12 December 2021, Atrium na Žižkově, Prague International Shakuhachi Festival Prague 15:00 ZEN: Silence and Sound Vlastislav Matoušek: CORONA MUNDI 4 SHAKUHACHI (world premiere) Vlastislav Matoušek, Hélène Seiyū Codjo – shakuhachi, and others 18:00 KONVERGENCE: tenmetsu :: Japanese introspections Jiří Lukeš: tenmetsu for satsuma biwa (world premiere) Junko Ueda: satsuma biwa
8 December 2021, 12:30pm, Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada For Rudolf Komorous: a 90th Birthday Celebration Rudolf Komorous: Monody for solo clarinet (world premiere) Patricia Kostek – clarinet
7 December 2021, 7:30pm, Gallery of the Academy of Performing Arts, Prague Třídení Pavel Kopecký: Leporelo for marimba and electronics (world premiere) Daniel Mikolášek – marimba
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
19 November 2021, 7:30pm, Kaiserstein palace, Praha Days of Contemporary Music Milada Červenková: Kaliya lila – rhapsody for violoncello and harp (world premiere) Jitka Vlašánková – violoncello, Kateřina Valášková – harú Jiří Laburda: Dialogy pro dva kontrabasy (world premiere) Tomáš Karpíšek, Gonzalo Jiménez Barranco – double bass Jitka Koželuhová: Danksagung – Motive eines Lebens for … Read more
13 November 2021, 7:30pm, Kaiserstein Palace, Prague Days of Contemporary Music Pavel Hrabánek: String Quartet no. 3 (world premiere) Sedláček Quartet (Michal Sedláček, Jan Maceček – violin, Tomáš Krejbich – viola, Matěj Štěpánek – violoncello) Milan Báchorek: Třesky plesky, hezky slezsky for two boy voices, piano, and small percussion instruments (world premiere) Jakub Seriš, Jiří … Read more
1 November 2021, 7:30pm, church of St Clement, Praha Days of Contemporary Music Pavel Kopecký: Six Minipreludes (world premiere) Václav Peter – organ
30 October 2021, 8pm, Archa Theatre, Prague International Shakuhachi Festival Prague: JAPAN UNLIMITED Jan Rösner: Words and Verses (world premiere) Marek Kimei Matvija – shakuhachi
16 May 2021, 5pm EDT, the yard outside the Willow Place Auditorium, Brooklyn Petr Kotík: Letters to Olga (1988) S.E.M. Ensemble Petr Kotík: The Lost Guitar (world premiere) Xander Naylor – guitar
The Days of Contemporary Music festival whose 31rd year planned for November 2020 had to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, made recordings of a part of the original programme and shared them on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_CSoaQmsosVrvNzOjA4FO2Cw0R8EFgH3 . The recorded pieces include several premieres: Jan BERAN: Als welkten in den Himmeln ferne Gärten inspired by … Read more
