Corvus Quartet

A chamber group Corvus Quartet was started by members of Pardubice Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra in 2004 to explore newer and less frequent genres by a classical string quartet. That is why the quarter performances range across genre boundaries, from Bach, Mozart, and Dvořák to The Beatles, Pink Floyd or Dream Theater. Corvus Quartet also loves playing film music. All music arrangement is by Petr Vrána.

The chamber group regularly performs summer and Christmas concerts at Pardubice castle, and takes part in concerts organized by Pardubice Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra. Corvus Quartet also plays at corporate events, various celebrations, or social gatherings.

Libor Ježek

(born 1975) was instilled love of music by his parents at a very young age. He studied the violin with J. Schulmeister at Kroměříž Music Conservatory. After finishing the school in 1995, he went on to study the violin with Z. Gola at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Ostrava. After graduation, he joined Pardubice Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra as a deputy concertmaster, and also started teaching at Pardubice Music Conservatory. In 2004, he was one of the founders of Corvus Quartet, and became the quarter leader.

Petr Klas

(born 20th September 1962) became a pupil of Otto Vašura at the age of six, and later became a student of Vašura’s violin class at Pardubice Music Conservatory. He went on to study the violin with Petr Zdvihal and Ladislav Kyselák. Afterwards, he was a member of Pardubice Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra from 1985 to 2012. Nowadays, he is a principal of Primary Art School in Hlinsko.

Petr Vrána

(born 16th 1976 in Hranice na Moravě) studied Kroměříž Music Conservatory. Then he also studied with Z. Gola at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Ostrava from 1997 to 2001. He played in a long list of both symphonic and chamber orchestras, not only as a violinist, but also as a concertmaster. He was a member of Pardubice Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra between 2001 and 2013, and he has also been teaching at Olomouc Music Conservatory since 2011. The inspiration for Corvus Quartet was his love of other music genres such as rock, pop, metal, and jazz. Since the very beginning in 2004, he has been responsible for arrangement of music played by Corvus Quartet.

David Matoušek

(born 1977) began cello studies with Jan Kamenář and Tomáš Strašil at the Teplice Music Conservatory. Later he studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Ostrava, and at the same period played a first cello as a concertmaster with Carlsbad Symphony Orchestra. After joining Pardubice Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra in a position of a first violinist in 2006, he gladly became the youngest member of Corvus Quartet.