Michal Nejtek: The Stone Colony (world premiere)

18 June 2023, 3pm Stone Colony, 19:00 Besední dům, Brno Exposition of New Music: BCO expands the reality of the Stone Colony. BCO expands the reality of Besední dům. Michal Nejtek: The Stone Colony (world premiere) Brno Contemporary Orchestra, cond. Pavel Šnajdr

Pavel Zlámal: Great Glory (world premiere)

16 June 2023, 7pm, Besední dům, Brno Exposition of New Music: Here and Now Pavel Zlámal: Great Glory (world premiere commissioned by the festival) Pavel Zlámal Contemporary Ensemble (Pavel Zlámal – clarinet, saxophone, Jan Jirucha – trombone, Jan Nepodal – percussion, Kristýna Švihálková – steel drum, saw, percussion, Jozef Zimka – trumpet, Jiří Kalousek – … Read more

Ivo Medek, Sára Medková, Vít Zouhar: SARA’smile (world premiere)

25 October 2022, 7pm, Divadlo na Orlí, Brno Exposition of New Music Ivo Medek, Sára Medková, Vít Zouhar: SARA’smile. Multimedia opera project (world premiere) Directed by: Rocc Sára Medková – piano, hlas, Ivo Medek – children’s toys, percussion, Vít Zouhar – laptop, Lukáš Medek – video

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)

Petr Bakla: First Movement and Variations (world premiere)

The last concert of this year’s Exposition of New Music festival was a recital by the Italian pianist Emanuele Torquati. It was held on October 23rd at the Bedední dům in Brno and consisted of six piano pieces by contemporary composers. Czech music was represented by two compositions by Petr Bakla one of which, First Movement and … Read more

Pavel Zlámal: premiere of a piece whose name is of no consequence

One of the events of this year’s Exposition of New Music festival (Octobre 19 – 23, Brno) was a recital by a saxophone and clarinet player Pavel Zlámal. Zlámal, who specializes in contemporary and experimental music, performed four pieces for saxophone solo from 1956 – 2016. Christian Lauba’s Hard, Simon Steen-Andersen’s De profundis and Gianti Scelsi’s Tre pezzi were followed by … Read more