2nd Advent Concert: David Kraus and Felix Slováček Jr.

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Admission: 450 CZK
Come enjoy a concert by David Kraus and Felix Slováček Jr. on the second Advent Sunday, December 6, 2026, at 7 PM at KD Střelnice. Don't miss this unforgettable musical experience!
David Kraus – vocals
Felix Slováček Jr. – vocals, saxophone
Jiří Knotte – piano
Monika Cimprich – violin
David Kraus is a singer, songwriter, lyricist, actor, and illustrator. He spent several years in the rock band Laura and her Tigers. He performed in the musical Dorian Gray (M. Pavlíček, J. Reslová, J. Pokorný, J. S. Hedl) and Quasimodo (P. Kaláb, J. Prachař, J. Maxián). He acted in films such as Bolero, Royal Promise, and Nice Moments Without Guarantee. Currently, he performs with a diverse cross-genre repertoire with his band, Kapela Davida Krause, alongside touring across the country and accompanying his father, Jan Kraus, on his show. He also performs with the Romani band The Gipsy Brothers. His repertoire mainly consists of his original songs combined with covers of songs by world artists.
Felix Slováček Jr. – in 2010, he graduated with a master's degree in clarinet from HAMU with the Chamber Philharmonic of Pardubice in the cycle "The Best." He performed at the classical music festival in Moscow "Spring in Russia" in 2013, Musical Bridges Around the World in the USA in 2015, and has performed solo (clarinet, soprano saxophone, vocals) or with orchestras in the Czech Republic and abroad. He studied conducting privately with Prof. Jaroslav Vodňanský. He started by leading the Big Band of Felix Slováček and has conducted various ensembles, including the Bohuslav Martinů Chamber Orchestra, the Chamber Philharmonic of Pardubice, the West Bohemian Symphony Orchestra in Mariánské Lázně, the Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic in Zlín, the North Bohemian Philharmonic, Musical Lucis Praga, the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, and the Prague Strauss Orchestra (touring in China in 2015–2016 as conductor and soloist) and the Písek Chamber Orchestra (2020–2022). Since September 2022, he has been conducting at the Musical Theatre Karlín. He acts in plays and musicals in several Prague theaters (Semafor, Kalich Theatre, Strašnice Theatre, and Musical Theatre Karlín).
Jiří Knotte – works as a conductor, educator, pianist, and composer. After studying at the conservatory in Teplice (composition with V. Bůžek, graduation in conducting with J. Valt), he continued his studies in choral conducting at JAMU (L. Mátl) from 2001-2002, conducting from 2002-2005 at AMU (R. Eliška, T. Koutník), and musicology from 2014-2020 at the Faculty of Arts, MU Brno (L. Spurný, M. Štědroň). As a conductor, he has collaborated with various ensembles (South Bohemian Chamber Philharmonic, North Bohemian Philharmonic, Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, North Bohemian Theatre, Prague Philharmonic Choir, etc.) and with soloists from many genres (P. Šporcl, M. Al-Ashhab, A. Plachetka, I. Kusnjer, A. Briscein, J. Tůma, V. Vonášek, D. Koller, V. Rédl, B. Basiková, T. Víšek, F. Slováček, R. Schwab, etc.). He is often invited for piano collaborations with both soloists and at festivals and courses (opera studio of the European Music Academy, International courses of F. Malotín in Jičín and Olomouc, recordings for Czech Radio, etc.). His great passion is piano improvisation. In the genre of concert melodrama, he is the winner of the International Zdeněk Fibich Competition (besides collaborating with acting personalities like H. Maciuchová, B. Navrátil, J. Lábus, he also worked with V. Šustíková at DAMU). He focuses on chamber, choral, and melodramatic compositions (among his interpreters were Soňa Červená, Stamic Quartet, etc.), and he also works as an arranger of chamber and symphonic music. Currently, he is a music theory educator and conductor of the symphony orchestra at the Conservatory in Teplice.
Monika Cimprich – a graduate of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, collaborates with the Swiss Big Band Jérome Thomas, forms a duo with Swiss pianist A. Michel, and as a soloist collaborates with symphony orchestras worldwide.