Pavel Zlámal: Silence before Creation (world premiere)
30 June 2025, 5 pm, Church of St. John Baptist, Kroměříž Forfest Pavel Zlámal: Silence before Creation, meditations for clarinet solo (world premiere) Pavel Zlámal – clarinet
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Prague Quiet Music Festival: new pieces by Milan Kárník Jakeš and Ian Mikyska
29 June 2025, Fortna, Prague Prague Quiet Music Festival Milan Kárník Jakeš: It is out of sound every form comes, it is in sound that every form lives (premiere) Ian Mikyska: Begin Again (premiere) Phonetic Orchestra (Jonathan Heilbron — double bass, Joseph Houston — keyboards, Rebecca Lane — flutes, Brett Thompson — guitar), Prague Quiet … Read more
Petr Vaculovič: The Urgency of Time (world premiere)
27 June 2025, 3 pm, Museum of the Kroměříž Region, Kroměříž Forfest Petr Vaculovič: The Urgency of Time (world premiere) Petr Vaculovič
Jáchym Novotný: Calling of the Sea (world premiere)
26 June 2025, 8 pm, Garden Atelier, Kroměříž Forfest Jáchym Novotný: Volání moře (Calling of the Sea) (world premiere) The concert will be played from sound recordings with live recitation of the author’s texts.
Lichtzwang: new pieces by Marek Keprt and František Chaloupka
24 June 2025, 7 pm, Corpus Christi Chapel, Art Centre of Palacký University, Olomouc Marek Keprt: Rozčeš stínům neúkvapně copy (world premiere) František Chaloupka: Sophia et Archons, gnostic oratorium for soprano, piano & trumpet (world premiere) Lichtzwang trio (Aneta Podracká-Bendová – voice, Jan Přibil – trumpet, Marek Keprt – piano)
International Shakuhachi Festival Prague: new compositions by Lucie Páchová and Michal Prokop
23 June 2025, 8 pm, Gabriel Loci, Prague International Shakuhachi Festival Prague. WAKAMONO | … young Japanese & Czech music Lucie Páchová: Ikari, spatial work for shakuhachi & ensemble (world premiere) Michal Prokop: Aspects for shakuhachi and ensemble (world premiere) Kizan Kawamura, Ken-ichi Tajima – shakuhachi, Orchestr BERG, cond. Peter Vrábel
International Shakuhachi Festival Prague: new audiovisual piece by Miroslav Srnka
20 June 2025, 8 pm, DOX+, Prague International Shakuhachi Festival Prague. The SHAKUHACHI 5: Japonese New Music Miroslav Srnka (composition), Marek Matvija (video): new audiovisual piece (world premiere commissioned by The Shakuhachi 5) The Shakuhachi 5 (Akihito Obama, Kizan Kawamura, Reison Kuroda, Akihisa Kominato, Kenichi Tajima)
Jiří Gemrot: Pauliana for Clarinet and Orchestra (world premiere)
19 June 2025, 8:15 pm, Prague — Hradčany Square Czech Philharmonic: Open Air Concert Jiří Gemrot: Pauliana for Clarinet and Orchestra (world premiere) Anna Paulová – clarinet, Czech Philharmonic, cond. Dalia Stasevska
Zdeněk Král: Zoe and Andersen (world premiere)
18 June 2025, 6 pm, Smetana House, Litomyšl Smetana’s Litomyšl Zdeněk Král: Zoe and Andersen (world premiere of a children’s opera) Libretto: Vendula Borůvková Direction: Gabriela Petráková Permoník Preparatory Choir (choir director Karina Grimová), Jakub Šotkovský – piano
Ondřej Kyas: eg+vn+vla+vcl (world premiere)
17 June 2025, 7 pm, chapel of the former penitentiary on Cejl street, Brno Ad manus Ondřej Kyas: eg+vn+vla+vcl (world premiere) Ondřej Kyas – electric guitar, Ensemble Opera Diversa