"Debussy was played by Kateřina Englichová, accompanied by strings, magically, gently, nobly."
"Debussy was played by Kateřina Englichová, accompanied by strings, magically, gently, nobly."
Czech touches of music with harp, from Haydn to Debussy, Petr Veber
"Here it was clear again in her captivating play that Kateřina Englichová goes beyond the saying that the harp is only an angelic instrument."
Anthony Thommasini, The New York Times
curriculum vitae
One of the most sought after European harpists of her generation and a fresh recipient of the Prague Music Award, Katerina Englichova performs all over Europe, North America, Japan, Hong Kong and New Zealand. She has collaborated with artists such as Mstislav Rostropovitch, Josef Suk, Gerard Causee, Cynthia Phelps, Carol Wincenc, Michel Lethiec, Robert Stallman, Michael Kofler, and with many ensembles, including the Skampa Quartet, the Prazak Quartet, the Haas Quartet and the Wihan Quartet.
Ms.Englichova cooperates on regular basis with the Czech Oboist Vilem Veverka and the Bohemia-Luxembourg Trio with flutist Carlo Jans and violist Jitka Hosprova. She has been in the jury of the Israel Harp Competition and she is the professor of Harp at the Prague Conservatoire.
She has performed at numerous international festivals such as Tanglewood and the Tucson Music Festival in the USA, Music by the Red Sea in Israel, Pacific Music Festival in Japan, Rencontres Musicales d’Evian and Festival d’Ile de France, and in the Czech Republic at Prague Spring, Prague Autumn, Dvorak’s Prague, Festival B. Martinu and many others.
Ms.Englichova has made her American recital debut in Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York in 1998. Her debut with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra took place in January 2008. Other distinguished venues where she has played include the Beethoven Saal in Bonn, Chamber Music Hall of the Berlin Philharmonic, Auditorio Nacional de Musica de Madrid, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the City Hall Hongkong, Longy School of Music Boston, the Rudolfinum in Prague etc.
She has appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia, the Hongkong City Chamber Orchestra, the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the Prague Chamber Philharmonia, the Czech National Symphony, the Prague Symphony Orchestra, the Brno Philharmonic, George Solti Chamber Orchestra, the Talich Chamber Orchestra, the Suk Chamber Orchestra, Haas Chamber Orchestra, the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra etc.
