La Coruna

The new composition dedicated to García Lorca was written by Ladislav Kubík. He created a brilliant work, all the time strong, dramatic and with a great communicative force.

El Pais, Madrid

“Lament of a Warriors Wife” by Ladislav Kubík is a very interesting work with beautiful rhythmic effects.

Nerikes Allebanka, Sweden

The concert’s most impressive offering was Ladislav Kubík’s “Concerto for Winds and Percussion.”

Tallahassee Democrat

The concert’s wildest work, surprisingly, was scored for the most minimal of string orchestras and was the only piece written by a European-born and trained composer. Ladislav Kubík’s Concerto Grosso for violin, piano, and percussion is very close in form to the Baroques concertos for which it is named. At the same time, its unusual harmonies and driving, asymmetrical rhythms made it the most recognizably ‘modern’ piece of the program.

Tallahassee Democrat

Symphonic Overture by Ladislav Kubík, a pungent piece, regaled in rhythmic vitality and uncommon instrumental combinations, proved to be the festival’s most adventurous and challenging work.

Worcester Telegram

These nine works bring us a rich sonorous universe, fertile and inspired, in which there is no need for many introductions nor explanations, like the direct experience of aesthetic offerings. Two records of authentic music of our time.

Scherzo
Revista de Musica, Madrid

“Wind Harmony” is the title given by the Czech composer Ladislav Kubík (born 1946) to this year’s composition commissioned by the International Mozarteum Foundation which also indicated that the underlying idea was to address the Czech wind instrument tradition. In his “Wind Harmony” Kubík demonstrated his facility in dealing with the specific timbre and in exploiting the musicians’ technique without shattering the framework. The soloist expositions continue to be elaborated in four movements in a lively “conversation” with a rhythmic edge. The motorics of the composition and immanent balance of the tone colors are appealing

Salzburger Nachrichten

The six-movement work which is capable of filtering the encouraging effect of colors from the melodious octet grouping produced a favorable response from the audience. The Alban Berg-like melisma, the octave doubling, running through all the registers in combination with second-interval chords led in parallels constitute a mixture which form an appealing, modernistic whole, interspersed with Mozart quotations and - listen, surprise, surprise - of Eder provenance.

The success for Kubík was as kind and pleasant as it was for the ensuing performance of the Collegium, which musically without a great deal of sophistication gave a buoyant rendering of Mozart and Myslivecek. Agreeable summer evening music.

Die Presse

Kubík’s Sinfonietta, the other world premiére, is another impressive foray into instrumental timbres and dramatic possibilities. The ensemble is intimate, only 19 players, and the atmospheres range from aggressive utterances and playful gestures to ethereal sighs. Kubík builds to vibrant climaxes with meticulous craftsmanship. Every phrase sounds like an inevitable extension of what happened before. Hints of Berg’s lyricism and Schoenberg’s structural command are suggested within Kubík’s boldly individual style. The performance placed the score in its most vivid light.

Cleveland Plain Dealer

The Elegy in Two Movements for solo cello by guest composer Ladislav Kubík of Florida State University was a sure bet. Superbly played by Craig Hultgren and grippingly intense, the 1995 work plumbed the instrument’s expressive depth in a language urgent and inventive. Those previously unfamiliar with the piece could only marvel at the series of powerful gestures that passed before our ears. Who knows what another hearing or two might reveal?

The Birmingham News