Musical Present: new pieces by Franczisek Humel, Pavel Nesit, and Edvard Schiffauer

28 November 2023, 6pm, PLATO Bauhaus, Ostrava Musical Present Franczisek Humel: Espuma marina (world premiere) Pavel Nesit: November 2018 (world premiere) Edvard Schiffauer: Caress (world premiere) VientoMarero (Jiří Meca – guitar, Michaela Meca – flute) Edvard Schiffauer: Three Polkas for Four Guitars (world premiere) Jiří Meca, Kristýna Hoňková, Pavel Marek, Alena Mecová – guitar

Days of Contemporary Music: new pieces by Lukáš Hurník, David Lukáš, Věra Čermáková, Ondřej Kukal, Jiří Laburda, and Jan Bernátek

27 November 2023, 7pm, Chapel of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, Prague-Vinohrady Days of Contemporary Music Lukáš Hurník: The Book of Tendernesses for soprano and piano (world premiere) Bronislava Smržová – soprano, Ivana Michalovičová – piano David Lukáš: Sakura for flute and piano (world premiere) Adéla Vrátilová – flute, Stanislav Mühlfait – piano Věra … Read more

Darja Kukal Moiseeva: Underwater (world premiere)

19 November 2023, 3pm, Bohuslav Martinů Hall, Liechtenstein Palace, Prague Prague Lieder Company: Songs For and With Children Darja Kukal Moiseeva: Underwater for soprano, tenor, girl’s voice, and four-hand piano (world premiere commissioned by the Prague Lieder Company) Lyrics: Olga Moiseeva Jana Sibera – soprano, Ondřej Holub – tenor, girl’s voice, Jan Dušek, Bohumír Stehlík – piano

Concert of Ostrava Composers: new pieces by Petra Šuško, Blanka Hosová, Jan Grossmann, and Benedikt Holčák

15 November 2023, 7pm, Faculty of Arts, University of Ostrava – Chamber Hall, Ostrava Musical Present: Concert of Ostrava Composers Petra Šuško: Returns (world premiere) Daniel Svoboda – clarinet, Markéta Brixi – violoncello, Eva Kolková – piano Blanka Hosová: Monologues for clarinet and piano (world premiere) Daniel Svoboda – clarinet, Blanka Hosová – piano Jan Grossmann: … Read more

Kateřina Horká: Saxophone Quintet (world premiere)

4 November 2023, 10:30am, Martinů Hall, Prague Czech Chamber Music Society Kateřina Horká: Saxophone Quintet (world premiere) Czech Saxophone Quartet (Roman Fojtíček, Radim Kvasnica, Otakar Martinovský, Michal Kostiuk), David Eben – saxophone

Ensemble Terrible: new music for saxophone and chamber ensemble

3 November 2023, 8pm, Venuše ve Švehlovce, Prague Why to eat bacon and eggs every day? Matouš Hejl: Concerto for Saxophone (world premiere) Patrik Herman: Grisaille (world premiere) Barbora Tomášková: Agni (world premiere) Michael Blažek: Roar (world premiere) Martin Debřička – saxophone, Ensemble Terrible (Filip Halečka – violoncello, Jana Krejčí  – clarinet, Kateřina Vacková – … Read more

Days of Contemporary Music: new pieces by Vít Micka, Jiří Smutný, and Pavel Hrabánek

1 November 2023, 7pm, Chapel of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, Prague-Vinohrady Days of Contemporary Music Vít Micka: Covid Christmas for recorder quartet (world premiere) Anna Vopršalová, Anna Vološinová, Amálie Černá, Michal Reiser – recorder Jiří Smutný: The Last Rose. Songs for a higher voice with recitatives (world premiere of this version) Veronika Kaiserová – … Read more

Ivo Medek: The Blurry Silhouettes (world premiere)

29 October 2023, 7pm, Art Centre of Palacký University – Atrium, Olomouc MusicOlomouc Ivo Medek: The Blurry Silhouettes (world premiere) Ensemble for New Music Tallinn (Toomas Hendrik Ellervee – violin, Talvi Nurgamaa – viola, Paul-Gunnar Loorand – violoncello, Talvi Hunt – piano, cond. Arash Yazdani), Hana Hána – voice/flute, Aneta Podracká Bendová – voice