U Staré paní - VV Brasil, 2025-01-09

VV Brasil

Thursday 09. 01. 2025, 20:00

Veronika Vitová, known for her work in the vocal ensemble Skety, has so far devoted herself mainly to her original work, which is deeply rooted in jazz. Now, however, she comes up with the project VV Brasil, in which she pays tribute to Latin American music. The VV Brasil project brings to the stage a lively, energetic and passionate interpretation of Latin American rhythms, performed by Czech musicians: - Mikuláš Pokorný – piano - Lukáš Chejn – guitar - Iva Kejzlarova – bass - Tomas Hobzek – drums

The performers

Veronika Vítová ()

Veronika Vítová was born in Prague, graduated from the J. Ježek Conservatory and leads several projects. One of them is a jazz band, which in the past has processed the music of Bill Evans (Tribute to Bill Evans). In 2011 she founded the vocal sextet Skety, which performs in clubs and festivals across the Czech Republic and Europe, has toured Taiwan (where they received second place in the international acappella competition) and Australia, in 2014 this sextet won the Czech Jirkovsky Písňovar, in 2014 at the prestigious international competition Vocal.Total in Graz and in 2017 it won two second prizes at the international acappella competitions in Aarhus, Denmark and Tampere, Finland. Veronika is also a classical musician and collaborates as a soloist with Orchestra Berg and more recently with the trio Musica Panica, performing music of the Renaissance. She is a regular guest of the Jazz Dock Orchestra, which is the home big band of the Jazz Dock jazz club in Prague.

Mikuláš Pokorný ()

During his studies at the Jaroslav Ježek Academy of Music in Prague, the Janáček Academy in Brno and the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa in Lisbon, Mikuláš Pokorný has been or still is a leader or sideman in several groups and projects (Laco Deczi & Celula New York, Jan Smigmator, Los Quemados, Mikuláš Pokorný Trio).

Lukáš Chejn ()

Lukáš Chejn is a jazz guitarist and founder of the band Jazz Efterrätt.

Iva Kejzlarová ()

Iva Kejzlarová is a Czech bass player.

Tomáš Hobzek ()

Tomáš Hobzek is a Czech drummer and a founding member of the Organic Quartet.He classifies his music as modern jazz and improvised music with elements of avant-garde jazz. "I think thematically I'm most influenced by Brad Mehldau, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Aaron Parks and this generation of musicians in general. Then the Wayne Shorter Quartet. In general, I have a penchant for applying simpler themes and using them for more extended improvisation. I get inspired in different ways. Sometimes it's just a small musical motif from which I write a song, but often I'm greatly inspired by non-musical stimuli, like a strong personal experience. Rather than looking for inspiration, I let it come to me," says Tomáš Hobzek.