7 October 2021, 7pm, Reduta, Olomouc Jan Kučera: Carpe diem (world premiere for the 30th anniversary of the Conservatory of the Evangelical Academy in Olomouc) Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra with students of the Conservatory of the Evangelical Academy, cond. Jan Kučera
6 July 2021, 2pm, Church of the Raising of the Holy Cross, Litomyšl Smetana’s Litomyšl Jan Kučera: Judge of All Reconcilliation, God. Meditation on a song from John Amos Comenius’s hymn book from 1659 (world premiere) Czech Horn Chorus, Aleš Bárta – organ
5 September 2020, 11:00am, New Stage, National Theatre, Prague Dvořák’s Prague International Music Festival Jan Kučera: Gingerbread House (world premiere of a children’s opera) Libretto: Ladislava Janků Smítková Directed by: Tereza Petrášková Children’s Opera Prague, music director: Anna Novotná-Pešková Following performances: 5 Oct, 21 Dec and 10 Jan 2021
5 December 2019, Congress Centre, Zlín “French Impressions” Jan Kučera: On Multiplicity of Inhabited Worlds (world premiere) Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Tomáš Brauner
23 May 2019, Grandhotel Ambassador Národní dům, Karlovy Vary Jan Kučera: Concerto for piano and orchestra (world premiere) Jan Kučera – piano, Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, cond. Martin Lebel
3 December 2018, Forum Karlín, Prague Radůza: Anita Garibaldi (world premiere) Radůza – singing, Miloš Stránský – recitation, ProART Company – dance, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Jan Kučera
15 June 2018, Castle Courtyard, Litomyšl Smetana’s Litomyšl A Bohemian Pilgrim, Cantata for narrator, baritone, children’s choir, mixed choir and orchestra to a libretto by Vojtěch Stříteský and poems by František Hrubín, Jiří Orten, Josef Václav Sládek, Josef Kainar, Karel Hlaváček, Josef Hora and Jaroslav Seifert (world premiere to a commission from the 60th year of the Smetana’s Litomyšl National Festival on … Read more
28 May 2018, National Technical Museum, Prague Prague Spring Jan Kučera: Sundial (world premiere) Epoque Quartet
28 May 2018, National Technical Museum, Prague Prague Spring Jan Kučera: Sundial (world premiere) Epoque Quartet
On 18 January in the St Agnes Convent, violoncellist Petr Nouzovský and accordionist Ladislav Horák gave premiere to Introduction and Tango, a new piece by composer and choirmaster Petr Fiala (*1943). The concert was a part of the chamber series held by the Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK. The two-part composition was written directly for these two leading Czech instrumentalists, … Read more
