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18 December 2019 Variations on a Christmas Theme
20 January 2020 JESSE COOK & Band in Prague
16 May 2020 Canada Czech Golf Challenge 2020

Canadian Chamber of Commerce
in the Czech Republic
Konviktská 291/24
110 00 Prague 1
Czech Republic
ID No (IČ): 251 36 933

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Veronika Možišová
mozisova@gocanada.cz
+ 420 777 400 900
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VARIATIONS ON A CHRISTMAS THEME

NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

The Snow Maiden, suite from the opera

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY

Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello and orchestra Op. 33

IGOR STRAVINSKY

Petrushka, ballet music (version 1947)

Jean-Guihen QUEYRAS | cello

PRAGUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Jac van STEEN | conductor

WHEN:
Thursday, 18 December 2019 / 19:30 -21:20

WHERE:
Smetana Hall, Municipal House, nám.Republiky 5, Praha 1

JESSE COOK & Band

first time in Prague

“I want to take people to places they haven’t been.” Jesse Cook, Juno winning master guitarist, known for his intoxicating fusion of world music, has travelled the globe looking for sounds that resonate with him. “I like finding common ground for different music traditions, a space where music from around the world can come together,” Cook explains. “A place where modern sounds can mix with ancient timbres.”

He was born in Paris, to Canadian parents.After moving back to Canada, Cook started guitar lessons. “My teacher played flamenco. Then, when I’d visit my dad in France, he was living next door to Nicolas Reyes, the singer of the Gipsy Kings. I saw gipsy kids on the corner playing that way too.” It was as if the world conspired to get me interested in this style and I was hooked.” It was when he heard the Paco de Lucia, Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin album, Friday Night in San Francisco that the die was cast. “I was captivated by the sheer virtuosity and freedom, that people could play whatever they wanted, creating in that space between jazz and flamenco.”

Cook also helps foster this spirit of cultural exploration visually through his photography on Instagram as well his popular weekly video releases on his YouTube channel and through Facebook.

Follow the Road @ www.jessecook.com

Tickets available here

Detailed information about the event

will be released in due time