25 June 2026, 6:30 pm, Palace, Ostrava NODO New Theory of Harmony, microtonal opera for two voices and chamber ensemble (world premiere) Music: Milan Guštar Libretto: Milan Guštar (based on Alois Hába’s New Theory of Harmony) Director: Veronika Trokšiarová Performers: Markéta Drabina Schaffartzik, soprano (Alois Hába – soul), Roman Janál, baritone (Alois Hába – body), Ostravská … Read more
26 June 2024, 7pm, New Synagogue in Libeň, Prague Victoria Ensemble: Bohuslav and Vita, performance with music of Bohuslav Martinů and Vítězslava Kaprálová Terezie Švarcová: Chceme my se, chceme (world premiere) Viktorie Kaplanová – soprano, Roman Janál – baritone, Vojtěch Červenka – piano
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
22 November 2021, 7:30pm, Kaiserstein palace, Prague Days of Contemporary Music Eduard Douša: Six Characteristic Pieces for Piano (world premiere) Eva Doušová – piano Karel Janovický: Sonata for Violin and Piano (world premiere) Jana Vonášková-Nováková – violin, Petr Novák – piano Jiří Smutný: Epigrams for Lower Voice and Piano on Poetry by A. S. Pushkin … Read more
4 April 2019, Convent of Saint Agnes, Prague “Pictures and Music” (concert cycle by FOK) Martin Kumžák: Saint Agnes (world premiere) Michaela Šrůmová – soprano, Roman Janál – baritone, Capella da Camera Praga (Lenka Torgersen – concertmaster, Petr Wagner – viola da gamba, Igor Františák – chalumeau, Inge Marg – oboe, Přemysl Vacek – theorbo, Tomáš Reindl – tabla, Lukáš Verner – double-bass, artistic director)
On 14 December, the New Stage of the National Theatre in Prague premiered the second opera by composer, and this time also a librettist Miloš Orson Štědroň (*1973). Subtitled “Poetic Images from the Life of Bohumil Hrabal”, Don Hrabal reveals, in nine images, the personality and attitudes of this famous Czech authorr, as well as the background of his relationship … Read more
