Days of Contemporary Music: new pieces by Tomáš Svoboda, Jaroslav Šaroun, Ivo Bláha, Vít Micka and Jitka Koželuhová

6 November 2019, Gallery, Academy of Performing Arts, Prague Days of Contemporary Music Tomáš Svoboda: Charms for Harp. A selection from a cycle of 40 short pieces (world premiere) Hedvika Mousa Bacha – harp   Jaroslav Šaroun: Su la cetra amorosa (world premiere) Lucie Laubová – soprano, Jaroslav Šaroun – piano   Ivo Bláha: Levitation for violin … Read more

Jiří Lukeš: Music for Sirens

4 September 2019, Jan Deyl Conservatory, Prague Music for Sirens… micro-concerts with emergency siren test Staircase (world premiere) Concept / music: Jiří Lukeš Věra Kestřánková – bass clarinet, Štěpán Janoušek – trombone, Tomáš Mika – electric guitar

Jiří Lukeš: Ichimoku cloud (world premiere)

29 June 2019, Assembly Hall, Chateau Kroměříž, Kroměříž Forfest Jiří Lukeš: Ichimoku cloud (world premiere) Ensemble Konvergence (Jiří Mráz – clarinet, Matěj Vlk, Irena Štochlová – violin, Ondřej Štochl – viola, Tomáš Novák – double bass, Egli Prifti – piano, Jan Tuláček – guitar)

Lukáš Sommer: Chicago Steps (world premiere)

15. května 2019, City Theatre, Jablonec nad Nisou Lukáš Sommer: Chicago Steps (world premiere) Prague Guitar Quartet (Marek Velemínský, Matěj Freml, Václav Kučera, Patrick Vacík)

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