František Chaloupka: Hen Party (premiere of a flash-mob opera)

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 Aneta Podracká Bendová, Eva Esterková – soprano, Antonín Mühlhansl, Radim Hanousek, Pavel Zlámal, Pavel Šabacký – saxophone

20×3. Twenty miniatures for the BERG Orchestra’s twentieth birthday

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

František Chaloupka, Lukáš Sommer, Jakub Rataj: new pieces for piano trio

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)

František Chaloupka: Guitar Quartet No. 1 “The Aleph” (world premiere)

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