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Once again this year, the most successful local participants in the competition will receive a special prize: an invitation to perform at a gala concert in the Mirror Hall of the New Kinsk\u00fd Ch\u00e2teau in Kostelec nad Orlic\u00ed. Behind this honour is none other than Franti\u0161ek Kinsk\u00fd himself, the ch\u00e2teau\u2019s owner, a descendant of a noble family, and a long-time supporter of both our competitions.<\/b><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n What makes the Kocian Violin Competition special for you? Why did you decide to support it?<\/b> <\/p>\n Do you engage in music yourself? Do you play any musical instrument?<\/b> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n You regularly invite the most talented performers of both competitions to your ch\u00e2teau in Kostelec nad Orlic\u00ed. How do their performances affect you?<\/b> <\/p>\n There is surely a difference between performing in a music hall at school and in the Mirror Hall of a ch\u00e2teau. Can the combination of music and historical space create a unique experience for both performers and the audience?<\/b> <\/p>\n Can the public attend these concerts as well?<\/b> <\/p>\n What does art bring into your life?<\/b> We focus strongly on classical music and have a loyal subscriber base. I dare say we welcome truly top-class performers. This year, from spring to summer, the programme includes violinists V\u00e1clav Hude\u010dek and Jan Nov\u00e1k with the ensemble Barocco sempre giovane<\/span>,<\/span><\/i> the Epoque Quartet with pianist Jan Ku\u010dera, and horn player Radek Babor\u00e1k with the Prague Chamber Soloists.<\/span><\/p>\n We are also preparing the very first edition of a two-day festival: The New Ch\u00e2teau Summer of Music<\/span>. <\/span><\/i>On June 28 and 29, we will welcome bass-baritone Adam Plachetka, soprano Doubravka Novotn\u00e1, and the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Robert Jindra, as well as violinist Josef \u0160pa\u010dek with the Pardubice Chamber Philharmonic conducted by Stanislav Vav\u0159\u00ednek.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Once again this year, the most successful local participants in the competition will receive a special prize: an invitation to perform at a gala concert in the Mirror Hall of the New Kinsk\u00fd Ch\u00e2teau in Kostelec nad Orlic\u00ed. Behind this honour is none other than Franti\u0161ek Kinsk\u00fd himself, the ch\u00e2teau\u2019s owner, a descendant of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7,8,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fest","category-novinky","category-novinky-soutez","category-soutez"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.kocianovo-usti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0714-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9KsEQ-1Su","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kocianovo-usti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kocianovo-usti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kocianovo-usti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kocianovo-usti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kocianovo-usti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7222"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.kocianovo-usti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7230,"href":"https:\/\/www.kocianovo-usti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7222\/revisions\/7230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kocianovo-usti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kocianovo-usti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kocianovo-usti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kocianovo-usti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/span>What caught my attention is that these \u00dast\u00ed competitions take place in our region, actually quite close to our family estate. I appreciate their long tradition and the fact that they are named after two exceptional musicians from \u00dast\u00ed: violinist Jaroslav Kocian and cellist Bohu\u0161 Heran. I truly enjoy watching children and young people who devote their time to meaningful and noble interests.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Unfortunately, I don\u2019t engage in music myself and I\u2019ve never played any musical instrument. But since childhood, I was brought up to appreciate classical music as a listener. My mother, Bernadetta, loved it deeply. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>The exceptional performances of children aged sixteen and under have often deeply impressed me, both at the Kocian Violin Competition and the Heran Cello Competition. After being strongly moved by the winners\u2019 concerts in 2020, I decided to invite selected Czech participants, chosen by the expert jury, to my home, the New Ch\u00e2teau in Kostelec nad Orlic\u00ed.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Concerts in the Mirror Hall truly have a very special atmosphere. People travel to us from far and wide no doubt not only for the music and the carefully chosen performers, but also for the enchanting setting. It\u2019s a place where everyone feels close to one another, where the audience is just a few steps away from the musicians and has the chance to meet them in person.<\/span>
\n<\/span>The concerts featuring selected Czech participants of the Kocian and Heran Competitions are unique because they bring together peers who share the same passion, enthusiasm, and dedication, along with their parents, grandparents, teachers, and sometimes even jury members and the heads of both competitions.<\/span>
\n<\/span>We always begin with an official welcome and opening ceremony in the Kinsk\u00fd Gallery on the ch\u00e2teau\u2019s upper floor. This is followed by a guided tour of the <\/span>Life in the Biedermeier Era<\/span><\/i> exhibition, led either by myself or my daughter-in-law Hana Kinsk\u00e1. After rehearsals, the event culminates in the concert itself. This year, we are scheduled to meet on Saturday, October 11.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Yes, a portion of the tickets that are not used by teachers and family members is made available for pre-sale, with priority given to students and teachers from Elementary Art schools.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Art brings great joy into my life, as well as opportunities to meet others. That\u2019s one of the reasons I opened the ch\u00e2teau exhibition, which features not only Biedermeier-style furniture, but also many collectible pieces: paintings, porcelain, and glass. In 2013 I also opened the Kinsk\u00fd Gallery on the ch\u00e2teau\u2019s upper floor. The exhibition space includes thirteen large rooms with a beautiful view of the English park. Every season, we host at least two major exhibitions.<\/span><\/p>\n