{"id":3261,"date":"2014-08-14T11:11:21","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T11:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ensemblecymru.co.uk\/?p=3261"},"modified":"2021-10-19T11:29:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T11:29:07","slug":"introducing-sessions-meet-katka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ensemble.cymru\/en\/2014\/08\/introducing-sessions-meet-katka\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8216;Introducing\u2019 sessions: Meet Katka\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2850\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ensemblecymru.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Katka2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Katka Maresova\" data-id=\"2850\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\"> Get to know the musicians behind the instruments with our \u2018Introducing\u2019 sessions. First up is a new addition to the Ensemble Cymru family, violinist Katka Mare\u0161ov\u00e1.<\/p>\n<p>Born and raised in the Czech Republic, Katka arrived in the UK last September to spend a year studying at Bangor University. And it seems that the rugged, mountainous landscape of North Wales shares some similarities with Katka\u2019s hometown, as she explains\u2026<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Talking about home\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cI was brought up in a town in the mountains which is in the north of the Czech Republic called Jablonec nad Jizerou. Being quite a small town, I think there\u2019s a population of just 2,000 people, it was difficult to find good music teachers. So when I was 13, I was lucky enough to be offered a place at a school in Prague which offered a broad musical education, allowing me to study music to a high standard alongside my other studies.<\/p>\n<h2>Family life<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cI have four sisters and one brother (he\u2019s the youngest too!) so there\u2019re six of us altogether. Although I\u2019m the only one to have carried on with music as a career, all of my siblings played an instrument when they were younger so there was often a lot of noise in our house!\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Musical beginnings<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cLike many children, the first instrument I played was the small flute, or the recorder as I believe it\u2019s known here, and then I moved onto the piano and also the accordion \u2013 my mother plays, although she\u2019s a doctor not a musician, so she taught me when I was younger. It wasn\u2019t until I was eight year old that I took up the violin.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ensemblecymru.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Katka-feature-image2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2857\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ensemblecymru.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Katka-feature-image2-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"Katka feature image2\" data-id=\"2857\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\"><\/a>My kind of music\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cI suppose I most enjoy playing music from the Romantic era. However since coming to Wales, I\u2019ve had my first opportunity to perform contemporary music when I took part in the Bangor New Music Festival this spring. One thing I\u2019ve noticed is that everyone is a composer! I\u2019ve met so many people who are writing their own music which is really exciting and it\u2019s very inspiring to meet people who are creating their own works.<\/p>\n<h2>Music as a career?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ensemblecymru.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Cartref-y-Borth_Llanrwst-cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2854\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ensemblecymru.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Cartref-y-Borth_Llanrwst-cropped-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"Cartref y Borth_Llanrwst cropped\" data-id=\"2854\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\"><\/a>I only decided on a career in music after I\u2019d finished high school, up until that point, I\u2019d been planning to become a physiotherapist! But that all changed when I met a new violin teacher. He\u2019s been a real inspiration to me musically, and a big part of why I\u2019ve chosen music as my career. His name is Radim Kresta and he\u2019s still my teacher today \u2013 I\u2019ve even been flying back to Prague once a month for the last year so I can keep up with my lessons!<\/p>\n<h2>What\u2019s next?<\/h2>\n<p>I\u2019ll return to Prague in September and will continue to study at the conservatoire \u2013 I will finish my Masters in music education in two years and then I\u2019d like to split my time between performing and teaching. I\u2019ve really enjoyed the experience of living abroad during the last year so I\u2019d like to travel with my music \u2013 Vienna is somewhere I\u2019d love to spend some time so maybe that\u2019ll be my next stop.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get to know the musicians behind the instruments with our \u2018Introducing\u2019 sessions. First up is a new addition to the Ensemble Cymru family, violinist Katka Mare\u0161ov\u00e1. 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