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The Prague Philharmonia has announced the appointment of Pavla Tesařová as its new concertmaster. Tesařová has passed her one-year probation period and will lead the orchestra alongside Romana Špačková, who has been in the concertmaster role since 2004.
Tesařová will begin her role at the start of the orchestra’s 32nd season from September 2025.
Tesařová made her soloist debut at the age of nine with the Prague Philharmonia under the direction of Josef Suk Jr in the Spanish Hall of Prague Castle. She has won prizes at numerous competitions, including the Concertino Praga, the France Music Competition in Paris, the Kocian Violin Competition, the Manhattan Music Competition in New York, and the Grand Prix at the Beethoven International Music Competition in the UK.
She studied at the Academy of Performing Arts (HAMU) in Prague under the tutelage of Pavel Kudelásek.
Tesařová is a founding member of the Ševčík Quartet. The quartet studied at Prague Conservatory under Radek Křižanovský of the Apollon Quartet, with further studies at HAMU with Štěpán Ježek of the Bennewitz Quartet and Escuela Superior de Mùsica Reina Sofia in Madrid with Günther Pichler.
’I am delighted to welcome Pavla Tesařová to our artistic direction,’ said Emmanuel Villaume, artistic director and chief conductor of the Prague Philharmonia .
’She is a violinist with remarkable sensitivity and energy, who can ignite a creative spark both in the orchestra and in the audience. I believe that she and Romana Špačková will complement each other perfectly and bring a fresh artistic vision to our ensemble.’
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