18 May 2018, Smetana Hall, Municipal House, Prague Prague Spring Michal Nejtek: Ultramarine (world premiere) Warsaw Philharmonic, cond. Jacek Kaspszyk You can learn more in our video interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt-F24-i-kQ&feature=youtu.be
7 May 2018, Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague Jan Ryant Dřízal: Narcissus for cello and orchestra (world premiere) Tomáš Jamník – cello, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Marek Šedivý
1 May 2018, Martinů Hall, Lichtenstein Palace, Prague Exotic Noise Slavomír Hořínka: Pocket Guide to Bird Fly (world premiere) BERG Orchestra, conductor: Peter Vrábel
29 April 2018, Landestheater Coburg, Coburg, Germany (following the cancelled performances on April 22 and 25) Antonín Dvořák: Rusalka (premiere) directed by: Tobias Heyder, music director: Roland Kluttig Cast: Judith Kuhn / Betsy Horne (Rusalka), Milen Bozhkov (Prince), Michael Lion (Water Goblin), Kora Pavelic / Gabriela Künzler (Witch), Kora Pavelic / Marlene Lichtenberg (Foreign Princess) … Read more
25 April 2018, Smetana Hall, Municipal House, Prague Violin Gala. Special concert for the 60th anniversary of Kocian Violin Competition Lukáš Sommer: Gala Violin (world premiere) Pavel Šporcl, Stefan Milenković, Josef Špaček, Bohuslav Matoušek, Pavel Hůla, Pavel Eret, Leoš Čepický, Petr Matěják – violin, Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK, cond. Jessica Cottis
25 and 26 April, St Anna’s church, České Budějovice Roman Pallas: Spring Hymn (world premiere) Petr Hanzlík: Anima mea (world premiere) Karolína Berková – mezzosoprano (2), South Czech Philharmonic, cond. Jan Talich
For the first time ever, Bohuslav Martinů’s operatic masterpiece The Greek Passion was performed in Russia, at the State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre in Ekaterinburg. The premiere took place on 19 April with reprises over the following three days. The first of the opera’s two versions was directed by Thaddeus Strassberger and conducted by … Read more
At the opportunity of releasing his new album by the French Arion Music label, Kryštof Mařatka, Czech composer permanently living in Paris, presented the world premiere of his piece Fables pastorales. The concert took place on 16 April in Salle Cortot, Paris, under the auspices of Czech Republic’s ambassador to France Petr Drulák, and, as … Read more
An attractive musical programme was presented on 9 April in Studio Hrdinů (Trade Fair Palace, Prague) by the BERG orchestra. The concert named Archeology of the 20th century introduced John Cage’s renowned Radio Music, a Czech premiere of Graffiti, a piece by an internationally acclaimed Korean composer Unsuk Chin, Archeologia del telefono. Concertante for 13 instruments by … Read more
On 7 April, the New Scene of the National Theatre in Prague presented the long-awaited premiere of the opera adaptation of Ivan Klíma’s mystery novel The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch. Its author, primarily a scenic music composer and musical autodidact Ivan Acher (*1976) had already written music for the book’s theatre adaptation at Divadlo Komedie eleven … Read more
