Dan Dlouhý: SPEC Trail m u s i ……. (world premiere)
7 October 2026, 7 pm, Besední dům, Brno Exposition of New Music. Complex Sounds: Piano and Beyond Dan Dlouhý: SPEC Trail m u s i ……. (world premiere) Dan Dlouhý – piano
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CANCELLED. Jan Kavan: Περιφέρεια (PERIPHÉRIA) for string quartet and live electronics (world premiere)
CANCELLED 4 October 2026, 7 pm, Besední dům, Brno Exposition of New Music: From Scelsi to Postspectralism Jan Kavan: Περιφέρεια (PERIPHÉRIA) for string quartet and live electronics (world premiere commissioned by the festival) Fama Q (David Danel – violin, Roman Hranička – violin, Ondřej Martinovský – viola, Balázs Adorján – violoncello)
Michal Rataj: A Game of Chess (world premiere commissioned by the BCO)
3 October 2026, 7 pm, disused car park near Bobycentrum, Brno Exposition of New Music Michal Rataj: A Game of Chess (world premiere commissioned by the BCO) Michal Rataj and Pavel Blažek – chess players, Brno Contemporary Orchestra, cond. Pavel Šnajdr
Adam Závodský: An Empty House (world premiere)
2 October 2026, 7 pm, CO.LABS, Brno Ensemble Opera Diversa Prázdný dům (An Empty House) (world premiere of a chamber opera) Music: Adam Závodský Libretto, director: Kateřina Křivánková Music director: Patrik Červák Cast: Aneta Bendová (Klára), Ondřej Süss (Péťa, her younger brother), Pavel Slivka (Tomáš, their father), Zuzana Revai (Anežka, Guide from the Fellowship), Zoja Mikotová … Read more
Martin Flašar: De dignitate hominis (world premiere)
20 September 2026, 7 pm, House of Arts, Brno Missa nigra sum Martin Flašar: De dignitate hominis (world premiere) Ensemble Frizzante, Jan Čižmář – lute
Eliška Cílková: a new piece for carillon and the Brno Contemporary Orchestra
16 June 2026, 8 pm, large courtyard, Špilberk castle, Brno Prison Bells Eliška Cílková: Archeon for carillon and ensemble (world premiere) Petr Hladík – Špilberk castle carillon, Brno Contemporary Orchestra, cond. Pavel Šnajdr
Tomáš Krejčí, Lukáš Hurník, Jiří M. Procházka, Ondřej Múčka: VIA SANCTA (world premiere)
Easter Festival of Sacred Music. DIPTYCH VIA SANCTA: SACRIFICE and RESURRECTION 2 April 2026, 9 pm, Church of the Assumption of Our Lady, Brno VIA SANCTA: SACRIFICE. Old Testament oratorios Tomáš Krejčí: Abraham Kristýna Fílová, Zuzana Badárová – soprano, Anna Moriová – alto, Ondřej Múčka – tenor, Jiří M. Procházka – bass, Ensemble Nova cantio Lukáš … Read more
Pavel Nesit: What Is Without Trembling Is Not Solid (world premiere)
12 March 2026, 7 pm, Blahoslav House, Brno 13 March 2026, 7:30 pm, Church of St Lawrence, Prague Konvergence: Konvergentní diversita Pavel Nesit: Co je pevné, není bez chvění (What Is Without Trembling Is Not Solid) (world premiere) Jiří Mráz – clarinet, Egli Prifti – piano & Diversa Quartet
Lukáš Sommer: The Heavens Dropped Down Dew… (world premiere)
25 December 2025, 4 pm, Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul, Brno Traditional Christmas Concert of Kantiléna Lukáš Sommer: Rosu nám dala nebesa… (The Heavens Dropped Down Dew…) Christmas Canata for Two Children’s Choirs, a Mixed Choir, and Ensemble (world premiere) Kantiléna, OctOpus Vocalis, Ludmila Netolická – violin, Ariana Suleiman Shakh – viola, Lukáš Polák … Read more
Markéta Dvořáková: I Am Here And You Are There (world premiere)
15 December 2025, 7 pm, Husův sbor, Brno-Tuřany Christmas with BCO Markéta Dvořáková: Já jsem tady a ty tam (I Am Here And You Are There) (world premiere commissioned by the BCO) Jana Vondrů – soprano, Michal Kuča – tenor, Martin Kotulan – baritone, Kornél Mikecz – bass, Brno Contemporary Orchestra, cond. Pavel Šnajdr