1 May 2019, Paralelní Polis, Prague J-T Vesikkala Wittmacher: miniatures from Insulae (world premiere) Soňa Vetchá: Blue-green Colors of Light (world premiere) Barry Wan Yuk Bun: The Misty Morning (world premiere) Bruno Cunha: Seja marginal, seja herói for solo bass & electronics (world premiere) Esemble Terrible (David Danel – violin, Štěpán Drtina – violoncello, Tomáš Novák – double-bass, Michael Jermář – saxophones, Yanina Aliakhnovich – flute, Petr Michalec – clarinets…
1 May 2019, 11:50, Park Albertov, Prague Music for Sirens … micro-concerts with emergency siren test Ian Mikyska: A Succession of several sounds and silences (world premiere) Tomáš Mika – electric guitar, Renata Raková, Anna Sysová – clarinet, Šimon Veselý – percussion…
16 April 2019, Reduta, Olomouc Piano recital “to the spectral piano” Marek Keprt: v hlesoSnovná zMúznění se vJíni (world premiere) Marek Keprt – piano…
17 April 2019, The New Stage, National Theatre, Prague Petr Wajsar: Tramvestie (world premiere) Libretto: Pavel Novotný Directed by: Marek Bureš, music director: Richard Hein Soloists: Jana Horáková Levicová, Lenka Šmídová, Dušan Růžička, Jiří Sulženko Following performances: 22 Apr, 7 and 20 May, 23 Jun 2019…
15 and 17 April 2019, Suk Hall, The House of Music, Pardubice Solo for the Philharmonic Players Jiří Pohnán: A Moment with Astor Piazzolla for trumpet and orchestra (world premiere) Michal Chmelař – trumpet, The Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, cond. Stanislav Vavřínek…
13 April 2019, GöteborgsOperan, Göteborg, Sweden Bohuslav Martinů: Three Fragments from Juliette (staged premiere in collaboration with National Theatre Brno) Directed by: David Radok, music director: Marko Ivanović Cast: Kerstin Avemo (Juliette), Joachim Bäckström (Michel) Language: French Following performances: 18, 24 and 26 Apr, 10 and 12 May 2019…
10 April 2019, Municipal House, Prague Antonín Dvořák: Rusalka Fantasy, arr. Manfred Honeck / Tomáš Ille, – Czech premiere Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK, cond. Tomáš Brauner…
9 April 2019, church of St. Lawrence, Prague Konvergence Marek Keprt: Lehkosnovná zújmění když mízní (world premiere) Trio Helix (Tereza Horáková – violin, Ondřej Štochl – viola, Egli Prifti – piano)…
7 April 2019, Theater Bonn, Bonn, Germany Leoš Janáček: The Makropulos Affair (premiere in co-production with the English National Opera) Directed by: Christopher Alden, music director: Hermes Helfricht Cast: Yannick-Muriel Noah (Emilia Marty), Thomas Piffka (Albert Gregor), Martin Tzonev (Dr Kolenatý), Ivan Krutikov (Jaroslav Prus), Christian Georg (Vítek), Kathrin Leidig (Kristina) and others Language: Czech Following performances: 11 and 20 Apr, 4, … Read more…
4 April 2019, Convent of Saint Agnes, Prague “Pictures and Music” (concert cycle by FOK) Martin Kumžák: Saint Agnes (world premiere) Michaela Šrůmová – soprano, Roman Janál – baritone, Capella da Camera Praga (Lenka Torgersen – concertmaster, Petr Wagner – viola da gamba, Igor Františák – chalumeau, Inge Marg – oboe, Přemysl Vacek – theorbo, Tomáš Reindl – tabla, Lukáš Verner – double-bass, artistic director)…
3 April 2019, New Town Hall, Prague & Lichtenstein palace – courtyard, Prague & Upper Square, Olomouc Music for Sirens Audiobridge from Prague to Olomouc and back Concept / music: Jan Trojan Yanina Alachnovič – flute, Štěpán Janoušek – trombone, Miro Tóth – saxophone…
2 April 2019, The Shoe Factory, Nicosia, Cyprus Lenka Nota: Ptelea and the other Dryads for bass clarinet and piano (world premiere) George Georgiou – bass clarinet, Gergana Georgieva – piano…
27 March 2019, Suk Hall, House of Music, Pardubice When the Boys Feel Like Singing Jan Jirásek: Song of David (world premiere) Jan Vičar: Tempus Iuvenis (world premiere) Kristýna Kůstková, Veronika Kaiserová, Josef Kovačič – solos, Bonifantes Boys’ Choir, Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, cond. Jan Míšek…
23 March 2019, Staatstheater Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany Antonín Dvořák: Rusalka (premiere) Directed by: Luise Kautz, music director: Daniel Cohen Cast: Katharina Persicke (Rusalka), Theorsten Büttner (Prince), Katrin Gerstenberger (Foreign Princess), Johannes Seokhoon Moon (Water Goblin), Elisabeth Hornung (Witch) and others Language: German Following performances: 30 Mar, 4, 12 and 18 Apr, 10 and 26 May, 8 and 16 … Read more…
22 March 2019, Carnegie Hall, New York Bohuslav Martinů: Juliette (The Key to Dreams) – American premiere, concert performance American Symphony Orchestra, Bard Festival Chorale (director: James Bagwell), cond. Leon Botstein Cast: Sara Jakubiak (Juliette), Aaron Blake (Michel) and others…
10 2019, Teatro Sá de Miranda, Viana do Castelo, Portugalsko Martina Vídenová: Requiem à Floresta Portuguesa (Requiem for Portoguese Forests) for choir and orchestra – world premiere members of Coro Casa da Música and Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música, cond. David Wyn Lloyd…
12 March 2019, St. Lawrence church, Prague 632. Tuesday of Umělecká beseda Terezie Švarcová: War das die Liebe? for flute and soprano (world premiere) Marta Jiráčková: The impossibility of Strawberries, op. 69 (world premiere) Morgenstern Ensemble (Terezie Švarcová – soprano, Jana Jarkovská – flute, Marie Wiesnerová – piano)…
18 March 2019, Bloomsbury Theatre, London Bedřich Smetana: Libuše (British staged premiere) Directed by: Cecilia Stinton, music director: Charles Peebles Cast: Kirstin Sharpin (Libuše), Robert Davies (Přemysl), John Mackenzie (Lutobor), Eve Daniell (Krasava) and members of the student opera company University College Opera Language: Czech Following performancesí: 20, 22 and 23 Mar 2019…
18 March 2019, Suk Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague Hommage à Alfred Brendel Miroslav Srnka: Future Family (lecture and Czech premiere) Quatuor Diotima (Yun-Peng Zhao, Constance Ronzatti – violin, Franck Chevalier – viola, Pierre Morlet – violoncello)…
12 March 2019, Scottish Opera, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Scotland Leoš Janáček: Kátya Kabanová (premiere of a new production in co-production with Theater Magdeburg) Directed by: Stephen Lawless, music director: Stuart Stratford Cast: Laura Wilde (Kátya), Patricia Bardon (Kabanicha), Ric Furman (Boris), Samuel Sakker (Tikhon), Paul Whelan (Dikoy), Hanna Hipp (Varvara) and others Language: Czech Following performances: 14 and 16 Mar (Theatre … Read more…