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Performer: Václav Luks

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LondonThe Creation

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Haydn: The Creation (Die Schöpfung), Hob XXI:2
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Václav Luks; Samantha Clarke; Nick Pritchard; Florian Boesch; Choir of the Age of Enlightenment

PragueMissa Circumcisionis: Collegium 1704

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Zelenka, Handel
Collegium 1704; Václav Luks; Collegium Vocale 1704

ViennaCamerata Salzburg / Leleux / Luks

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Vorísek, Kalliwoda, Mozart
Camerata Salzburg; Václav Luks; François Leleux
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Václav Luks conducts a sprightly Christmas Oratorio

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A month early, perhaps, but Václav Luks conducts the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus in Bach's joyful celebration of the Christmas story. 

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A rambunctious Platée revival in Prague

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SKUTR's daring direction and Václav Luks's early music expertise combine to bring new vitality to a Baroque classic. 
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Joélle Harvey is outstanding in Glyndebourne's incendiary Semele

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Adele Thomas makes a good case for Semele's operatic credentials in her production which makes effective nods towards Baroque opera’s devotion to spectacle.
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PraguePlatéeNew production

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Rameau: Platée
Václav Luks; SKUTR (Martin Kukučka and Lukáš Trpišovský); Prague State Opera; Jakub Kopecký; Simona Rybáková; Prague State Opera Orchestra
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A Baroque revolutionary: Václav Luks on Zelenka

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The director of Collegium 1704 talks about Zelenka, the greatest Czech Baroque composer, and his uniquely bold and distinctive approach composition – which still has the capacity to shock and overwhelm today.

Chopin festival celebrates 100 years of Polish independence

With its theme of “Chopin to Paderewski”, the festival honours those musical icons who helped forge the country’s cultural identity.