DUO MARELI
DUO MARELI
guitar duo
Eliška Cábová & Martin Cába
ABOUT US
Duo Mareli is formed by the married couple Eliška and Martin, who have been playing together since 2016. The duo has played a number of concerts throughout the Czech Republic and participated in masterclasses with renowned teachers such as Martin Schwarz, Thomas Offermann, Martin Krajčo, Pia Gazarek Offermann and Campbell Diamond. They are currently studying chamber music under the direction of Anna Hronová at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
Duo Mareli specializes in combining traditional guitar repertoire with their own arrangements of piano pieces, thus expanding the sound palette of the guitar and at the same time enriching the guitar repertoire with new and unusual arrangements of compositions. During their career, several Czech composers have already dedicated their works to them, including Václav Bůžek, Vilém Zelenka, Antonín Pevala and Ladislav Pazdera. They play guitars made by Petr Matoušek, model Double Top.
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ELIŠKA CÁBOVÁ
Eliška is one of the most talented young Czech guitarists. In 2020, she won the 1st prize at the Bremen Guitar Art competition (Germany). She has won other important prizes at competitions such as the International Guitar Competition Enrico Mercatali in Gorizia (Italy), the International Guitar Competition Visegrad (Slovakia) and the Competition of Conservatories and Music Grammar Schools (Czech Republic), where she also won the special prize of the jury chairman Štěpán Rak for the best interpretation of Johann Sebastian Bach.
She graduated from the conservatory in Pilsen in the class of Ozren Mutak, then successfully completed her bachelor studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague with Petr Saidl and Anna Hronová and now continues her master's studies, where she focuses on the works of Polish composer Alexandre Tansman focusing on transcriptions of his piano works for guitar duo.
She is currently teaching at the Teplice Conservatory and also at the Ilja Hurník Music School and the Southern City Music School in Prague.
PLACEMENT IN COMPETITIONS:
2022 finalist of the Kutná Hora International Biennial Interpretation Guitar Competition
2021 2nd place - Visegrad International Guitar Competition (Slovakia)
2020 1st place - Bremen Guitar Art International Guitar Competition (Germany)
2019 3rd place – Competition of Conservatories (Czech Republic)
Prize of the chairman of the jury (Štěpán Rak) for an extraordinary interpretation of a composition by Johann Sebastian Bach
2018 2nd place - Enrico Mercatali International Guitar Competition in Gorozia (Italy)
2017 1st place - Ivan Ballu International Guitar Competition in Dolný Kubín (Slovakia)
2016 3rd place – Guitartalent International Guitar Competition in Brno (Czech Republic)
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MARTIN CÁBA
Martin is one of the most promising young Czech guitarists. In 2018, he won the 1st prize in the Grand Prix competition at the International Guitar Competition in Bratislava (Slovakia). He has also won important awards at other prestigious competitions such as the International Biennial Guitar Performance Competition in Kutná Hora, Forum Gitarre Wien (Austria) and Budapest International Guitar Competition (Hungary). He has attended courses with world-renowned guitarists such as Zoran Dukic, Fabio Zanon, Aniello Desiderio and Thomas Fellow.
He graduated from the Conservatory in Pilsen in the class of Ozren Mutak and then successfully completed his Master's degree at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague with Petr Saidl and Pavel Steidl. He is currently continuing his doctoral studies there, focusing on the guitar works of the 20th century Czech composer Jana Obrovská. Through this topic, he wants to promote and raise the knowledge of czech guitar music of the 20th century, its value and significance in the context of world music literature.
He teaches at the Jan Deyl Conservatory and the Southern City Music School in Prague.
PLACEMENT IN COMPETITIONS:
2022 3rd place – Kutná Hora International Biennial Interpretation Guitar Competition
2021 4th place - International Guitar Competition Budapest (Hungary)
2021 2nd place – Guitartalent international guitar competition, Brno (Czech Republic)
2018 1st place and Grand Prix Prize – International Guitar Competition in Bratislava (Slovakia)
2017 1st place and title of Laureate – Interpretation Competition of Chamber Ensembles
"Karel Ditters from Dittersdorf and musical classicism", Vidnava (Czech Republic)
2016 4th place - Andres Segovia International Guitar Competition, Monheim (Germany)
CONCERTS
15/5/2025 - 7:00 p.m.
Milíčova kaple, Prague - Malešice
16/5/2025 - 7:00 p.m.
Kytarobraní, Uničov
23/5/2025 - 7:00 p.m.
Church of St. Marie Magdaléna, Velhartice
26/5/2025 - 7:30 p.m.
Gabriel Loci, Prague
15/6/2025 - 4:00 p.m.
Ludwig van Beethoven Music Festival - Cistercian Monastery Osek
15/6/2025 - 4:00 p.m.
Ludwig van Beethoven Music Festival - Cistercian Monastery Osek
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