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The
international flute and organ ensemble Due Solisti, comprised of American organist Scheide and Czech flutist
Zofie Vokalkova, has performed throughout the US, Czech Republic and Germany, and has recorded for the Dutch label HLM
and the US label Raven. As the ensemble name suggests, the duo works and programs in a balanced partnership,
usually including solo works for each performer as well as duos.
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Music and Vision described
their sound as “a beautiful luminosity.”
In
2010 Due Solisti made three tours, performed with celebrated Czech singers Martina Kociánová and Barbora Polášková, collaborated
with American and European composers on the Raven recording Jatamansi, and performed a concert at the Basilika within Prague Castle, live for Czech TV.
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a lifelong resident of Prague, is a graduate of Prague
Conservatory and studied with Frantisek Malotin, Christian Larde, James Galway and Meinhardt Niedermayer. She is a laureate
of the competitions Concertino Praga, Pacem in terris (Germany), Prague Spring and Web Concert Hall (NY). Vokalkova
frequently collaborates as a concerto soloist with Czech and foreign orchestras (Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Japan,
USA...), and regularly leads masterclasses in international venues. In a typical year she is featured in over 150 solo
and chamber music concerts. In addition to her work with Due Solisti, Vokalkova is currently flute soloist for the orchestras
Virtuosi di Praga and Prague Symphony Orchestra. Previously she has been first orchestral flute, Prague Symphony Orchestra,
and Flute Professor at Prague Conservatory.
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