Barocco sempre giovane

The public benefit organization Barocco sempre giovane manages the chamber ensemble of the same name, Barocco sempre giovane (“Baroque Forever Young”), made up of outstanding Czech professional musicians. The ensemble was founded in 2004 by cellist Josef Krečmer. It originally specialized in music of the High Baroque, which inspired its name; today its repertoire spans every stylistic period, including music of the 21st century. It has also given the world premieres of numerous works by contemporary composers.

The ensemble is regularly invited to major venues and music festivals in the Czech Republic and abroad, including Prague Spring, Smetana's Litomyšl, the International Music Festival Český Krumlov, the St Wenceslas Music Festival, the Lednice–Valtice Music Festival, Haydn Music Festival, Malá Strana Chamber Festivities, Brno International Music Festival, Concentus Moraviae, Czech Touches of Music, Pardubice Music Spring, Young Stage, Music Holidays in Prague, Podblanický Autumn, the Olomouc Autumn Festival of Sacred Music, Theatrum Kuks, Enchanting Tones of Macocha, Monastery Music Festival, Festival Mitte Europa, Ohrid Summer Festival, Nitra Music Spring, Kammermusik um halb acht in Basel, Bach Istanbul'da and the IMusicFest of George Lobkowicz, among others.

Concerts by Barocco sempre giovane have been broadcast by Czech Television, TV Noe and Czech Radio, as well as many international broadcasters, including the BBC in the United Kingdom, ARD in Germany, ORF in Vienna, CBC in Canada, Radio Nacional de España in Madrid, Sveriges Radio AB in Stockholm and RTÉ in Dublin.

Barocco sempre giovane presents its own subscription concert series and records on CD.

The ensemble collaborates with leading Czech and international artists, including violinists Giuliano Carmignola, Alessandro Tampieri, Josef Špaček, Jan Mráček, Jiří Vodička, Václav Hudeček and Milan Al-Ashab; violists Eva Krestová, Jitka Hosprová and Kristina Fialová; cellists Emil Rovner, Jiří Bárta and Petr Nouzovský; oboist Vilém Veverka; flautists Claudio Arimany and Carol Wincenc; clarinettists Irvin Venyš, Igor Františák and Claudio Mansutti; trumpeters Pacho Flores, Marek Zvolánek and Otto Sauter; harpsichordists Shalev Ad-El, Václav Luks, Adam Viktora, Vojtěch Spurný, Barbara Maria Willi, Monika Knoblochová, Edita Keglerová and Thomas Ragossnig; organists Wacław Golonka, Pavel Svoboda and Adam Suk; pianists Ivo Kahánek, Lukáš Klánský, Miroslav Sekera, Terezie Fialová and Matyáš Novák; harpists Kateřina Englichová and Jana Boušková; and singers Simona Šaturová, Kateřina Kněžíková, Eva Urbanová, Helena Hozová, Kristýna Kůstková, Markéta Cukrová, Dagmar Pecková, Vojtěch Pelka, Petr Nekoranec, Adam Plachetka and Daniel Klánský, among many others.

Barocco sempre giovane also devotes particular attention to collaborating with young artists and laureates of major international competitions.