Conductor: David Lukáš Director of orchestra: Martin Šanda
David Lukáš - Conductor
David Lukáš was born
January 9th, 1981 in Vysoké Mýto. Already
in early childhood he manifested love for music. His mother, who is a singer,
singing pedagogue and director of Basic Music School in Vysoké Mýto, supported his predilection for music very much. Already before he started to attend
basic school he had begun to take violin lessons. Later on his musical talent started
to manifest itself also in first composer attempts. The first
ones were pieces for violin and later also for string orchestra. His first composition played in public was Romance for bows from 1996.
His talent and love for music
was growing, so at age
17 he decided to study conducting at a conservatory. He was admitted to the conservatory in Pardubice that specialized on choir conducting. But David was more interested in orchestral music, that´s why
after one year and a half
he transfered from Pardubice to Prague conservatory. There he studied at
professors Hynek Farkač,
Miroslav Košler and Miriam
Němcová. He finished his studies in 2005. Simultaneously with conducting studies he took
private lessons in composing.
The first essentials of music theory he learned
already at Basic Music School in Vysoké Mýto from PaedDr.Zdeněk Berger. In Prague
he consulted his compositions with Otomar Kvěch and Radek Rejšek. Recently he has been consulting
his composing technics with Sylvia Bodorová.
David Lukáš also made efforts to improve his technics by studying a huge amount of partitions of all eras.
He is one
of the composers that stick to tonal
and melodical music. He describes
himself as neoclassicist and neoromantist. His compositions are melodical, yet with modern
21st century elements. His facture contains chamber, vocal as well as orchestral pieces. He endeared
very much the harp, for which he writes solo
pieces and to which he also
dedicates parts in his chamber and orchestral
compositions.
Among his big musical ideals is Antonín Dvořák, who´s music he
endears since childhood. Another musical giant, who in fact
made David decide for his career of conductor and composer, is
Leonard Bernstein. When David was 14 or 15 years old,
the Czech television broadcasted a cycle call Vysoké Mýtoed "Concerst for young audience". That was the moment when he realized
that music is the one
and only destination for him. L. Bernstein became his guru. He worships him
as a human being, as an outstanding conductor and composer,
who abounds with humility to music.
David´s first success as a composer was with
his early writings for string orchestra, which were published by Alliancce publications, Inc., USA. Now he establishes cooperation with certain artists and musical bodies (Kateřina Englichová, Vilém Veverka, Böhm
Trio). His facture contains
also pieces that can be
performed by pupils or ensembles pupils
of musical schools.
David's last and extensive work is full-lenght
cantata "Czech legends" for large
orchestra, mixes choir and solist on texts
by Veronika Vlachova, concerto for pinao and orchestra and concert melodrama "Night's dark". He prepares his first scenic work:
oprea "Silent light", the libretto prepared Veronika
Vlachova in to the suggestion
by composer.
David coorporate mainly like conducter with Litomyšl symphony orchestra,
Vysoké Mýto chamber orchestra, Symphonetic
orchestra of Jaromir Vogel and
student's orchestras at music schools in Vysoké Mýto and Prague 10 and
on music camp for young people in Horni Jeleni. During his stuides on conservatory in Pardubice he conducted Pardubice children's choir.
David is currently on behalf of Bohemian Music Agency like conductor and composer. He
is a teacher of music theory at
music school in Prague.
