitions in Nuremberg in 1980 and in Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1986; he is a laureate of a number of organ performance competitions, e.g. in Linz in 1978, in the Prague Spring Competition in 1979, in the Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig in 1980 and many others.

  In the course of his extensive concert activity he has visited almost all European countries, also the USA, Canada, Cuba, Japan, Mongolia, South Africa, Singapore, etc. He is also active as a chairman or jury member of international music competitions, he has been passing on his performance experience at many international organ courses and seminars, and since 2016 he has also been involved in the Mecca of Organists courses for aspiring organ professionals.

  Tům's repertoire includes key works by Czech and international composers in a wide range of styles from the Renaissance to the 21st century. His discography to date comprises 64 solo titles, released first by Supraphon (until 2002) and later mainly by Arta Records (from 1991 to the present).

  In 2010, he was appointed titular organist at Svatá Hora in Příbram, where in 2020 he recorded the complete organ works of J. S. Bach on Vladimír Šlajch's organ from 2018 as part of an audiovisual project in collaboration with producer and director Alexander Vojta. He is also involved in the dramaturgy of the St. Mary's Basilica Organ Half Hours, held in the Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary since 2017.

  The tajemstvitonu.cz portal gradually publishes audiovisual recordings of Jaroslav Tůma's concerts from recent years, accompanied by commentaries and interviews.

• Marek Orko Vácha – autorské čtení z knihy Loď

  Marek Vácha (*1966 Brno) is a Czech Roman Catholic priest, theologian, naturalist, teacher, writer and scout. He graduated from the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University in molecular biology and genetics. He acquired his theological education by studying in Olomouc and Brussels. In his doctoral thesis at the Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University he focused on the ethical issues of understanding the human genome and on the genetics of behaviour. He currently serves as a parish priest of the parish of Lechovice and as a parochial vicar (chaplain) of the Roman Catholic academic parish of the Church of the Most Holy Salvator in Prague. In academia, he serves as head of the Institute of Ethics and Humanities at the 3rd Faculty of Medicine of Charles University, where he is also chairman of the academic senate. He specializes in medical and environmental ethics.

  In 1976 he acquired the nickname "Orko", meaning "Eagle Eye", from the scout leader Zdeněk Papoušek, which he also uses in his civic name Marek Orko Vácha. He has participated in two expeditions to Antarctica (1997 and 2000) to the Eco Nelson base on Nelson Island in South Shetland together with Jaroslav Pavlíček and repeatedly embarks on other long-distance pilgrimages, from which he draws inspiration for his public activities and some of the themes of his popular book titles, e.g. Return to the Tree of Life.Evolution and Christianity - 2005, The Last Earth:Antarctica - 2007, May I Dance My Dance Well Under the Stars - 2010, Prayer of Argentine Nights - 2011, The Boat - 2012, and Unsolicited Advice to Youth - 2017.A book of interviews with Josef Valenta, Driving in the Left Lane, was nominated for the Magnesia Literary Award in 2020.He is a regular guest or creator of NOE TV programs.

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