• Română
  • English
Search
 
FCNC
  • Events
  • Theatre
  • Poetry
  • Music
  • Movies
  • Exhibitions
  • Conferences
  • News
  • Română
  • Buy Tickets
  • Events
  • Theatre
  • Poetry
  • Music
FCNC FCNC
  • Movies
  • Exhibitions
  • Conferences
  • News
 

Events

 
HomeEventsMusicIva Bittová – Czech Republic
  • Music

Iva Bittová – Czech Republic

September 8, 2018
Constantin Ginel
Leave a comment
Share this post:
 
Iva Bittová’s countryman Milan Kundera wrote how Europe’s ”small nations” form another Europe. The violinist-vocalist may be a ”small nation” Czech, but her musical worldview and visionary creativity acknowledge no borders. Her powers of spontaneous creativity are more bountiful than it is fair to confer on one person. Witness and marvel. Iva Bittová was born in 1958 in Bruntál in northern Moravia in what was then Czechoslovakia – and nowadays the Czech Republic. Both of her parents were musicians. Her mother Ludmila was a pre-school teacher who spent most of her life with her family; her father Koloman Bitto – Bittová is the surname’s female form – was a musician strongly influenced by his native land – southern Slovakia. His main instruments were string bass, cimbalom, guitar, and trumpet. This exceptional ability to play almost any instrument he laid his hands on, whether performing in classical or folk music styles, proved a major influence on his three daughters as they grew up. Both of Iva’s sisters – her older sister Ida and her younger sister Regina – are professional drama and music performers.
  • Iva Bittová

Iva Bittová

Iva attended drama pre-school, specializing in violin and ballet. In due course she gained admittance to the Music Conservatory in Brno. She graduated in drama and music. During her studies, Iva took part-time engagements as an actress and musician in Brno’s Divadlo Husa na provázku (Goose On A String Theater). Around this time she also featured as an actress in radio, TV and movie productions. Later on, while working full time in theater, she re-kindled her interest in playing violin. After her father’s early death, she decided to follow in his professional footsteps. In 1982, Iva started studying with Professor Rudolf Šťastný, first violin of the Moravian String Quartet. In the intervening years the violin has become her life’s passion and the most inspiring musical instrument in her professional life. Iva firmly believes that, as playing the violin places extreme demands on musicians, the composer’s work depends utterly on commitment. After living in the countryside near Brno for 17 years, Iva decided to relocate her personal and professional life to the United States. In the Summer of 2007, she settled amid the splendors of nature in upstate New York. Iva shares her Hudson Valley home with her younger son Antonín (born 1991) – also a dedicated musician and another chip off the Bitto block.

Details

 
Thursday, 13-09, hour: 20.00
The Garden of the National Museum of Romanian Literature (Nicolae Crețulescu 8)
Free Entry

Map

 

The Festival of the Centennial Nations’ Capitals takes place between 10-17 September in Bucharest. A one of a kind festival in which theatre, poetry, music, exhibitions and conferences will bring us all together in a wonderful celebration, FCNC 2018!

Categories
  • Events
  • Theatre
  • Poetry
  • Music
  • Movies
  • Exhibitions
  • Conferences
  • News

 

Organisers



Contact

Please communicate with us through contact@fcnc.eu or by using this contact form contact form

FCNC © 2018 Festivalul Capitalelor Națiunilor Centenare
  • Privacy Policy
  • Română