Musical Present: New pieces by Pavel Duda, Markéta Dvořákova, and Markéta Kapustová

23 November 2022, 6pm, Janáček Conservatory, Ostrava Musical Present: Licht und Schatten Pavel Duda: Invention (Scarlatti’s Self-Portrait) for harpsichord solo (world premiere) Markéta Dvořáková: Light and Shadow for recorder and harpsichord (world premiere commissioned by the festival) Markéta Kapustová: Dancing on the floor for recorder and harpsichord (world premiere) Eva Čapková – recorder, Jiří Havrlant – … Read more

Musical Present: new pieces by Petra Šuško, Markéta Kapustová, and Sylva Stejskalová

11 November 2022, 6pm, Gallery PLATO Bauhaus, Ostrava Musical Present: Światło i dźwięk Petra Šuško: Vně for electronics, mezzosoprano, clarinet, and cello (world premiere) Markéta Kapustová: Light and Eclipse (world premiere) Sylva Stejskalová: Word Shadows (world premiere) Účinkují: Ewa Barciok – violoncello, Przemyslaw Scheller – electronics, Sławomir Witkowski – voice, Marcela Kysová – accordion, Daniel Svoboda … Read more

Michael Čakrt: Smuténka (world premiere)

7 November 2022, 7pm, Božská Lahvice, Prague Poetry Day 2022 Michael Čakrt: Smuténka. Song cycle on poetry by Jan Skácel (world premiere) Tamara Morozová – soprano, Filip Martinka – piano

Days of Contemporary Music: new pieces by J. Meisl, V. Čermáková, P. Kohout, V. Micka, and M. Pavlíček

1 November 2022, 7pm, Chapel of Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, Prague-Vinohrady Days of Contemporary Music Edvard Schiffauer: Four Songs for Little Ones on texts by Ivan Binar (premiere of a completed version) Children’s Choir Kampata, choirmaster Denisa Dohnalová Jan Meisl: Jeseníky Ballad for Accordion Trio (world premiere) Kamila Sobotková, Michaela Sedlářová, Jan Meisl – akordeon Jan … Read more

MusicOlomouc: new pieces by Marek Keprt and Ondřej Štochl

31 October 2022, 7pm, Art Centre of Palacký University Olomouc – Corpus Christi Chapel, Olomouc MusicOlomouc: MONDRIAN ENSEMBLE (CH) „HALLUCINATION“ // LICHTZWANG (CZ) „NIGHT-TRAVELLERS“ Marek Keprt: Traumes Wirren (world premiere) Marek Keprt: až v lehkosnovnost vmízníš (world premiere) Lichtzwang (Jan Přibil – trumpet, Jiří Fajkus – violoncello, Marek Keprt – piano) Ondřej Štochl: Piano quartet … … Read more

Musical Present: new pieces by Petra Šuško and Irena Szurmanová

24 October 2022, 6pm, Gallery PLATO Bauhaus, Ostrava Musical Present: Concert of Ostrava Composers II/BENDA quartet Petra Šuško: Initio eterno (world premiere) A choť sem ja chudobna, arranged by Irena Szurmanová (world premiere) Benda Quartet (Jakub Černohorský, Ondřej Pustějovský – violin, Petr Benda – viola, Tomáš Svozil – violoncello)

Peter Graham: Folk Songs (world premiere)

23 October 2022, 7pm, Husa na Provázku Theatre (Cellar Stage CED), Brno Exposition of New Music: CAVE SONGS [new edit] Peter Graham: Folk Songs (world premiere commissioned by the festival) VENI ensemble (Ronald Šebesta – clarinet, Eva Šušková – voice, Štefan Szabó – electric guitar, Milan Osadský – accordion)

Play of Light and Darkness: New pieces by Tomáš Pálka, Jiří Lukeš, and Michaela Pálka Plachká

22 October 2022, 7pm, Dietrichstein tomb, Mikulov Silberbauer’s Musical Podyjí: Play of Light and Darkness Tomáš Pálka: Human Consciousness and Secret of Death (world premiere) Jiří Lukeš: Postscriptum (world premiere) Michaela Pálka Plachká: Metamorphosis: Laurel Tree world premiere) Kateřina Málková – organ, Petr Hojač – trumpet, Josef Škarka – bass, Iva Kružíková – mezzosoprano, Jan Razima … Read more

Days of Contemporary Music: new pieces by Simonne Draper, Ivan Zelenka, and Ilja Hurník

21 October 2022, 7pm, Church of St Clement, Prague Days of Contemporary Music Simonne Draper: dell´Acqua (premiere of a new version) Magdaléna Klárová – oboe, Nikola Prokopcová – guitar Ivan Zelenka: Saint Vitus Prelude and Toccata (world premiere) Nikola Zasman Eckertová – organ Ilja Hurník in memoriam, arr. Lukáš Hurník: Preludium, Fuga and Chorale (world premiere) … Read more