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New: Prague Junior Note 2021 documentary!

Documentary from the Czech nationwide competition Prague Junior Note 2021 for young pianists, (English subtitles will be included on June 14), and winners of the cataplasm prize awarded by Nikol and Jan that year.

Documentary from the Czech nationwide competition Prague Junior Note 2021 for young pianists, (English subtitles will be included on June 14), and winners of the cataplasm prize awarded by Nikol and Jan that year.

Winners of the Cataplasm Prize 2021

Denis Stefanov

Nora Lubbadová

Klára Gibišová

Tereza Neužilová


Prague Junior Note, 2020. National competition of young pianists up to age 15

https://www.soutezpjn.cz

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Prague Junior Note 2020 documentary.

It all begins with an idea.

The Czech nationwide competition Prague Junior Note 2021 for young pianists has ended and we've just chosen the winners of the Cataplasm prize 2021! If you would like to peek into the backstage (and also on the stage!) of this wonderful competition, you are warmly invited to watch the one that took place in 2020. Premiere on Cataplasm youtube channel on Wednesday at 4 p.m. (English subtitles included).

Winners of the Cataplasm Prize 2020

Adam Znamirovský

Nora Lubbadová

Prague Junior Note, 2020. National competition of young pianists up to age 15

https://www.soutezpjn.cz

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Recording of the Album Prometheus

PROMETHEUS

Third album of Nikol Bóková, which was released by Animal Music label on May 21, 2021.

Pianist and composer – Nikol Bóková
French horn player – Radek Baborák
Electric guitar player – David Dorůžka
Double bass player – Jaromír Honzák
Drummer – Michał Wierzgoń
Producers – Petr Ostrouchov, Nikol Bóková, Jan Vala
Sound engineer – Milan Cimfe
Mastering – Pavel Karlík, Adam Karlík
Graphic design of the album – Jonatan Kuna (Studio Najbrt)

DOCUMENTARY

Editing – Nikol Bóková

Director – Jan Vala

Camera – Jan Vala

Recorded in Sono Recording Studios in January 2021.

https://animalmusic.cz/en/album/nikol-bokova-prometheus

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Recording of the Album Unravel

It all begins with an idea.

Special thanks to Sono recording studios, Animal music label, and Machart piana.

UNRAVEL

Pianist and composer – Nikol Bóková
Double bass player – Martin Kocián
Drummer – Michał Wierzgoń
Producer – Petr Ostrouchov
Sound engineer – Milan Cimfe
2nd sound engineer – Jan Vala
Mastering – Pavel Karlík, Adam Karlík
Graphic design of the album – Jonatan Kuna (Studio Najbrt)

https://animalmusic.cz/en/album/nikol-bokova-unravel

HELP IN THE STUDIO

Piano tuning and maintenance – Jan Machart
Photographer and masseur – Zuzka Bönisch
Taking care of all of us – Karolka Karlíková Kalandrová

DOCUMENTARY

Editing – Nikol Bóková
Director – Jan Vala Camera – Jan Vala
2nd camera – Pavel Raev
Typography of UNRAVEL sign – Jonatan Kuna

UNRAVEL

1. Vítězslav Novák – Ballade after Byron’s Manfred op. 2 2. Nikol Bóková – Manfred (inspired by Novák’s Ballade op. 2) 3. Tomas Svoboda – Bagatelles “In a Forest” op. 42 no. 1 “Trails” 4. Tomas Svoboda – Eulogy op. 146 for Piano (acoustic bass arranged by Nikol Bóková) Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff – Sonata op. 36 no. 2 (revised edition) 5. Allegro agitato 6. Non allegro – Lento 7. Allegro molto 8. Nikol Bóková – Sergej (inspired by Rachmaninoff’s Sonata op. 36 no. 2) 9. Nikol Bóková – Erich (inspired by Korngold’s "Hard Times" op. 19) 10. Erich Wolfgang Korngold – What the Forest Tells no. 1 “Awakening of Birds in the Morning” 11. Nikol Bóková – Golden (inspired by Korngold’s What the Forest Tells no. 1) Maurice Ravel – Sonatine 12. Modéré 13. Mouvement de Menuet 14. Animé 15. Nikol Bóková – Unravel (inspired by Ravel’s Sonatine)

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