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…
1 and 2 March 2023, 7:30pm, Vzlet, Prague RUN OPERUN Ivan Acher, Martin Konvička: Zabijačka – To fill your belly is necessary. A comic opera in three acts (world premiere) Libretto: Jiří Havelka, Marta Ljubková, Veronika Loulová Directed by: Jiří Havelka, Veronika Loulová, music direction: Martin Konvička, Petr Šumník Cast: Vladimír Chmelo (Butcher), David Szendiuch (Mayor), … Read more…
27 February 2023, 7:30pm, Besední dům, Brno Community Work and Participation Vít Zouhar: PHAISTOS – Concerto for 15 Fighters, concerto for the BCO and its community (world premiere commissioned by the BCO) Brno Contemporary Orchestra, cond. Pavel Šnajdr…
21 Feb 2022, 7:30, Church of St. Simon and St. Jude, Prague Jaroslav Pelikán: Piano Trio (world premiere) Trio Martinů (Pavel Šafařík – violin, Jaroslav Matějka – violoncello, Petr Jiříkovský – piano)…
15 February 2023, 7pm, concert hall, Faculty of Arts, University of Ostrava, Ostrava Bonus Locus: Inauguration concert for the opening of the new building of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ostrava Milan Báchorek: Joy at the End of the Street (world premiere) Lyrics: Petr Hruška Martin Gurbaľ – bass, Ivo Kahánek – … Read more…
14 February 2023, 5:30pm, Rudolfinum — Suk Hall, Prague Czech Chamber Music Society Miloš Orson Štědroň: Instincts for French horn, cello, and piano (world premiere) Ondřej Vrabec – French horn, Ivan Vokáč – violoncello, Daniel Wiesner – piano…
12 February 2023, 2:30pm, Maison de la Radio et de la Musique, Paris Festival Présences Martin Smolka: Jonah, Seven Chants for vocal trio and ensemble (world premiere) Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Ensemble C Barré, cond. Sébastien Boin…
25 and 26 January 2023, 7:30, Municipal House – Smetana Hall, Prague Jaroslav Krček: Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra Op. 161 (world premiere) Liběna Séquardtová – oboe, Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK, cond. Petr Altrichter…
19 January 2023, 7:30pm, Rudolfinum – Dvořák Hall, Prague Miloš Orson Štědroň: Bimetal. Double Concerto for 2 trombones and orchestra (world premiere) Lukáš Moťka, Robert Kozánek – trombone, Czech Philharmonic, cond. Tomáš Netopil Following performances: 20 Jan 2023 7:30pm; 21 Jan 2023 3pm…
14 January 2023, 10:30am, Martinů Hall, Prague Czech Chamber Music Society Vilém Zelenka: Mosaïque du Phénix (premiere) Jan Kučera: Intrada dal profondo (premiere) Josef Vejvoda: Canopus (premiere) Czech Philharmonic Low Brass Ensemble (Robert Kozánek, Lukáš Moťka, Jan Perný, Lukáš Besuch – trombone, Karel Kučera – bass trombone, Karel Malimánek – tube)…
11 and 13 January 2023, 7pm, Barbican Centre, London Leoš Janáček: Katya Kabanova (concert staging) Cast: Amanda Majeski (Katya), Katarina Dalayman (Kabanicha), Simon O’Neill (Boris), Andrew Staples (Tichon), Pavlo Hunka (Dikoj), Magdalena Kožená (Varvara) and others London Symphony Orchestra, cond. Simon Rattle…
28. prosince 2022, 19:00, Divadlo Reduta, Brno Ensemble Opera Diversa Ondřej Kyas: The Light at the End of Darkness. One-Act Opera Inspired by the Life and Work of Photographer František Drtikol (world premiere) Libretto and director: Kateřina Křivánková Cast: Aleš Janiga (Photographer František), Hana Kuželová, Aneta Podracká Bendová, Klára Jelínková (Muses), Jan Bělohlávek – violin, Iva … Read more…
22 December 2022, 4pm, Semperoper Dresden, Dresden, Germany Junge Szene Martin Smolka: Das Schlaue Gretchen (premiere of a new production) Directed by: Andrea Kramer, music director: Thomas Leo Cadenbach Cast: Alexander Ritter (King), Larissa Wäspy (Gretchen), Rupert Grössinger (Fisherman, Gelding Seller), Sarah Alexandra Hudarew / Christiane Hossfeld (Fisherman’s Wife), Gerald Hupach (Miller, Mare Seller) et al. Following performances: … Read more…