Winning pieces of the Zdeněk Fibich International Competition in Melodrama Composition

5 May 2022, 7:30pm, Atrium Žižkov, Prague “Czech Concert Melodrama – Tradition and Present”.  Concert of finalists of the Zdeněk Fibich International Competition in Melodrama Composition 2021 Jan Vičar / Jan Vičar: Truth and Lie (Performer’s award) Kateřina Trojanová / Karel Toman: Months (3. Prize) Ondřej Jírový / Tim Burton, translated by Richard Podaný, edited by … Read more

KOTIK@80. World premieres for Petr Kotík

26 April 2022, 7pm, PLATO, Ostrava 28 April 2022, 19:00, DOX+, Prague KOTIK@80. World premieres for Petr Kotík on the occasion of his 80th birthday Christian Wolff: Small World (2022) Bernhard Lang: Game 12 (2021) Petr Cígler: Rattlesnake No. 1 (2022) Petr Bakla: Two Instances (2016) Phill Niblock: Petr’s Charm (2021) Daniel Skála: Petram (2022) Ana Sokolović: Holub-Ježek-Kočka (2022) Anna Heflin:  Such … Read more

Days of Contemporary Music: new pieces by J. Fila, J. Smutný, and M. Christou

1 April 2022, 7pm, Kaiserstein Palace, Prague Days of Contemporary Music 2021: Additional 10. concert of pieces, that could not be performed in Novemeber 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic Jan Fila: Autumn Rhapsody (world premiere) Eliška Brožková Pospíšilová – clarinet, Andrea Mottlová – piano Jiří Smutný: Epigrams for lower voice and piano on poetry by … Read more

652. Tuesday of Umělecká beseda: new pieces by Terezie Švarcová and Ivan Kurz

22 March 2022, 7:30pm, Church of St Lawrence, Prague 652. Tuesday of Umělecká beseda Terezie Švarcová: Ai suoi caduti (To Our Fallen) for soprano, clarinet, violin and violoncello (world premiere) Ivan Kurz: Lamb of God, Mass ordinary for soprano and string quartet (world premiere) Terezie Švarcová – soprano, FAMA quartet (Daniel Danel, Roman Hranička – … Read more

Kryštof Mařatka’s pieces in Czech premieres

1 March 2022, 7:30pm, Church of St Simon and St Jude, Prague Dumky Trio and Pastoral Fables Kryštof Mařatka: Pastoral Fables for viola, clarinet, piano and Czech and Moravian folk instruments (Czech premiere) Kryštof Mařatka: Vzlet for clarinet solo (Czech premiere) Kryštof Mařatka: Labyrinth for viola solo (Czech premiere) Jitka Hosprová – viola, Jan Mach … Read more

Czech women composers for solo violoncello

20 February 2022, 8pm, Archa Theatre, Prague Launch of a CD of nine pieces for solo violoncello by Czech women composers Ivana Loudová: Canto amoroso Petra Šuško: Suita for solo violoncello Lenka Nota: Safranbolu Soňa Vetchá: Hypnosis (premiere) Markéta Brothánková: Lullaby (premiere) Petra Čtveráčková: Temperance, a piece inspired by M. B. Braun’s statue in Kuks (premiere) Hana Foss: … Read more

Jazz Poetry. New pieces by Martin Brunner and Štěpánka Balcarová

10 February 2022, 7:30pm, DOX+, Prague Jazz Poetry. A combination of poetry, jazz music and a symphony orchestra Martin Brunner: Own Moment, a series of poems by Věra Koubová put to music for voice, orchestra and two improvising soloists (world premiere) Markéta Foukalová – voice, Vít Křišťan – piano Fender Rhodes, Martin Brunner – piano, Prague Radio Symphony … Read more

CANCELLED. Jana Vöröšová: Chlapeček a Dálka (world premiere)

20 December 2021, 7:30pm, St Agnes Convent, Prague Christmas at St Agnes Jana Vöröšová: Chlapeček a Dálka for children’s choir and chamber orchestra (world premiere commissioned by the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra) Czech Radio Children’s Choir, choirmaster: Věra Hrdinková, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Marek Šedivý

Ian Mikyska: between mists (brushstrokes) – world premiere

18 December 2021, 6:30pm, Czech Museum of Music, Prague Prague Quiet Music Festival Ian Mikyska: between mists (brushstrokes) – world premiere Prague Quiet Music Collective (Anna Paulová – bass clarinet, Milan Jakeš – violin, Ian Mikyska – viola da gamba, Luan Gonçalves – double bass)