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Lukáš Sommer: Dance on the Strings (world premiere)

26 May 2023, 7pm, Chapel of St. Romedius, Choltice Chateau Pardubice Music Spring Lukáš Sommer: Dance on the Strings (world premiere commissioned by the festival) Siempre Nuevo (Matěj Freml, Patrick Vacík – guitar)

Ondřej Moťka: Fight of Sliders (world premiere)

15 May 2023, 8pm, National Technical Museum, Prague Prague Spring Trombone? Trombone. A concert of jury members of the Prague Spring International Music Competition in trombone category Ondřej Moťka: Fight of Sliders (world premiere) Zdzisław Stolarczyk, Zoltán Kiss, Fabrice Millischer, Oliver Siefert, Jeremy Wilson – trombone, The Czech Philharmonic Low Brass Ensemble, cond. Jan Kučera

Petr Borkovec and Prague Quiet Music Collective

13 May 2023, 6pm, Spoken Word Theatre, Prague Exhibition Grounds, Praha Book World Prague 2023 Lesklá nijaká chvilka, co se rozpadá. Composition with improvisation elements using Petr Borkovec’s recent prose (world premiere) Petr Borkovec – spoken word, Prague Quiet Music Collective (Milan Kárník Jakeš, Ian Mikyska, Luan Gonçalves)

Jiří Gemrot: Prague Apparitions (world premiere)

11 May 2023, 7pm, Bethlehem Chapel in Žižkov, Prague Prague Premieres of Duo Beautiful Strings Jiří Gemrot: Prague Apparitions (world premiere) Duo Beautiful Strings (Monika Urbanová – violin, Hedvika Mousa Bacha – harp)

Kateřina Horká: String Quartet no. 2 „Icelandic Landscape“ (world premiere)

9 May 2023, 7pm, František Drtikol Gallery Příbram Antonín Dvořák Music Festival Kateřina Horká: String Quartet no. 2 „Icelandic Landscape“ (world premiere of the winning piece of the 7. Antonín Dvořák Composition Competition) Wihan Quartet (Leoš Čepický, Jan Schulmeister – violin, Jakub Čepický – viola, Michal Kaňka -violoncello)

Wiesbaden: The Makropulos Affair, From the House of the Dead

30 April 2023, Großes Haus, Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany Internationale Maifestspiele: Janáček-Double 4:00pm Leoš Janáček: The Makropulos Affair (premiere) Directed by: Nicolas Brieger, music director: Johannes Klumpp Cast: Elissa Huber (Emilia Marty), Aaron Cawley (Albert Gregor), Jiří Sulženko (Jaroslav Prus), Darcy Carroll (Dr. Kolenatý), Erik Biegel (Vítek), Fleuranne Brockway (Krista) and others Language: Czech … Read more

Ian Mikyska: Interstices (world premiere)

28 April 2023, 7:30pm, Gallery of the Academy of Performing Arts, Prague MicroFest Ian Mikyska: Interstices (world premiere) Miroslav Beinhauer – sixth-tone harmonium