Collegium Marianum

Collegium Marianum is a Prague-based Czech early music orchestra founded in 1997 by the flautist Jana Semerádová.^[1] She graduated from the Prague Conservatory and the Philosophical faculty of Charles University, where she studied theory and performance practice of early music. She completed her studies at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague in the class of Wilbert Hazelzet. In the years 2008-2011, she taught the baroque transverse flute and leads master classes. Semerádová is also programme director of the concert cycle Baroque Soirées and the annual Letní slavnosti staré hudby (Summer Festivities of Early Music).^[2]^[3]

Discography

Henrico Albicastro: Concerti a quattro op.7 Nr.1-12, with Collegium 1704, Luks 2 CDs 2000 Pan Classics
Music of Baroque Prague I - with Constanze Backes, and Marián Krejčík baritone 2003
Music of Baroque Prague II - with Hana Blažíková 2005
Gloria, sacred arias Simona Houda-Šaturová. Ars.
Jan Dismas Zelenka: Sepolcri. Hana Blažíková, David Erler, Tobias Hunger, Tomas Kral, Collegium Marianum, Jana Semeradova
František Jiránek: Sinfonias. Supraphon
Rorate Coeli, works of V. K. H. Rovenský, A. Reichenauer, J. D. Zelenka, J. F. Fasch, A. Caldara. Hana Blažíková Collegium Marianum, dir. Jana Semerádová, 2009
Jan Josef Ignác Brentner: Concertos & Arias Hana Blažíková Collegium Marianum, Jana Semerádová, 2009
A. Caldara: Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo Hana Blažíková as Maddalena DVD Collegium Marianum
Musici da Camera - Music form 18th Century Prague, Vivaldi etc. 2 CDs Supraphon 2012

References

^ Fodor's Prague & the Best of the Czech Republic, 1st Edition Fodor's - 2011 -- Page 162 " Collegium Marianum. One of the most well-respected ensembles in town, Collegium Marianum is your best bet if looking to explore baroque ..."
^ Czech Music Quarterly 2007 - Page 14 "Apart from the foreign guest ensembles and soloists, the festival has a "core" group in the form of the instrumental, vocal and dance ensemble Collegium Marianum, whose artistic director, the flautist Jana Semeradova, also manages the entire festival..."
^ Czech Music Music Information Center of the Czech Music Foundation-2006 Page 189 "The CD is further proof of the rising standard of Czech orchestras performing early music on historical instruments or replicas. All the members of the Collegium Marianum ensemble have an excellent training and enthusiasm, their commitment to individual study, self-discipline and demanding leadership (the musical director is Jana Semeradova,..."

External links

Homepage
Acis & Galatea by Handel with Collegium Marianum. Soloist Patricia Janeckova, recording in Valtice (2017)

[1] Fodor's Prague & the Best of the Czech Republic, 1st Edition Fodor's - 2011 -- Page 162 " Collegium Marianum. One of the most well-respected ensembles in town, Collegium Marianum is your best bet if looking to explore baroque ..."

[2] Czech Music Quarterly 2007 - Page 14 "Apart from the foreign guest ensembles and soloists, the festival has a "core" group in the form of the instrumental, vocal and dance ensemble Collegium Marianum, whose artistic director, the flautist Jana Semeradova, also manages the entire festival..."

[3] Czech Music Music Information Center of the Czech Music Foundation-2006 Page 189 "The CD is further proof of the rising standard of Czech orchestras performing early music on historical instruments or replicas. All the members of the Collegium Marianum ensemble have an excellent training and enthusiasm, their commitment to individual study, self-discipline and demanding leadership (the musical director is Jana Semeradova,..."

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