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Lukáš Sommer: Dvořák Airlines (world premiere)

19 August 2021, 7pm, greenhouse of the Flower Garden, Kroměříž Musical Kroměříž Lukáš Sommer: Dvořák Airlines for string orchestra (world premiere commissioned by the Dvořák Prague festival) String orchestra of the Dvořák Prague Youth Philharmonic, cond. Tomáš Netopil…

Tomáš Reindl & Sylva Šafková: INspiraCE (world premiere)

17 August 2021 8pm and 18 August 2021 10pm, Archa Theatre, Prague INspiraCe. Music & dance performance inspired by the groundbreaking composition In C by Terry Riley (world premiere) Music: Tomáš Reindl Choreography: Sylva Šafková Performers: 420PEOPLE, Orchestr BERG & Tomáš Reindl / Omnion…

Tomáš Ille: Halali (world premiere)

4 August 2021, 6pm, Church of St Michael, Vernéřovice Treasures of the Broumov Region Tomáš Ille: Halali. Hunting fanfare for a horn quintet (world premiere) participants of the Summer Horn Courses…

Martin Hybler: Memento Mori, op. 51 (world premiere)

24 July 2021, 6pm, Church of the Holy Trinity, Kuks Kuks Music Summer Martin Hybler: Memento Mori, op. 51 (world premiere) Tomasz Soczek – organ…

Tomáš Ille: Summer Nocturnos (world premiere)

17 July 2021, 6pm, Church of St Barbara, Otovice Treasures of the Broumov Region Tomáš Ille: Summer Nocturnos fot clarinet, French horn, violoncello and piano (world premiere) Milan Polák – clarinet, Zuzana Rzounková – French horn, Jiří Bárta – violoncello, Terezie Fialová – piano…

New spatial compositions by Jan Rösner and Petr Hora

16 July 2021, 8:30pm, Gabriel Loci – St. Gabriel Monastery, Prague Soundspace. … site specific – music & space Jan Rösner: For strings and 2 frame drums (world premiere) Petr Hora: Frames / Autonomy of a Fragment (world premiere) BERG Orchestra, cond. Peter Vrábel…

Michal Vejskal: Wild Animals (world premiere)

12 July 2021, 8pm, The Loop Jazz Club Hostivař, Prague Prague Proms Michal Vejskal: Wild Animals (world premiere) Prague BRASStet (Walter Hofbauer, Karel Hons – trumpet, Daniela Roubíčková – French horn, Barbora Kolafová – trombone, Jakub Chmelař – tube)…

Jan Kučera: Judge of All Reconcilliation, God (world premiere)

6 July 2021, 2pm, Church of the Raising of the Holy Cross, Litomyšl Smetana’s Litomyšl Jan Kučera: Judge of All Reconcilliation, God. Meditation on a song from John Amos Comenius’s hymn book from 1659 (world premiere) Czech Horn Chorus, Aleš Bárta – organ…

Hanuš Bartoň: Wind Quintet (world premiere)

1 July 2021, 5pm, Hukvaldy Chateau Park Leoš Janáček International Music Festival. Epilogue Hanuš Bartoň: Wind Quintet (world premiere) Parnas Wind Quintet (Michal Vojáček – flute, Romana Mazáková – oboe, Petr Vysloužil – clarinet, Petr Hlavatý – bassoon, Antonín Kolář – French horn)…

New pieces by Petr Wajsar and Miloš Orson Štědroň

22 June 2021, 7:30pm, Experimental space NoD, Prague Contemporary music series S: Musical Delicacies from PKF, or Concert as a Reward Petr Wajsar: Fagofonik for two bassoons (world premiere) Miloš Orson Štědroň: Somewhere, music for animated film for piano, cello and guitar (premiere of the concert suite) PKF — Prague Philharmonia chamber soloists and guests…

Miroslav Srnka: Singularity (world premiere)

5 June 2021, 7pm, Cuvilliés-Theater, Munich Bayerische Staatsoper Miroslav Srnka: Singularity. A Space Opera for Young Voices (world premiere) Libretto: Tom Holloway Directed by: Nicolas Brieger, music director: Patrick Hahn Cast: Eliza Boom, Juliana Zara, Daria Proszek, Yajie Zhang, George Virban, Andres Agudelo, Andrew Hamilton, Theodore Platt & Klangforum Wien Language: English with English and … Read more…

Jan Dušek: Dozpěv (world premiere)

5 June 2021, 6pm, former synagogue, Kladno Lieder Society z.s. Jan Dušek: Dozpěv (world premiere) Tamara Morozová – soprano, Monika Jägerová – alto Following performances: 8 Jun Kadaň, 12 Jun Liberec, 15 Jun Louny, 19 Jun Prague, 22 Jun Pilsen…

Slavomír Hořínka:A Pocket Guide to Bird Flight (world premiere of a symphonic version)

3 June 2021, 7pm, Church of St Wenceslas, Opava Leoš Janáček International Music Festival Slavomír Hořínka:A Pocket Guide to Bird Flight (world premiere of a symphonic version) Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Ainārs Rubiķis…

Miloš Štědroň: Canti diversi insieme (world premiere)

2 June 2021, 7pm, garden of the Löw-Beer Villa, Brno “Landscape as Music” Miloš Štědroň: Canti diversi insieme for percussion (world premiere) OK Percussion Duo (Martin Opršál, Martin Kleibl)…

Glyndebourne: Káťa Kabanová

20 May 2021, 4:50pm, Glyndebourne, UK Glyndebourne Festival Opera Leoš Janáček: Káťa Kabanová (premiere of a new production) Directed by: Damiano Michieletto, music director: Robin Ticciati Cast: Kateřina Kněžíková (Káťa), Katarina Dalayman (Kabanicha), David Butt Philip (Boris), Nicky Spence (Tichon), Alexander Vassiliev (Dikoj), Aigul Akhmetshina (Varvara) and others London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus Following performances: … Read more…

Petr Kotík: The Lost Guitar (world premiere)

16 May 2021, 5pm EDT, the yard outside the Willow Place Auditorium, Brooklyn Petr Kotík: Letters to Olga (1988) S.E.M. Ensemble   Petr Kotík: The Lost Guitar (world premiere) Xander Naylor – guitar…

Martin Wiesner: Rays of Light (world premiere)

11 May 2021, 7pm, online from Löw-Beer Villa, Brno Movere Martin Wiesner: Rays of Light (world premiere) Ensemble Opera Diversa, cond. Gabriela Tardonová following perofrmances: 14 May 2021, live from Brno parks (6pm Björnsonův sad, 7pm Tyršův sad, 8pm Lužánky)…

Lukáš Sommer: Sonatina in Re (world premiere)

11 May 2021, 7:00pm, online from the church of Master Jan Hus, Česká Lípa Lípa Musica. International Music Festival Lukáš Sommer: Sonatina in Re (world premiere) Pavel Steidl, Lukáš Sommer – guitar…

Miroslav Srnka’s opera “Jakub Flügelbunt” at the Acht Brücken festival

9 May 2021, 11:00am, online at philharmonie.tv and in the festival’s mediathek Acht Brücken Miroslav Srnka: Jakub Flügelbunt… und Magdalena Rotenband oder: Wie tief ein Vogel singen kann. Comics for three singers and ensemble (2011) – new production by Stadttheater Aachen Libretto: Miroslav Srnka on a motiv by Maria Procházková Stage director: Clara Hinterberger, music director: Christopher … Read more…

Petr Wajsar: Prague Metamorphoses (world premiere)

7 May 2021, 7:30pm, live stream from the Smetana Hall of the Municipal House, Czech Radio Vltava Petr Wajsar: Prague Metamorphoses (world premiere) Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK, cond. Tomáš Brauner…