KAREL VALTER
Karel Valter, born in Prague in 1980, studied flute and conducting at the Prague Conservatory, transverse flute at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and conducting at the Musikhochschule Luzern. As a solo flautist he performs regularly with the Ensemble Café Zimmermann, the baroque orchestras La Cetra and Capriccio and the Venice Baroque Orchestra. In the field of chamber music, he mainly deals with early romantic literature for transverse flute and guitar in old scale. His performances are recorded by various European radio companies, he has recorded CDs for Tudor (CH), Deutsche Grammophon and Ars Production (D). As a conductor he works at the Theater Basel, the Teatro Arriaga Bilbao, with the Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla, the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, La Cetra and others. Karel Valter runs a recording studio specializing in early music in Waldenburg (CH) and works as a CD producer for various orchestras, ensembles and labels.
Karel Valter was born in 1980 in Prague. He studied flute and conducted at the Prague Conservatory, transverse flute at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, and conducted at the Lucerne College of Music. He appears regularly as solo flutist with the ensemble Café Zimmermann, the Baroque orchestras La Cetra and Capriccio, and the Venice Baroque Orchestra. In the area of chamber music, he has a predilection for early nineteenth century transverse flute and guitar literature. His concerts have been recorded for broadcast by many European radio networks, and he can be heard on CDs released on the Tudor (Switzerland), Deutsche Grammophon, and Ars Produktion (Germany) labels. As a conductor, he worked at the Basel Theater, the Teatro Arriaga Bilbao, with the Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla, the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, and La Cetra, among others. Karel Valter runs a recording studio specializing in early music in Waldenburg (Switzerland), and is also active as a CD producer for various orchestras, ensembles, and labels.