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)
18 June 2025, 6 pm, Smetana House, Litomyšl Smetana’s Litomyšl Zdeněk Král: Zoe and Andersen (world premiere of a children’s opera) Libretto: Vendula Borůvková Direction: Gabriela Petráková Permoník Preparatory Choir (choir director Karina Grimová), Jakub Šotkovský – piano
12 June 2025, 7:30 pm, Imperial Spa – Atrium, Karlovy Vary Beethoven Days Jan Kučera: Karlovarské prameny (The Springs of Karlovy Vary) (world premiere) Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, cond. Jan Kučera
8 June 2025, 7 pm, Hall of the former Hotel U nádraží, Lysá nad Labem Lissa Classica Ondřej Černohorský: Electronic Poem (world premiere commissioned by the festival)
2 June 2025, 7 pm, Vila Tugendhat, Brno Exposition of New Music MORCEAUX EN FORME DE POIRE_new edit (music responding to Erik Satie’s Trois morceaux en forme de poire) Martin Burlas, Tomáš Boroš, Petr Cígler, David Dramm, Hauke Harder, František Chaloupka, Robert Kolář, Michal Nejtek, Miroslav Pudlák, Piet-Jan van Rossum, Vít Zouhar – world premiere … Read more
1 June 2025, 7 pm, Theatre on Orlí Street, Brno Exposition of New Music SATIOLLAGE (world premiere of a collage of contemporary compositions, each loosely inspired by Satie’s oeuvre and aesthetic) Daniel Matej: SATIollagE Otto Wanke: Phantasmagorie Nr. 3: L’amour Anne La Berge: Verbs for Satie Michal Indrák: Vexation of Furniture DJ GÄP: Pièces froides x … Read more
31 May 2025, 8 pm, DOX+, Prague Prague Spring: Ensemble Modern II Slavomír Hořínka: Grain, Chaff and Fire (world premiere of a work commissioned by the Prague Spring) Ensemble Modern, cond. Franck Ollu
31 May 2025, 5 pm, Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, Brno Exposition of New Music: Messe des pauvres Peter Graham: Méditation avant la Messe des pauvres (world premiere) Jaroslav Šťastný – organ
30 May 2025, 8 pm, DOX+, Prague Prague Spring: Ensemble Modern I Haštal Hapka: A Lay in the Dive (world premiere) Jan Ryant Dřízal: Morphing Amadeus (world premiere) Pavel Šabacký: Awakening (world premiere) Ensemble Modern, cond. Michael Wendeberg
24 May 2025, 2 pm, Church of St Simon and St Jude, Prague Prague Spring: MUSIC SCHOOL SALON Beata Hlavenková: Emily’s Spring (world premiere commissioned by the Prague Spring) graduates of the MenART Academy 2024–2025 and their mentors (Kateřina Kněžíková – soprano, Vladislav Borovka – oboe, Tomáš Františ – bassoon, Radek Baborák – French horn)
