Winning pieces of the Zdeněk Fibich International Competition in Melodrama Composition

5 May 2022, 7:30pm, Atrium Žižkov, Prague “Czech Concert Melodrama – Tradition and Present”.  Concert of finalists of the Zdeněk Fibich International Competition in Melodrama Composition 2021 Jan Vičar / Jan Vičar: Truth and Lie (Performer’s award) Kateřina Trojanová / Karel Toman: Months (3. Prize) Ondřej Jírový / Tim Burton, translated by Richard Podaný, edited by … Read more

MusicOlomouc: new pieces by Jan Vičar

14 October 2019, Corpus Christi Chapel, Art Centre of Palacký University, Olomouc MusicOlomouc Piano in works of Jan Vičar – 70th Birthday Composer Portrait Jan Vičar: Remembrance Ž for jazz quintet (world premiere) Jan Vičar: Remembrance M for jazz quintet (world premiere) Petr Chadim – whistling/tenor saxophone, Jan Přibil – trumpet, Ľudovít Kotlár – piano, … Read more

Bonifantes Boys’ Choir: new works by Jan Jirásek and Jan Vičar

27 March 2019, Suk Hall, House of Music, Pardubice When the Boys Feel Like Singing Jan Jirásek: Song of David (world premiere) Jan Vičar: Tempus Iuvenis (world premiere) Kristýna Kůstková, Veronika Kaiserová, Josef Kovačič – solos, Bonifantes Boys’ Choir, Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, cond. Jan Míšek

Jan Vičar: De astris somniamus (world premiere)

28 November 2018, Gallery, Music and Dance Faculty, Academy of Performing Arts, Prague The Representation of Theory and Praxis? Jan Vičar: De astris somniamus. III. De astris somniamus (world premiere) Morgenstern Ensemble (Terezie Švarcová – soprano, Jana Jarkovská – flute, Marie Wiesnerová – harpsichord)

Days of Contemporary Music: week 4 and 5

Three concerts took place during the fourth week of the Days of Contemporary Music festival. All of them were held at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague with fifteen of the twenty pieces presented enjoying their world premiere. The program on November 21 consisted exclusively of chamber music. Pallets and Shading by Jiří Bezděk … Read more