Pavel Koňárek

Jiří Pavlica: And Love Again… (world premiere)

20 and 21 June 2022, 8pm, Castle Courtyard, Litomyšl Smetana’s Litomyšl Jiří Pavlica: And Love Again… A programme commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of poet Jan Skácel (world premiere commissioned by the festival) Kryštof Bartoš – recitation, Jiří Pavlica – voice, Hradišťan, Žerotín Academic Choir (choirmaster Pavel Koňárek), Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK, cond. Stanislav Vavřínek

Hong Kong resonated with the music of Janáček and Dvořák

One of the ensembles performing at the 45th year of the prestigious international Hong Kong Arts festival (Feb 16 – Mar 18) was the ensemble of the National Theatre Brno. HK Cultural Centre’s Concert Hall, which can host nearly 1,600 visitors, saw them perform four times altogether – twice it was Janáček’s opera The Makropulos Case, then his Sinfonietta, Eternal … Read more