1 May 2019, 11:50, Park Albertov, Prague Music for Sirens … micro-concerts with emergency siren test Ian Mikyska: A Succession of several sounds and silences (world premiere) Tomáš Mika – electric guitar, Renata Raková, Anna Sysová – clarinet, Šimon Veselý – percussion
18. listopadu 2018, DOX – Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague Contempuls Night Šimon Voseček: Fists (world premiere) Yarn/Wire (Ian Antonio, Russell Greenberg – percussion, Laura Barger, Ning Yu – piano)
19 June 2018, NoD, Prague The Beauty of Today Petr Wajsar: Ping-pong for Two Soloists and a Referee (world premiere) Jindřich Pavliš, Vojtěch Nýdl – clarinet, Ivan Hoznedr – percussion
28 April 2018, Bohemian National Hall, New York, USA Czech American Inspiration Petr Kotík: Master-Pieces (2014-15) – New York premiere directed by: Jiří Nekvasil, David Bazika, music director: Petr Kotík S.E.M. Ensemble (Christina Kay – soprano, Steven Wilson – tenor, Jose Pietri-Coimbre – baritone, Nicholas Hay – bass, Pauline Kim Harris – violin, Liuh-Wen Ting – viola, Amanda Gookin – violoncello, Jeffrey Reinhardt – … Read more
Next commission for the internationally acclaimed Ondřej Adámek came from BCMG, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. They invited him to join their Canal Serenade on Narrow Boats project, a celebration of Birmingham canals and their busy trade history. On September 10 then, what was being exchanged on those boats were not goods but musical ideas… Three composers … Read more
Ondřej Štochl’s composition YIN – Nostalgia and Hope received its world premiere on 9 March at the Museum of Applied Arts of the Moravian Gallery by Brno Contemporary Orchestra. This piece for vibraphone and 12 instruments was on the programme of an evening called “Assimilation – Concert for people” together with music by Alvin Lucier, Michel … Read more
Ondřej Kyas’s (*1979) Chamber Symphony no. 2 for oboe, piano, percussion and strings received its world premiere on this year’s first concert of the Brno-based Ensemble Opera Diversa, which took place on 10th February at the Reduta theatre in Brno. A part of the ceremony was the presentation of the ensemble’s very first CD which consists of Jan Novák’s oboe … Read more
