Kamila Mazalová
Kamila Mazalová (alto/mezzosoprano) was born in Ostrava, where, after finishing preparatory high school and the Janáček Conservatory, she graduated in solo signing at the Institute for the Study of Arts, Ostrava University (continuing under her Conservatory teacher Drahomíra Míčková). She is currently a member of the Prague ensemble Collegium 1704, under the artistic direction Václav Luks. She is also a member of Tiburtina Ensemble (artistic director Barbora Kabátková), a group devoted to medieval music. With the above-mentioned ensembles, she has recorded numerous CDs and performed as a soloist at prestigious festivals in the Czech Republic, Europe, and the US. Her current collaborators also include Collegium Marianum (Prague), Capella Mariana (Prague), Ensemble Phoenix Munich and Musica Aeterna (Bratislava). Her performances of 16th to 18th century chamber songs usually feature Monika Knoblochová on the cembalo and Jan Krejča on theorbo. Her occasional opera appearances largely involve 18th and 20th century works– these include,The Study of Aphasia by Michal Rataj and Katharina Schmitt (NODO 2020) and the role of Táňa in Alois Hába’s Thy Kingdom Come (NODO 2018).
