6 and 7 October 2022, Brno Micro-Operas Hen Party. Flash-mob opera for two sopranos and four saxophones (world premiere) Music and libretto: František Chaloupka Concept: František Chaloupka, Tomáš Hlaváček
22 September 2022, 5pm, Leisure Time Activity Centre Lužánky, Brno František Chaloupka: Cottage in Jezerní kotlina (premiere of a version for Scouts and chamber orchestra) Brno Scouts – handmade and Scout objects, Brno Contemporary Orchestra, cond. Pavel Šnajdr
13 October 2021, 7pm, Besední dům, Brno Moravian Autumn František Chaloupka: Guitar Quartet No. 2 “Eve’s Aria” (world premiere) Iva Bittová – voice, Aleph Gitarrenquartett (Andrés Hernández Alba, Tillmann Reinbeck, Wolfgang Sehringer, Christian Wernicke)
22 August 2021, 6pm, Triple Hall Karolina, Ostrava Ostrava Days Orchestra Opening Lucie Vítková: Environment (world premiere) František Chaloupka: Darwin Among The Machines (world premiere) Ostravská banda, members of ONO / Ostrava New Orchestra, cond. Jiří Rožeň
20×3 Twenty life stories in miniatures by twenty composers – a project for the BERG Orchestra’s 20th birthday Available on YouTube and Czech Radio Vltava František Chaloupka: Reflexio (2020) Marek Keprt: vodnoSvětí (2019) Jan Ryant Dřízal: Marche nuptiale (2018) Jan Trojan: Just a Little Note to the Year (2017) Martin Klusák: In B (2016) Tomáš Pálka: Trans-Berg (2015) … Read more
21 October 2019, Corpus Christi Chapel, Art Centre of Palacký University, Olomouc MusicOlomouc František Chaloupka: The Book of Sand – piano version (world premiere) Ricardo Descalzo – piano
21 May 2019, Vestibule VŠMU, Bratislava, Slovakia AsynChrónie 2019 František Chaloupka: Ke xylofonii obscénního nad vědomím v agónii. I. Danse Macabre, II. Mephisto Waltz (world premiere) Ansámbl Asynchrónie
6 October 2018, Atrium na Žižkově, Prague 3 premieres for Solaris 3 František Chaloupka: Piano Trio (world premiere) Lukáš Sommer: Xcape (premiere of a new version) Jakub Rataj: ES.23 (world premiere) Solaris 3 (Martin Levický – piano, Anna Veverková – violin, Štěpán Filípek – violoncello)
The 9th year of Olomouc-based international contemporary music festival MusicOlomouc was started on October 2. Its second concert, held at the theatre hall of the Art Centre of Palacký University, introduced Aleph Gitarrenquartett, which is a guitar quartet specializing in new music. The ensemble performed, among others, the world premiere of František Chaloupka’s (*1981) Guitar Quartet No. 1 “The … Read more
