Hofmusici

Ensemble

Hofmusici is a period‐instrument ensemble of young musicians specialising in the performance of baroque music. The German‐Latin name Hofmusici (meaning Court Musicians) reflects the ensembles at aristocratic courts in the former Habsburg Monarchy headed by Imperial court ensemble (Kaiserliche Hofmusik‐Kapelle). Not only the international cast of the ensemble harks back to this tradition, but also its repertoire, focused on works of Italian baroque opera and on works by Italian, Austrian and Czech composers who were employed in the first half of the 18th century at the imperial court in Vienna. Hofmusici frequently perform modern world premieres of compositions, which have until now lain unknown in Czech and foreign music archives.