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…
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…
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)…
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…
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…
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…
29 April 2021, 7pm, online from Reduta Olomouc, available on Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra’s website, YouTube and Facebook With Music Over Horizons – final concert of the season Zdeněk Merta: Over the Horizon, Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra (world premiere) Vilém Veverka – oboe, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Jakub Klecker…
13 April 2021, 7pm, online from Church of St Lawrence, Prague 645. Tuesday of Umělecká beseda Miroslav Pudlák: Passacaglia for Piano (world premiere) Hanuš Bartoň: 8 Etudes for Piano (world premiere) Hanuš Bartoň – piano…
31 March 2021, 10pm, Czech Radio Vltava – Radioateliér Slavomír Hořínka: Splinters Under the Skin (Třísky pod kůží) – world premiere Barbora Kabátková – voice, Vojtěch Urban – violoncello, David Matásek – recitation, Slavomír Hořínka – violin, electronics…
20 March 2021, online from the Cosmopolitan Bobycentrum hotel, Brno Please, do not disturb (a 7-part miniseries of live concerts) Josef Klíč: Plastic Meat (world premiere) Direction & script: Martin Svobodník Brno Contemporary Orchestra, cond. Pavel Šnajdr…
12 March 2021, online from Congress Centre Zlín, Zlín Lukáš Sommer: The Sphinx (world premiere) Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra, cond., Tomáš Brauner…
20×3 Twenty life stories in miniatures by twenty composers – a project for the BERG Orchestra’s 20th birthday Available on YouTube and Czech Radio Vltava František Chaloupka: Reflexio (2020) Marek Keprt: vodnoSvětí (2019) Jan Ryant Dřízal: Marche nuptiale (2018) Jan Trojan: Just a Little Note to the Year (2017) Martin Klusák: In B (2016) Tomáš Pálka: Trans-Berg (2015) … Read more…
6 March 2021, 6pm, live stream from Gesteig, Munich https://www.br-klassik.de/concert/ausstrahlung-2411214.html Ondřej Adámek: Where are you? for Mezzo-soprano and Orchestra (world premiere commissioned by musica viva and the London Symphony Orchestra) Magdalena Kožená – mezzo soprano, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, cond. Sir Simon Rattle…
25 February 2021, 7pm, online from the Slovak State Philharmonic Košice, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMdadcTGXQ0 Lukáš Sommer: Funky Concerto for bassoon and chamber orchestra (world premiere) Jan Hudeček – bassoon, Slovak State Philharmonic Košice, cond. Zbyněk Müller…
3 february 2021, 11:55am LIVE video stream from St. Vojtěch church, Prague, on Czech Radio Vltava’s FB, 11:57am live broadcast Czech Radio Vltava Music for Sirens micro-concerts with emergency siren test Plavě proChvěla stínem ouška world premiere) Concept / music: Marek Keprt Pavla Radostová – soprano, Anna Romanovská Fliegerová – violin, Helena Velická – violoncello…
1 February 2021, online from the J. S. Bach’s Music School’s concert hall, Dobřany, available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAwkSouYBmI New Music² Jiří Bezděk: Exposé for two accordions (world premiere) Ladislav Horák, Josef Hřebík – accordion…
7 January 2021, online stream from the Concert Hall of the Prague Conservatory, available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU2Kdv2nmgg&feature=emb_logo New Music² Pavel Trojan: Duo Concertante (world premiere) Ladislav Horák, Josef Hřebík – accordion…
The Days of Contemporary Music festival whose 31rd year planned for November 2020 had to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, made recordings of a part of the original programme and shared them on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_CSoaQmsosVrvNzOjA4FO2Cw0R8EFgH3 . The recorded pieces include several premieres: Jan BERAN: Als welkten in den Himmeln ferne Gärten inspired by … Read more…
Concertino Praga – the Antonín Dvořák International Radio Competition for Young Musicians The Concertino Praga international radio competition for young musicians was established in 1966 at the initiative of Czech Radio and a number of personalities, such as Zuzana Růžičková, Viktor Kalabis and Helena Karásková. Due to the ongoing restrictions pertaining to solo instrument lessons and the complications … Read more…
6 January 2021, 11:55am, LIVE video stream from Czech Radio Karlín onCzech Radio Vltava’s FB, 11:57am live broadcast Czech Radio Vltava Music for Sirens micro-concerts with emergency siren test Three Sirens (world premiere) Concept / music: Jana Vöröšová Magdalena Šmídová Turchichová, Daniela Smutná, Jana Vöröšová – voice…