Ostravská banda+: premieres of pieces by Martin Klusák and Luboš Mrkvička

28 August 2025, 7 pm, Triple Hall Karolina, Ostrava Ostrava Days: Ostravská banda+ Martin Klusák: Maják (Lighthouse) (world premiere) Luboš Mrkvička: For Large Ensemble, Part G (world premiere) Ostravská banda, ONO – Ostrava New Orchestra, Quasar saxophone quartet, Chris Nappi – percussion, Nikolaus Schlierf – viola, cond. Bruno Ferrandis / Petr Kotík / Lilianna Krych / Peter … Read more

Ostravská banda only: premieres of pieces by Jakub Rataj and Marie Nečasová

26 August 2025, 7 pm, Triple Hall Karolina, Ostrava Ostrava Days: Ostravská banda only Jakub Rataj: Countermass, concerto for bass clarinet and ensemble (world premiere) Marie Nečasová: Thaw (world premiere) Martin Adámek – clarinet, Ostravská banda, cond. Johannes Kalitzke / Lilianna Krych / Bruno Ferrandis

Daniel Skála: Silhouettes (world premiere)

25 August 2025, 7 pm, Cathedral of the Divine Saviour, Ostrava Ostrava Days: Voices and Instruments Daniel Skála: Silhouettes (world premiere) Daniel Skála – cimbalom, members of Ostravská banda, Canticum Ostrava (choirmaster Jurij Galatenko), cond. Bruno Ferrandis

Haštal Hapka: Once Everybody Is Here (world premiere)

29 June 2024, 9pm, Jiří Myron Theatre, Ostrava NODO Haštal Hapka: Once Everybody Is Here, one-act opera for jazz combo, string quartet, and ensemble of soloists (world premiere commissioned by the festival) Libretto: Vilma Bořkovec, Magdalena Jiřička Stojowska, Haštal Hapka Director: Vilma Bořkovec, conductor: Patrik Kako Performers: Vladislav Georgiev (Grandfather), Viera Pavlíková (Grandmother), Zbigniew Kalina … Read more

František Chaloupka: The Sell-Out (world premiere)

27 June 2024, 6:30pm, Antonín Dvořák Theatre, Ostrava NODO František Chaloupka: The Sell-Out (world premiere commissioned by the festival) Libretto: František Chaloupka Director and stage design: Rocc, conductor: Bruno Ferrandis Cast: Felix Heuser (John the Pilot), Markéta Drabina Schaffartzik (Wife–Stewardess), Zuzana Smrčková (Greta, their daughter), Martin Javorský (De Geer / Co-Pilot / Steward Stewart), Canticum … Read more

Petr Kotík: Antonio / Collage (world premiere)

13 November 2023, 8pm, Art Centre of Palacký University – Atrium, Olomouc MusicOlomouc Petr Kotík: Antonio / Collage for solo percussion with entries of violins and French horns (world premiere) Martin Opršál – percussion, Hana Kotková – violin, members of Ostravská banda

Ostrava Days: new pieces by Petr Cígler and Michal Wróblewski

31 August 2023, 6:30pm, Triple Hall Karolina, Ostrava Ostrava Days: Ostravská banda II Petr Cígler: Echolocations (premiere of a revised version) Michal Wróblewski: Rhythms no. 3 – Glissando for Chamber Ensemble (world premiere) Ostravská banda and others, cond. Bruno Ferrandis, Jiří Rožeň

Ostrava Days: new pieces by Michal Rataj, Jan Dobiáš, and Peter Graham

29 August 2023, 6:30pm, Cathedral of the Divine Saviour, Ostrava Ostrava Days: Spiritual and Empiric II Michal Rataj: Načálo polunóščnici (world premiere) Jan Dobiáš: Time Shakes (world premiere) Peter Graham: ORGAOS (world premiere) Ostravská banda, Canticum Ostrava (choirmaster Jurij Galatenko), Ahmad Hammad – organ, Klaus Lang – organ, Tereza Böhmová – soprano, Kamila Mazalová – alto, Olivia … Read more