MusicOlomouc: new pieces by Marek Keprt and Ondřej Štochl

31 October 2022, 7pm, Art Centre of Palacký University Olomouc – Corpus Christi Chapel, Olomouc MusicOlomouc: MONDRIAN ENSEMBLE (CH) „HALLUCINATION“ // LICHTZWANG (CZ) „NIGHT-TRAVELLERS“ Marek Keprt: Traumes Wirren (world premiere) Marek Keprt: až v lehkosnovnost vmízníš (world premiere) Lichtzwang (Jan Přibil – trumpet, Jiří Fajkus – violoncello, Marek Keprt – piano) Ondřej Štochl: Piano quartet … … Read more

Play of Light and Darkness: New pieces by Tomáš Pálka, Jiří Lukeš, and Michaela Pálka Plachká

22 October 2022, 7pm, Dietrichstein tomb, Mikulov Silberbauer’s Musical Podyjí: Play of Light and Darkness Tomáš Pálka: Human Consciousness and Secret of Death (world premiere) Jiří Lukeš: Postscriptum (world premiere) Michaela Pálka Plachká: Metamorphosis: Laurel Tree world premiere) Kateřina Málková – organ, Petr Hojač – trumpet, Josef Škarka – bass, Iva Kružíková – mezzosoprano, Jan Razima … Read more

Petr Kotík: Many Many Women (world premiere of staged version)

27 June 2022, 6pm-12pm, Jiří Myron Theatre, Ostrava NODO Petr Kotík: Many Many Women (world premiere of staged version) Libretto: Gertrude Stein Directed by: Jo Fabian Cast: Jen Wu, Ana Caseiro – soprano, Padraic Costello – countertenor, Felix Heuser – tenor, Harald Hieronymus Hein – bass baritone, Nicholas Hay – bass, Petr Kotík, Malgorzata Hlawsa … Read more

PKF – Prague Philharmonia plays pieces by composition students

20 May 2022, 7:30pm, Martinů Hall, Prague Concert of works by the students of the composition department of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague Haštal Hapka: Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra Jan Dobiáš: Concerto in a Choral Overture Style Darja Kukal Moiseeva: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra Michael Andrew Burt: “Subversion” on Archimedes Constant Jan … 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

Jazz Goes to Town: new pieces by Michal Nejtek and Peter Graham

16 October 2021, 8pm, The Philharmonic Orchestra of Hradec Králové Jazz Goes to Town Michal Nejtek: Lost Rituals (world premiere commissioned by the festival) Peter Graham: JOGOTOTO (Joy Goes to Town) (world premiere commissioned by the festival) Sofia Jernberg – vocals, Frank Gratkowski – saxophone, Susana Santos Silva – trumpet, Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. … Read more

Czech Brass: new pieces by Kateřina Horká and Jiří Gemrot

16 October 2021, 10:30am, Liechtenstein Palace – Martinů Hall, Prague Czech Chamber Music Society Kateřina Horká: Intuitions for Brass Septet, Part II (world premiere) Jiří Gemrot: Grotesques for Brass Septet – selection (world premiere) Czech Brass (Marek Zvolánek, Stanislav Masaryk, Martin Pavluš – trumpet, Lukáš Moťka, Stanislav Penk, Pavel Debef – trombone, Karel Malimánek – tube)

World premieres of pieces on a theme from Jan Novák’s X Horatii Carmina

9 October 2021, 9:30pm, Music Lab, Brno New World of Moravian Autumn Weekend Marathon – Joannis Novak 100 Novák². World premieres of pieces on a theme from Jan Novák’s X Horatii Carmina Daniel Šimek: Walk in the Ruins (world premiere) Mirror ensemble (Pavel Šabacký – clarinet, saxophone, Michal Cálik – trumpet, Martin Švec – xylosynth, Adéla Spurná … Read more