Václav Luks

The founder of the ensembles Collegium 1704 and Collegium Vocale 1704, keyboardist and conductor Václav Luks has been a pioneer in the historical performance of Baroque music in the Czech Republic. He has helped reshape the Baroque repertory through his performances of music by the composers Jan Dismas Zelenka and Josef Myslivecek. Returning to Prague in 2005, Luks revitalized the ensemble Collegium 1704, which he had founded as a student in 1991, organized it along the lines of historical performance, and added a choir, Collegium Vocale 1704. In 2008, he and Collegium 1704 released an album of works by the little-known Henrico Albicastro. recording of Rameau's opera Les Boréades. In 2022, Luks and Collegium 1704 returned with a historically oriented performance of Smetana's Má Vlast.