27 July 2022, 7:30, Masquerade Hall, Český Krumlov Castle International Music Festival Český Krumlov: The Guitar Soul Lukáš Sommer: Winter Haiku. Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra (world premiere of a string quartet version) Lukáš Sommer – guitar, Nostitz Quartet (Petr Bernášek, Václav Vacek – violin, Pavel Hořejší – viola, Petr Šporcl – violoncello)…
23 July 2022, 7pm, Opera House, Toitoi: Hawke’s Bay Arts & Events Centre, Hastings, New Zealand Festival Opera & Hawke’s Bay Arts Festival Leoš Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen (premiere, semi-staged performance) Directed by: John Wilkie, music director: José Aparicio Cast: Joanna Foote (Vixen), Anna Pierard (Fox), Samuel McKeever (Forester), Tomairangi Henare (Parson), Lila LJ Crichton (Schoolmaster), … Read more…
18 July 2022, 7pm, school, Louka Monastery, Znojmo Znojmo Music Festival & Festival Retz: Concert Without Borders Vít Zouhar: La Feste, There Is No Love Without Borders (world premiere) Znojmo Chamber Orchestra, Retzerland Brass Connection…
13 July 2022, 8pm, KC Eleuzína, Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia Ian Mikyska, Milan Jakeš: Ryōkan in Banská Štiavnica. An all-evening electroacoustic composition (world premiere) Ian Mikyska – viola da gamba, recorders, Milan Jakeš – violin…
8 July 2022, 8pm, Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague Opening Concert of the Czech Presidency of the EU Council Tomáš Kačo: Stronger than Yesterday (world premiere) Tomáš Kačo – piano, PKF – Prague Philharmonie, cond. Jan Kučera…
6 July 2022, 7:30, Suk Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague Prague Summer Nights Sylvie Bodorová: Silymabum for string quartet (world premiere) Jeongah Choi, Elizabeth Scarlett (violin), Oryann Tsang (viola), Jiaoyang Xu (violoncello)…
6 July 2022, 7pm, Sala Bar, Barcelona Mixtur Michal Rataj: FLOATING for flute and live electronics (world premiere) Jaume Darbra Fa – flute, Michal Rataj – live electronics…
1 July 2022, 4:30, Museum of Kroměříž Region, Kroměříž Forfest Jonáš Starý: For Tereza (world premiere) Tereza Horáková – violin…
28 June 2022, 7:30pm, Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague Ondřej Štochl: Three Movements on Acceptance for Clarinet and Orchestra (world premiere commissioned by the orchestra) Karel Dohnal – clarinet, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Pavel Šnajdr…
28 June 2022, 7pm, Antonín Dvořák Theatre, Ostrava NODO Approximate. Experimental staged opera (world premiere) Music, directing: Lucie Páchová Cast: Lucie Páchová, Jana Vondrů (voice, objects), Anežka Nováková, Kristýna Švihálková (percussion, voice)…
28 June 2022, 2pm, Museum of the Kroměříž region, Kroměříž Forfest Josef Adamík: Structures of the Obsession (world premiere) Věra Kestřánková – bass clarinet…
27 June 2022, 6pm-12pm, Jiří Myron Theatre, Ostrava NODO Petr Kotík: Many Many Women (world premiere of staged version) Libretto: Gertrude Stein Directed by: Jo Fabian Cast: Jen Wu, Ana Caseiro – soprano, Padraic Costello – countertenor, Felix Heuser – tenor, Harald Hieronymus Hein – bass baritone, Nicholas Hay – bass, Petr Kotík, Malgorzata Hlawsa … Read more…
26 June 2022, 7:30pm, Co.Labs, Brno Miloš Štědroň: Magnum Mysterium. Sacra et profana de vita Gregori Mendeli (world premiere) Libretto: Miloš Štědroň Directed by: Tomáš Studený, music direcctor: Gabriela Tardonová Cast: Tomáš Krejčí, Aleš Janiga, Michal Robotka, Lucie Kašpárková, Jana Vondrů, Ensemble Opera Diversa Following performances: 21 Jul, Birth House of Johann Gregor Mendel, Hynčice; … Read more…
25 June 2022, 10pm, Labour Square, Zlín Zlín žije. Multi-genre festival celebrating 700 years since the first written mention of the town Tomáš Ille: The History of Great Zlín in Sounds and Words (world premiere) Marta Bačíková, Rostislav Marek – recitation, Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Leoš Svárovský…
25 June 2022, 6pm, monastery church of St. Adalbert, Broumov Treasures of the Broumov Region Kryštof Marek: Memory Landscape. Concerto for haro and chamber orchestra (world premiere) Kateřina Englichová – harp, Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Andreas Sebastian Weiser…
25 June 2022, 3:30pm, Smetana House, Litomyšl Smetana’s Litomyšl Jiří Gemrot: The Burying of Light. A cantata for narrator, baritone, mixed choir, string quartet and piano (world premiere) Libretto: Vojtěch Stříteský based on texts and poetry by Miloslav Bureš Jan Šťastný – recitation, Roman Hoza – baritone, Matouš Zukal – piano, Zemlinsky Quartet (František Souček, Petr … Read more…
24 June 2022, 8pm, Castle Riding Hall, Litomyšl Smetana’s Litomyšl: Jazz Ride in the Riding Hall Emil Viklický: Reflections on Freedom. A jazz melodrama with a libretto based on texts and ideas of Václav Havel (such as The Power of the Powerless, Audience, On Freedom) and excerpts from a book by American historian Timothy Snyder On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons … Read more…
26 June 2022, 7pm, Antonín Dvořák Theatre, Ostrava NODO Matouš Hejl: Opera Ibsen / Ghosts (world premiere) Libretto: Lucie Trmíková Directed by: Jan Nebeský, music director: Bruno Ferrandis Cast: Lucie Trmíková (Helena Alvingová), Miloslav König (Osvald Alving), Igor Chmela (Pastor Manders), Petr Jeništa (Jakub Engstrand), Magdalena Malá (Regina Engstrandová), Jan Mikušek – cimbalom, Petr Tichý … Read more…
23 June 2022, 4pm, Church of St. John the Baptist, Kroměříž Forfest Petr Vaculovič: Te Deum for solo viola and electronics (world premiere) Petr Vaculovič – viola…
22 June 2022, 19:00, atrium of the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno Dances in the Gardens Ondřej Šárek: Czech Suite for strings (world premiere) Miloš Štědroň: Seconda prattica IV for strings (world premiere) Filip Holacký: Scottish Serenade for bassoon and strings (world premiere) Pavel Horák – bassoon, Ensemble Opera Diversa, ensemble director Jan Bělohlávek, cond. Patrik … Read more…