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)

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

Konvergence: within Janáček

10 June 2025, 7:30 pm, Concert Hall, Brno Conservatory, Brno 11 June 2025, 7:30 pm, Church of St Lawrence, Prague within Janáček Dominik Klučka: Cult (world premiere) Michaela Pálka Plachká: forgotten stories (world premiere) Tomáš Peloušek: Konnakol Caprice (world premiere) Kristy Ertl: Přes mechový les (Through a Mossy Forest) (world premiere) Martin Wiesner: Huššš! (Husssh!) (world … Read more

Forfest: new pieces by Radim Bednařík and Petr Vaculovič

10 May 2025, 5 pm, Town Theatre Prostějov Forfest Radim Bednařík: Črty (Sketches) for violin and guitar (world premiere) Petr Vaculovič: Krajiny (Landscapes), three miniatures for violin and guitar (world premiere) Pavel Popelka – violin, Lukáš Herůdek – guitar

Premieres of chamber pieces by Kateřina Horká

29 April 2025, 7 pm, Studio of Švanda Theatre, Prague Prague Philharmonia, Contemporary music series S: Kateřina Horká and Marián Lejava. The Czech–Slovak Contemporary Scene Kateřina Horká: Four Fates for violin, clarinet, cello and piano (world premiere) Kateřina Krejčová – violin, Anna Paulová – clarinet, Lukáš Pospíšil – violoncello, Daniel Wiesner – piano Kateřina Horká: … Read more

Music Amidst Paintings: new pieces by Jaroslav Šťastný and Jonáš Jan Starý

23 April 2025, 7:30 pm, Lapidárium Gallery, Prague Hudba mezi obrazy (Music Amidst Paintings): Horáková & Zukal Jaroslav Šťastný: Kostrbaté etudy (Crooked Studies), a cycle of solo violin studies dedicated to Tereza Horáková (world premiere) Jonáš Jan Starý: new piece for violin and piano (world premiere) Tereza Horáková – violin, Matouš Zukal – piano

Jakub Rataj: String Quartet no. 2 “Kratzer” (world premiere)

22 April 2025, 6:30 pm, Theatre De L’ile Saint-Louis, Paris, France NEOS Festival Jakub Rataj: String Quartet no. 2 “Kratzer” (world premiere) NeoQuartet (Karolina Piątkowska-Nowicka – 1. violin, Paweł Kapica – 2. violin, Michał Markiewicz – viola, Krzysztof Pawłowski – violoncello)

New pices for French horn by Pavel Šabacký and Štěpán Poul

17 April 2025, 7 pm, Janáček Academy of Performing Arts, Brno Master’s Graduation Concert – Bianka Soukupová Pavel Šabacký: AND THE COLD WAS TINGED WITH IRON for French horn, prepared piano, and prepared marimba (world premiere) Štěpán Poul: nine hundred six for French horn and electronics (world premiere) Bianka Soukupová – French horn, Anežka Nováková … Read more

Prague Quiet Music Collective: new pieces by Ian Mikyska and Štěpán Filípek

10 April 2025, 7:30 pm, Divadlo Jana Kašky, Prague-Zbraslav Music Festival Zbraslav: Zbraslav Premieres Ian Mikyska: Calligraphy (world premiere) Štěpán Filípek: Shadows (world premiere) Prague Quiet Music Collective (Ian Mikyska – viola da gamba, Anna Paulová – clarinet, Milan Jakeš – violin, Luan Gonçlaves – double bass), Štěpán Filípek – violoncello