Ostravská banda+: premieres of pieces by Martin Klusák and Luboš Mrkvička

28 August 2025, 7 pm, Triple Hall Karolina, Ostrava Ostrava Days: Ostravská banda+ Martin Klusák: Maják (Lighthouse) (world premiere) Luboš Mrkvička: For Large Ensemble, Part G (world premiere) Ostravská banda, ONO – Ostrava New Orchestra, Quasar saxophone quartet, Chris Nappi – percussion, Nikolaus Schlierf – viola, cond. Bruno Ferrandis / Petr Kotík / Lilianna Krych / Peter … Read more

Ostravská banda only: premieres of pieces by Jakub Rataj and Marie Nečasová

26 August 2025, 7 pm, Triple Hall Karolina, Ostrava Ostrava Days: Ostravská banda only Jakub Rataj: Countermass, concerto for bass clarinet and ensemble (world premiere) Marie Nečasová: Thaw (world premiere) Martin Adámek – clarinet, Ostravská banda, cond. Johannes Kalitzke / Lilianna Krych / Bruno Ferrandis

Daniel Skála: Silhouettes (world premiere)

25 August 2025, 7 pm, Cathedral of the Divine Saviour, Ostrava Ostrava Days: Voices and Instruments Daniel Skála: Silhouettes (world premiere) Daniel Skála – cimbalom, members of Ostravská banda, Canticum Ostrava (choirmaster Jurij Galatenko), cond. Bruno Ferrandis

František Chaloupka: The Sell-Out (world premiere)

27 June 2024, 6:30pm, Antonín Dvořák Theatre, Ostrava NODO František Chaloupka: The Sell-Out (world premiere commissioned by the festival) Libretto: František Chaloupka Director and stage design: Rocc, conductor: Bruno Ferrandis Cast: Felix Heuser (John the Pilot), Markéta Drabina Schaffartzik (Wife–Stewardess), Zuzana Smrčková (Greta, their daughter), Martin Javorský (De Geer / Co-Pilot / Steward Stewart), Canticum … Read more

Ostrava Days: new pieces by Petr Cígler and Michal Wróblewski

31 August 2023, 6:30pm, Triple Hall Karolina, Ostrava Ostrava Days: Ostravská banda II Petr Cígler: Echolocations (premiere of a revised version) Michal Wróblewski: Rhythms no. 3 – Glissando for Chamber Ensemble (world premiere) Ostravská banda and others, cond. Bruno Ferrandis, Jiří Rožeň

Ostrava Days: new pieces by Michal Rataj, Jan Dobiáš, and Peter Graham

29 August 2023, 6:30pm, Cathedral of the Divine Saviour, Ostrava Ostrava Days: Spiritual and Empiric II Michal Rataj: Načálo polunóščnici (world premiere) Jan Dobiáš: Time Shakes (world premiere) Peter Graham: ORGAOS (world premiere) Ostravská banda, Canticum Ostrava (choirmaster Jurij Galatenko), Ahmad Hammad – organ, Klaus Lang – organ, Tereza Böhmová – soprano, Kamila Mazalová – alto, Olivia … Read more

Matouš Hejl: Opera Ibsen / Ghosts  (world premiere)

26 June 2022, 7pm, Antonín Dvořák Theatre, Ostrava NODO Matouš Hejl: Opera Ibsen / Ghosts  (world premiere) Libretto: Lucie Trmíková Directed by: Jan Nebeský, music director: Bruno Ferrandis Cast: Lucie Trmíková (Helena Alvingová), Miloslav König (Osvald Alving), Igor Chmela (Pastor Manders), Petr Jeništa (Jakub Engstrand), Magdalena Malá (Regina Engstrandová), Jan Mikušek – cimbalom, Petr Tichý … Read more

KOTIK@80. World premieres for Petr Kotík

26 April 2022, 7pm, PLATO, Ostrava 28 April 2022, 19:00, DOX+, Prague KOTIK@80. World premieres for Petr Kotík on the occasion of his 80th birthday Christian Wolff: Small World (2022) Bernhard Lang: Game 12 (2021) Petr Cígler: Rattlesnake No. 1 (2022) Petr Bakla: Two Instances (2016) Phill Niblock: Petr’s Charm (2021) Daniel Skála: Petram (2022) Ana Sokolović: Holub-Ježek-Kočka (2022) Anna Heflin:  Such … Read more