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Fly to China with us

Our ensemble Piccolo coro & Piccola orchestra has been invited to perform in China at a classical music festival. We need a bit of your help in order to perform at our best. We want to bring the good Czech classics to China. Look at our amazing awards!

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All or nothing. Project finished on Jun 11, 2017 at 11:53.

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How it all began

A letter came. In Chinese and with many red stamps and signatures from important men. Google Translator told us we were invited to perform at a large choir festival in the Chinese city of Jinan. Not to compete but to perform as honorary guests. Well, hooray, and let’s go through Beijing and make it a tour! And off we are – flight tickets for 26 people, visas, get in contact with our Embassy in Beijing, find childcare for our kids when we are away, hopefully we won’t mess up the complicated instructions for photo on the visa, etc. In short, we are really looking forward to it and we need a bit of your help.

What is our goal?

In order to throw a concert in Beijing and Jinan, we need a bit of push with our budget. It is a bit far for us, you know. However, we are not begging for money: we are offering you good music in return from good musicians. See for yourself – have you, for example, ever ordered a Mozart performance live with just one click?

How can you fly with us? Either really or kinda. More in the awards!

Details

We are offering you awards which should please you the same way they will please us. We can perform a full concert in your living room, sing under your windows or perform with a large ensemble at a prestigious event or just for the fun of it. Our awards are good value for your money. Mozart`s Requiem with a full orchestra and professional soloists? Here we come. Do you want to play to your “significant other” under your windows? We will be there.

There is quite a lot of Chines culture coming to the Czech Republic but there is less Czech classical music in China. We want to change that.

Our budget is far over half a million Czech crowns so we are putting a lot of our own money into this. Any contribution from your side will thus be a commitment for us to show the beauty of Czech classical music to the Chinese audience. You can listen to some of our music here.

... and there is more

Prefer adrenalin to classic? Have a look among the awards, there is something for you as well.

Who are we?

Piccolo coro & Piccola orchestra are a combination of a mixed chamber choir and a chamber string orchestra, who rehearse/perform under the baton of Marek Valášek. The ensemble is based in Prague and has 40 stable members. Since its establishment in 1996, it has given hundreds of concerts both home and abroad.

The ensemble interprets compositions regardless of time period or genre. The line-up can be greater, according to the needs of individual music projects – be it chamber works or spectacular oratorios from the romantic period. Both the choir and the string orchestra also perform their own separate programs on a regular basis. Works of sacred music prevail; many of them date to the 20th century. The ensemble often premieres contemporary Czech compositions or records them for the Czech Radio.

At the Young Stage Festival 2004, the ensemble was given the Bohuslav Martinů Foundation Prize; at the International Festival of Advent and Christmas Music 2007 it won a prize in the golden range and received the Petr Eben Award. Piccolo coro was the absolute winner of the International Choral Art Festival Jihlava 2011; at the prestigious choral competition in Spittal, Austria, the choir won the 1st prize in the main category, the 3rd prize in the folklore category and the Special Jury Award for their interpretation of a contemporary composition. At the international competition Praga cantat 2016, the choir was awarded the winner’s cup in the category of mixed chamber choirs, a Special Jury Award for the interpretation of Jan Novák’s composition, and the Bohuslav Martinů Foundation Prize.

The ensemble recorded four CDs of sacred music – Marian music in Loreto (1998), Hear My Prayer (2000), Cantico delle Creature (2004), Gaudete in Domino (2013) - and one with choral arrangements of folk songs Hore Dolinami (2009). You can find more about us here.

Why are we doing this?

We are simply looking forward to our Chinese tour so much. It is our lifetime experience and wishes are meant to come true, aren’t they?

News

May 17, 2017 We will make it! + new rewards

Dear supporters, thank you so much for all your support. We are rehearsing intensely in order to perform at our best on our little Chinese tour. We would also like to ask for a bit more of your help. Can you please think whom you might share our project with via e-mail, on social networks or by…

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May 3, 2017 Now in English

Dear friends from Prague, here we come also in English. We are so sorry you are not getting the video in English too, maybe in our next life. We hope you will enjoy our rewards. Yours, Piccolo coro & Piccola orchestra

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  • remaining 48 from 50
    Fly with us to China

    In a symbolic way. Send us your photo or your favourite pet toy or a voodoo doll or whatever and we will take a photo with “you” in some incredible place in China.
     

    Reward delivery: in half a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 4.38
    (CZK 111)

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    For a steal

    Send us a contribution just like that.
     

    Reward delivery: in a quarter after the Hithit project end

    EUR 8.76
    (CZK 222)

  • remaining 38 from 50
    Piccolo coro & Piccola orchestra CD

    We will send you any of our CDs according to your choice. For deliveries outside the Czech Republic, please buy 2 awards per 1 CD.
     

    Reward delivery: on address, in half a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 11.83
    (CZK 300)

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    Souvenir from China

    We will bring you a souvenir from China and send it to you by post or deliver personally (Prague only). Let us know whether you prefer an edible or inedible one.
     

    Reward delivery: on address, in half a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 11.83
    (CZK 300)

  • remaining 49 from 50
    Get an alibi

    Do you need alibi for the end of August? Pre-write a postcard to someone including their address and we will post it from China for you.
     

    Reward delivery: on address, in half a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 13.13
    (CZK 333)

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    VIP tickets

    Get a VIP ticket for 2 people to a selected concert of Piccolo coro & Piccola orchestra. We will find you the best spots at one of our public concerts in Prague or around.
     

    Reward delivery: in a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 13.80
    (CZK 350)

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    Fancy a cake?

    We will bake you a delicious cake and personally deliver it to you (Prague only). We eat cakes at rehearsals, concerts, trips and events so our bakers are well trained.
     

    Reward delivery: on address, in a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 15.78
    (CZK 400)

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    VIP ticket to our Beijing concert

    Fly with us for real and drop by at our Beijing concert at the end of August 2017 (around 23rd). You will get 2 VIP tickets and an invitation to the afterparty.
     

    Reward delivery: in half a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 17.51
    (CZK 444)

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    Hand-made hats or elephants

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    Deliveries within the Czech Republic.
    More here.


     

    Reward delivery: on address, in half a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 19.72
    (CZK 500)

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    Student day in China

    Sponsor one of our studying members for a day out of pure altruism as they kind of have deep pockets. As a reward, they will make you a photo strip from this day.
     

    Reward delivery: in half a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 23.66
    (CZK 600)

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    Elevator music II

    We are offering you an hour of ambiance music on piano or keyboard at our social or other event in Prague. The offer lasts for the whole of 2017.

    Reward delivery: in a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 39.44
    (CZK 1,000)

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    Music under your windows

    We will play under your Prague windows. A small ensemble, delightful string tones, balmy voices of our singers and a mild evening. Aaaahhh….
     

    Reward delivery: in half a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 59.16
    (CZK 1,500)

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    Artrock

    We will play you famous artrock melodies and a few jazz classics on the violin. It is not only classical what we have in our blood.
     

    Reward delivery: in a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 59.16
    (CZK 1,500)

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    Even better views

    You like? We add!

    We will wash the windows in your Prague flat with a song coming from our throats.

    Reward delivery: on address, in half a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 59.16
    (CZK 1,500)

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    Eternal fame

    We will publish your name or name of your company at our website for one year and we will also thank you on our Facebook page.
     

    Reward delivery: in a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 197.20
    (CZK 5,000)

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    House concert of Quartetto Ristretto

    Our quarter Quartetto Ristretto will play for you and let you try their musical instruments. The play tango, jazz classics, classical music and anything else they like.
     

    Reward delivery: in a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 236.64
    (CZK 6,000)

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    Tandem paraglide and a luscious picnic

    Something for the adrenalin addicts and the gourmets: We will take you on a paraglide tandem flight with our experienced flyer Ondra which we will top with a luxurious picnic to your taste from our gourmet Honza. We will drive you from Prague to the place of the flight and back (weekends only, flexible reaction depending on the weather is a must). Second person on the same trip only half price (your buy 1 award but pay 15000 CZK instead of 10000 CZK and the two of you will have all the fun together).
     

    Reward delivery: in a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 394.40
    (CZK 10,000)

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    Concert of Piccolo coro

    Our whole choir will perform for you from the current repertoire in Prague.
     

    Reward delivery: in a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 986.00
    (CZK 25,000)

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    Concert of Piccola orchestra

    Our whole orchestra will perform for you from the current repertoire in Prague.
     

    Reward delivery: in a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 986.00
    (CZK 25,000)

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    Christmas concert

    Order our Christmas concert of the entire ensemble and professional soloist (Christmas or Advent music or the “Rybova mše” a famous Czech Christmas Mass by the Czech composer J. J. Ryba from 1796). Prague only (or transport costs extra).
     

    Reward delivery: in a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 1,577.60
    (CZK 40,000)

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    Concert of Piccolo coro & Piccola orchestra

    The whole ensemble Piccolo coro & Piccola orchestra will perform for you from our rich repertoire (Prague only). Expect a musical specialty.
     

    Reward delivery: in a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 1,972.00
    (CZK 50,000)

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    Mozart’s Requiem

    We will perform the magnificent Requiem of Mozart with a full ensemble and professional soloists (Prague only or transport costs extra). How does it feel to order a full orchestra and choir with just one click?
     

    Reward delivery: in a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 2,563.60
    (CZK 65,000)

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    Postcard from China

    We will send you a postcard from China to any address on the planet.
     

    Reward delivery: on address, in half a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 7.89
    (CZK 200)

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    Elevator music

    We are offering you an hour of ambiance music on piano or keyboard at our social or other event in Prague. The offer lasts for the whole of 2017. Our alto and pianist, Vlasta, is looking forward to this.
     

    Reward delivery: in a month after the Hithit project end

    EUR 39.44
    (CZK 1,000)

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    Better views

    We will wash the windows in your Prague flat with a song coming from our throats.
     

    Reward delivery: in half a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 59.16
    (CZK 1,500)

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    We will teach you how to sing

    3 x 60 minutes of choir or opera singing for total beginners or intermediary level singers from trained singers and soloists (Prague only or upon agreement).
     

    Reward delivery: in half a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 78.88
    (CZK 2,000)

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    We will teach you how to sing II

    So much interest. Well OK, here come some more 3 x 60 minutes of singing lessons (choir or opera).
     

    Reward delivery: not specified

    EUR 78.88
    (CZK 2,000)

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    We will teach you how to sing III

    3 x 60 minutes of choir or opera singing for total beginners or intermediary level singers from trained singers and soloists (Prague only or upon agreement).

    Reward delivery: in a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 78.88
    (CZK 2,000)

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    Private concert of a small ensemble

    We will perform a few pieces at your social or other event with a small ensemble (voice and instrument comb.). Prague only or upon arrangement.

    Reward delivery: in half a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 236.64
    (CZK 6,000)

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