652. Tuesday of Umělecká beseda: new pieces by Terezie Švarcová and Ivan Kurz

22 March 2022, 7:30pm, Church of St Lawrence, Prague 652. Tuesday of Umělecká beseda Terezie Švarcová: Ai suoi caduti (To Our Fallen) for soprano, clarinet, violin and violoncello (world premiere) Ivan Kurz: Lamb of God, Mass ordinary for soprano and string quartet (world premiere) Terezie Švarcová – soprano, FAMA quartet (Daniel Danel, Roman Hranička – … Read more

Lukáš Sommer: Hope (world premiere)

17 March 2022, 6pm, Ostrava House of Culture, Ostrava Young Soloists II Lukáš Sommer: Hope (world premiere) Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, cond. Robert Kružík

Strassbourg: “The Diary of One Who Disappeared” in new orchestration

15 March 2022, Opéra National du Rhin, Strassbourg Arsmondo Roma Festival Leoš Janáček, Arthur Lavandier: The Diary of One Who Disappeared (premiere of a new orchestral version) Directed by: Daniel Fish, music director: Łukasz Borowicz Cast: Magnus Vigilius (Janík), Josy Santos / Adriana Bignagni Lesca (Zefka) Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse, Chœur de l’Opéra national du Rhin … Read more

Kryštof Mařatka’s pieces in Czech premieres

1 March 2022, 7:30pm, Church of St Simon and St Jude, Prague Dumky Trio and Pastoral Fables Kryštof Mařatka: Pastoral Fables for viola, clarinet, piano and Czech and Moravian folk instruments (Czech premiere) Kryštof Mařatka: Vzlet for clarinet solo (Czech premiere) Kryštof Mařatka: Labyrinth for viola solo (Czech premiere) Jitka Hosprová – viola, Jan Mach … Read more

Czech women composers for solo violoncello

20 February 2022, 8pm, Archa Theatre, Prague Launch of a CD of nine pieces for solo violoncello by Czech women composers Ivana Loudová: Canto amoroso Petra Šuško: Suita for solo violoncello Lenka Nota: Safranbolu Soňa Vetchá: Hypnosis (premiere) Markéta Brothánková: Lullaby (premiere) Petra Čtveráčková: Temperance, a piece inspired by M. B. Braun’s statue in Kuks (premiere) Hana … Read more

Jazz Poetry. New pieces by Martin Brunner and Štěpánka Balcarová

10 February 2022, 7:30pm, DOX+, Prague Jazz Poetry. A combination of poetry, jazz music and a symphony orchestra Martin Brunner: Own Moment, a series of poems by Věra Koubová put to music for voice, orchestra and two improvising soloists (world premiere) Markéta Foukalová – voice, Vít Křišťan – piano Fender Rhodes, Martin Brunner – piano, Prague Radio Symphony … Read more

Ondřej Adámek: Ce qui coule du geste… (premiere)

30 January 2022, 3pm, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany Zeitinsel Adámek Ondřej Adámek: Ce qui coule du geste… (premiere) Music: Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Nicola Matteis, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Georg Pisendel, Ondřej Adámek Isabelle Faust – violin, Charlotte Guibé – painting

Ondřej Adámek: Illusorische Teile des Mechanismus (world premiere)

29 January 2022, 8:15pm, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany Zeitinsel Adámek Ondřej Adámek: Illusorische Teile des Mechanismus for sollo cello and strings (world premiere commissioned by Ensemble Resonanz and Konzerthaus Dortmund supported by the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung) Jean-Guihen Queyras – violoncello, Ensemble Resonanz, cond. Ondřej Adámek, direction and light design: Éric Oberdorff

Petr Hromádka: Variations on Music Boxes (world premiere)

24 January 2022, 7:30pm, Aircraft testing laboratory, Institute of Aerospace Engineering of Brno University of Technology, Brno Machines Petr Hromádka: Variations on Music Boxes (world premiere commissioned by BCO) Brno Contemporary Orchestra, cond. Pavel Šnajdr