30 April 2023, Großes Haus, Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany Internationale Maifestspiele: Janáček-Double 4:00pm Leoš Janáček: The Makropulos Affair (premiere) Directed by: Nicolas Brieger, music director: Johannes Klumpp Cast: Elissa Huber (Emilia Marty), Aaron Cawley (Albert Gregor), Jiří Sulženko (Jaroslav Prus), Darcy Carroll (Dr. Kolenatý), Erik Biegel (Vítek), Fleuranne Brockway (Krista) and others Language: Czech … Read more…
28 April 2023, 8pm, Opéra de Lyon, Lyon, France Leoš Janáček: Katia Kabanova (premiere) Directed by: Barbara Wysocka, music director: Elena Schwarz Cast: Corinne Winters (Katia), Natascha Petrinsky (Kabanicha), Adam Smith (Boris), Oliver Johnston (Tichon), Sir Willard White (Dikoj), Ena Pongrac (Varvara) and others Language: Czech with French subtitles Following performances: 2, 4, 7, 9, … Read more…
28 April 2023, 7:30pm, Gallery of the Academy of Performing Arts, Prague MicroFest Ian Mikyska: Interstices (world premiere) Miroslav Beinhauer – sixth-tone harmonium…
24 April 2023, 7:30pm, VIDA! science centrum, Brno Interaction with Vida Edgar Mojdl: Concerto for BCO and Interaction with Vida (world premiere commissioned by the BCO) Brno Contemporary Orchestra, cond. Pavel Šnajdr…
20 April 2023, 7pm, Löw-Beer Villa, Brno Small Chamber Music Concerts in the Löw-Beer Villa Kateřina Szymeczková: Trialogue (world premiere) Trio Aperto (Barbora Šteflová – oboe, Jan Charfreitag – clarinet, Pavel Horák – bassoon)…
21 April 2023, 7pm, Bohemian National Hall, New York Art of Music & Ideas • Czech – American – Czech František Chaloupka: The Witch Waltzers (world premiere) Ostravská banda & S.E.M. Ensemble, cond. Jiří Rožeň…
18 April 2023, 8pm, Venuše ve Švehlovce, Prague Music in Contexts Jan Rybář: Two Worlds (world premiere) Fisher’s Chamber Orchestra, cond. Jan Rybář…
18 April 2023, 7:30pm, Church of St Lawrence, Prague 658. Tuesday of Umělecká beseda Anna Ptáková: Waltz for Wind Sextet (world premiere) Quintetto sine nomine (Ondřej Vaníček – flute, piccolo, Jakub Hucek – oboe, Anna Ptáková – clarinet, Petr Cígler – French horn, Daniel Hucek – bassoon), Jan Pták – alto saxophone…
17 April 2023, 7:30, Conference and Social Center “House for Professed”, Prague PKF — Prague Philharmonia: Chamber Series K Eliška Cílková: Trio for Clarinet, Violoncello, and Piano (world premiere) QUASI TRIO (David Šimeček – clarinet, Kateřina Ochmanová – piano, Judita Škodová – violoncello)…
17 April 2023, 6pm, Poklad House of Culture, Ostrava-Poruba Jantar Awards 2022 Daniel Skála: Virtual Surreality (world premiere) Daniel Skála – cimbalom, Jitka Svobodová – clarinet, Ján Garláthy – French horn, Juraj Bajús – double bass, Ivo Morys – piano…
13 April 2023, 7:30pm, St. Agnes Convent, Prague Zbyněk Matějů: Virus. Concerto for viola and chamber orchestra (world premiere commissioned by the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra) Jitka Hosprová – viola, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Pavel Šnajdr…
11 April 2023, 7pm, Evangelical Church of John Amos Comenius, Brno Easter Festival of Sacred Music František Fiala: Mysterium Paschale, Easter oratorio (world premiere commissioned by the festival) Lucie Laubová – soprano, Petra Vondrová – alto, Stanislav Předota – tenor, Josef Kovačič – bass, Ludmila Netolická, Irena Hůrková, Sakura Ito, Jan Rybka, Kristýna Jungová – … Read more…
3 April 2023, 7:30pm, Church of St. Augustine, Brno Easter Festival of Sacred Music Slavomír Hořínka: With All Your Might for three male voices and three baroque instruments (world premiere) Capella Mariana (Vojtěch Semerád – haut-contre, Ondřej Holub – taille, Tomáš Král – basse-taille, Mélusine de Pas – viola da gamba, Jan Krejča – theorba, … Read more…
1 April 2023, 2:15pm, Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam Leoš Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen (concert staging) Cast: Elena Tsallagova (Vixen), Jana Kurucová (Fox), Iris van Wijnen (Forester’s Wife/Owl), James Kryshak (Schoolmaster/Mosquito), Roland Wood (Forester), Markus Eiche (Poacher), James Platt (Priest/Badger), Jeannette van Schaik (Innkeeper’s Wife/Hen), Esther Kuiper (Dog/Woodpecker), Aylin Sezer (Cock/Jay) Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Choir … Read more…
29 March 2023, 7pm, Convent of Merciful Brethren, Brno Lamento Vladimír Franz: Rex tremendae majestatis for strings and electronics (world premiere commissioned by the EOD) Ensemble Opera Diversa, cond. Gabriela Tardonová…
13 March 2023, 7:30pm, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague SLOW | … different flow of time Ondřej Štochl: …the seagull has the last laugh (world premiere) BERG Orchestra, cond. Peter Vrábel…
11 March 2023, 7:30pm, Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater, Schwerin, Germany Leoš Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen (premiere) Directed by: Maximilian von Mayenburg, Thomas Helmut Heep, music director: Mark Rohde Cast: Morgane Heyse (Vixen, Young Vixen), Gala El Hadidi (Fox), Brian Davis (Forester), Karen Leiber (Forester’s Wife, Woodpecker), Sebastian Köppl (Schoolmaster), Young Kwon (Badger, Priest), Martin Gerke (Poacher), Marius … Read more…
10 March 2023, 5pm, Reduta, Olomouc JAMU3 Tomáš Borl: Expectations (world premiere) Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra Olomouc, cond. Kento Satsuma…
8 March 2023, 7:30pm, Central Library, Municipal Library of Prague 4plus: Evenings of chamber music Jiří Kabát: Cinema da Camera. Quintet for guitar and string quartet (world premiere) Miguel Trápaga – guitar, Zemlinsky Quartet (František Souček, Petr Střížek – violin, Petr Holman – viola, Vladimír Fortin – violoncello)…
2 March 2023, 6:30pm, Janáček Consevatory, Ostrava Concert of Composition Students and Their Guests Markéta Kapustová: Ave Maria (world premiere) Women’s Choir of the Janáček Conservatory Ostrava, choirmaster Tomáš Stanček Markéta Kapustová: Kotodama for tenor recorder and percussion ensemble (world premiere) Markéta Kapustová – recorder; sound recording…