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Radůza: Anita Garibaldi (world premiere)

3 December 2018, Forum Karlín, Prague Radůza: Anita Garibaldi (world premiere) Radůza – singing, Miloš Stránský – recitation, ProART Company – dance, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Jan Kučera…

Martin Klusák: Eclipse (world premiere)

3 December 2018, Trade Fair Palace – Small vestibule, Prague Quo Vadis? Martin Klusák: Eclipse (world premiere) Jana Kubánková – violin, Ilia Chernoklinov – viola, BERG Orchestra, cond. Peter Vrábel…

Hagen: Rusalka

1 December 2018, Theater Hagen, Hagen, Germany Antonín Dvořák: Rusalka (premiere) Directed by: Nina Kupczyk, music director: Joseph Trafton Cast: Angela Davis (Rusalka), Milen Bozhkov (Prince), Veronika Haller (Foreign Princess), Dong-Won Seo (Water Goblin), Kristine Larissa Funkhauser (Witch) and others Language: German Following performances: 7, 22 and 29 Dec, 10, 16 and 27 Jan, 23 Feb, 13 and … Read more…

Wiesbaden: Jenůfa

29 November 2018, Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany Leoš Janáček: Jenůfa (premiere) Directed by: Ingo Kerkhof, music director: Patrick Lange Cast: Sabina Cvilak (Jenůfa), Dalia Schaechter (Kostelnička), Daniel Brenna (Laca), Aaron Cawley (Števa) and others Language: Czech with German subtitles Following performances: 2, 6, 12, 15, 20 and 28 Dec 2018…

Jan Vičar: De astris somniamus (world premiere)

28 November 2018, Gallery, Music and Dance Faculty, Academy of Performing Arts, Prague The Representation of Theory and Praxis? Jan Vičar: De astris somniamus. III. De astris somniamus (world premiere) Morgenstern Ensemble (Terezie Švarcová – soprano, Jana Jarkovská – flute, Marie Wiesnerová – harpsichord)…

New piano pieces by Michal Rataj and Slavomír Hořínka

22 November 2018, Atrium Žižkov, Prague Michal Rataj: Piano sonata – almost quiet (world premiere) Slavomír Hořínka: Trust in Heart (world premiere) Magdaléna Bajuszová – piano…

Juraj Filas: La buona morte (world premiere)

19 November 2018, Studio 1, Czech Radio, Prague Live Stream on Czech Radio Vltava Juraj Filas: La buona morte (world premiere of a cantata) Olga Jelínková – soprano, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Jiří Rožeň…

Šimon Voseček: Fists (world premiere)

18. listopadu 2018, DOX – Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague Contempuls Night Šimon Voseček: Fists (world premiere) Yarn/Wire (Ian Antonio, Russell Greenberg – percussion, Laura Barger, Ning Yu – piano)…

Miroslav Srnka: Triggering (world premiere)

18 November 2018, DOX – Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague Contempuls Night Miroslav Srnka: Triggering (world premiere) Mahan Esfahani – harpsichord…

Petr Vrba: Psychedelic Reisebüro 1.0 (for Jano Doe) – world premiere

15 November 2018, Punctum – Krásovka, Prague STIMUL festival, Sanatorium Dźwięku Stimul Nights: Polish Musical Avant-garde of the 20th Century Petr Vrba: Psychedelic Reisebüro 1.0 (for Jano Doe) – world premiere Petr Vrba – trumpet, electronics…

Marek Keprt: Když vážkobdění vychmyřuje svit 3 (premiere)

14 November 2018, Corpus Christi Chapel, Palacký University Arts Centre, Olomouc Opera Schrattenbach 2018 Marek Keprt: Když vážkobdění vychmyřuje svit 3 (premiere of a new version for French horn, violin and piano) Potestatem trio (Karel Valenta – French horn, Veronika Pospíšilová – violin, Zuzana Valentová – piano)…

Lukáš Sommer: Mudeltime (world premiere)

14 and 15 November 2018, Prague Crossroads, Prague Opera Studio Prague Lukáš Sommer: Mudeltime. Opera comics from the nation’s history (world premiere) Directed by: Vojtěch Svoboda, music director: Sébastien Bagnoud Cast: Tereza Hořejšová, Anita Jirovská, Pavla Mlčáková, Lucie Prokopová, Eliška Sedláčková (singing), Jonatán Vnouček, Šimon Pliska (pantomime)…

Miroslav Srnka: Overheating (world premiere)

13 November 2018, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California European Avantgarde Miroslav Srnka: Overheating (world premiere) Los Angeles Philharmonic, cond. Susanna Mälkki…

Michal Nejtek: Die Schattenjahre, Three Paralel Songs for soprano and orchestra (world premiere)

13 November 2018, Jatka 78, Prague Celebration concert for the 100th anniversary of the Czechoslovak Republic, part II Michal Nejtek: Die Schattenjahre, Three Paralel Songs for soprano and orchestra (world premiere commissioned by the National Theatre Opera) Marta Reichelová – soprano, National Theatre Orchestra, cond. Ondrej Olos…

Leoš Janáček, Tomáš Ille: orchestral suite from the opera Fate (world premiere)

8 November 2018, Zlín Congress Centre, Zlín Leoš Janáček: Fate, orchestral suite (arranged by Tomáš Ille) – world premiere Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Tomáš Brauner…

Brno Contemporary Orchestra: ‘My Country’ as imagined by contemporary composers

5 November 2018, Convent of Merciful Brothers, Brno Bedřich Smetana’s My Country arranged by contemporary composers Vyšehrad: Petr Kofroň The Moldau: Marek Piaček Šárka: Miloš Štědroň From Bohemia’s Woods and Fields: Pavel Zemek-Novák Tábor: Miroslav Tóth Blaník: Daniel Forró Brno Contemporary Orchestra, cond. Pavel Šnajdr…

Jiří Lukeš: Different Spaces (world premiere)

5 November 2018, DOX – Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague OLD/NEW Jiří Lukeš: Different Spaces (world premiere) BERG Orchestra, cond. Peter Vrábel…

Vít Zouhar: OVER ONE’S HEAD (world premiere)

4 November 2018, Atrium, Palacký University Arts Centre, Olomouc Opera Schrattenbach Vít Zouhar: OVER ONE’S HEAD. Music & visual game for four players (world premiere) Gabriela Coufalová, Jaromír Synek, Vít Zouhar (interactive music, laptop performance), Tomáš Hrůza (interactive video, laptop performance)…

MoEns ensemble: premieres of works by Miroslav Pudlák, Kamil Doležal and Jan Ryant Dřízal

1 November 2018, Chamber Music Hall, Faculty of Music, Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts, Brno Meetings of New Music Plus Miroslav Pudlák: Intuitiva III (world premiere) Kamil Doležal: 44 (world premiere) Jan Ryant Dřízal: Lone objects (world premiere) Monika Knoblochová – harpsichord, MoEns (Kamil Doležal – clarinet, Roman Hranička – violin, Balázs Adorján – violoncello, Hanuš Bartoň – piano, Miroslav Pudlák – conductor)…

Ondřej Adámek: Schreibt bald! (world premiere)

28 October 2018, Philharmonie Essen. Essen, Germany NOW!-Festival Ondřej Adámek: Schreibt bald! Performance piece for 21 voices, amplified objects and video projection on texts from Adámek family’s letters from Theresienstadt and Birkenau 1943-1945 (world premiere) Directed by: Eric Oberdorff, music director: Ondřej Adámek ChorWerk Ruhr…