4 April 2024, 8pm, Church of Saint Johns and Loreto Chapel, Brno Easter Festival of Sacred Music Pavel Zemek Novák: Chants for the Holy Saturday for two sopranos, organ and chamber orchestra (world premiere) Peter Graham: Alleluia for two sopranos, children‘s choir, organ and chamber orchestra (world premiere) Aneta Podracká Bendová, Jana Vondrů – soprano, Petr Kolař … Read more
9 November 2023, 7pm, Besední dům, Brno PETR FIALA 80 & BRAHMS 190 Petr Fiala: Hommage à Leoš Janáček for organ and orchestra (world premiere commissioned by the Brno Filharmonic) Petr Kolař – organ, Brno Philharmonic, cond. Robert Kružík
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
Three concerts of Czech 20th and 21st century music took place during the second and third week of the Days of Contemporary Music festival. All of them were held in the halls of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. The festival has since long been focusing on premiering new pieces and the concert on … Read more
