21 March 2024, 7pm, Městský dům Zbraslav, Prague-Zbraslav Music Festival Zbraslav: Zbraslav Premieres Soňa Vetchá: Paintings in the Sand (world premiere) Anna Paulová – clarinet, Štěpán Filípek – violoncello
25 November 2022, 7pm, Anežka, Prague International Shakuhachi Festival Prague Soňa Vetchá: Next Station – War (world premiere) Reison Kuroda – shakuhachi, Annabelle Plum – voice, Balázs Adorján – violoncello
13 June 2022, 8pm, Savarin – former riding school, Prague UNIVERSUM | … into the (outer) space Soňa Vetchá: Reflections of a Starry Sky (world premiere) BERG Orchestra, cond. Peter Vrábel
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
10 November 2021, 6pm, Synagogue in Libeň, Prague Syn.surround Soňa Vetchá: perná+četná=černá? (world premiere) Jan Rösner: For String Trio, Percussion and Electronics (world premiere) Miriam Magdalena Haniková – violin, Šimon Truszka – viola, Andrej Lekeš – violoncello, Lukáš Brabec, Matouš Hrábek – percussion
30 October 2021, 7:30pm, DOX Centre– DOX+ Multifunctional Hall, Prague Contempuls 11 Soňa Vetchá: Labyrinth (world premiere commissioned by Contempuls) Meitar Ensemble, cond. Yuval Zorn
11 October 2021, 8pm, Art Centre of Palacký University – Atrium, Olomouc MusicOlomouc Soňa Vetchá: Parallel Universes (world premiere) Ensemble for New Music Tallinn (Maria Elonen – flute, Soo-Young Lee – clarinet, Kristina Kriit – violin, Talvi Nurgamaa – viola, Paul-Gunnar Loorand – violoncello, Talvi Hunt – piano, cond. Arash Yazdani)
1 May 2019, Paralelní Polis, Prague J-T Vesikkala Wittmacher: miniatures from Insulae (world premiere) Soňa Vetchá: Blue-green Colors of Light (world premiere) Barry Wan Yuk Bun: The Misty Morning (world premiere) Bruno Cunha: Seja marginal, seja herói for solo bass & electronics (world premiere) Esemble Terrible (David Danel – violin, Štěpán Drtina – violoncello, Tomáš Novák – double-bass, Michael Jermář – saxophones, Yanina Aliakhnovich – flute, Petr Michalec – clarinets
The composers’ association Konvergence dedicated this year’s last concert to the youngest generation of Czech composers and composition students. It was held on 12 December, as usually in St. Lawrence Church in Lesser Town, Prague. The evening was closed with the world premiere of All Ending, a piece by composer, director, poet and translator Ian Mikyska (*1994), performed … Read more
Four orchestral pieces by the composition students of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (Jan Ryant Dřízal, Jan Fila, Daniel Chudovský and Soňa Vetchá) were given premiere by the Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra on a concert on May 2 at the Academy’s Martinů Hall. The concert was opened by a piece called The Tree of Life by Jan … Read more
