Philokalia of Today: Hesychia – Sound of Silence

2 October 2023, 6pm, Gothic tower, HAMU, Prague Archaion Kallos Philokalia of Today: Hesychia – Sound of Silence Tomáš Pálka, Michaela Pálka Plachká: sound performance and interactive sound installation (world premiere) Jana Krejčí – clarinet

Prague Spring: new pieces by Matouš Hejl, František Chaloupka, Michaela Pálka Plachká, Pavel Šabacký, and Šimon Voseček

27 May 2023, 8pm, DOX+, Prague Prague Spring Prague Offspring: Klangforum Wien II. Matouš Hejl: Pendulation (world premiere commissioned by the Prague Spring) František Chaloupka: The Spectral Waltzer (world premiere commissioned by the Prague Spring) Michaela Pálka Plachká: Five Colours of Alpine Fog (world premiere commissioned by the Prague Spring) Pavel Šabacký: Ishan’t (world premiere … Read more

Play of Light and Darkness: New pieces by Tomáš Pálka, Jiří Lukeš, and Michaela Pálka Plachká

22 October 2022, 7pm, Dietrichstein tomb, Mikulov Silberbauer’s Musical Podyjí: Play of Light and Darkness Tomáš Pálka: Human Consciousness and Secret of Death (world premiere) Jiří Lukeš: Postscriptum (world premiere) Michaela Pálka Plachká: Metamorphosis: Laurel Tree world premiere) Kateřina Málková – organ, Petr Hojač – trumpet, Josef Škarka – bass, Iva Kružíková – mezzosoprano, Jan Razima … Read more

Michaela Pálka Plachká: parallel aspects (world premiere)

8 October 2021, 7:30pm, Church of St Lawrence, Prague Konvergence Michaela Pálka Plachká: parallel aspects (world premiere) ensemble LUX (Louise Chisson, Thomas Wally – violin, Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg – viola, Mara Achleitner – violoncello)

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

Tomáš Pálka and Michaela Pálka Plachká. Premieres at the Konvergence concert

Held on June 15 in the traditional venue of St Lawrence Church in Prague, the last pre-summer concert of the Konvergence composers’ association was one of a very intimate atmosphere. The chief performers were Simon and Felix Nagl brothers (cello, piano), whom the evening’s dramaturges and founding Konvergence members Tomáš Pálka and Michaela Pálka Plachká, met in … Read more