Kateřina Kněžíková (b. 1982)
Singer and teacher
- graduate of grammar school and singing at the Prague Conservatory and HAMU
- she devotes herself to opera and song repertoire
- she debuted at the National Theatre in Prague in 2005
- among her important roles she counts Serpetta in the opera La finta giardiniera at the Estates Theatre directed by the Hermann couple (2008), Julietta in the opera Julietta or The Key to Dreams at the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre directed by SKUTR (2019), Káťa Kabanová in the eponymous opera directed by Damiano Michieletto premiered at the Glyndebourne festival (2021), and Rusalkadirected by SKUTR at the National Theatre (2024)
- for the role of Julietta she received the Thalia Award; for the CD of song repertoire Phidylé, which she recorded with the Janáček Philharmonic under the baton of Robert Jindra, she received the BBC Music Magazine Vocal Award
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
03:39 Develop talent, otherwise it is useless
04:10 MenART as a refreshing spring
07:33 It's not just about voice, but also about charisma
09:04 I warm up my voice with running water
How to recognise talent, how to support and develop it? How to guide students meaningfully? When does a pupil become an artist?
Questions concerning passion, obsession, motivation, inspiration and feedback are answered by prominent figures of the Czech art scene who, in their role as mentors in MenART, help talented students and their teachers find their own path.
Thus the MenART Impulse project was born – a ten-minute story with the ambition to move forward all those who are interested in art, work with art or study it. Desire is contagious!
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