vocal music

Beata Hlavenková: Emily’s Spring (world premiere)

24 May 2025, 2 pm, Church of St Simon and St Jude, Prague Prague Spring: MUSIC SCHOOL SALON Beata Hlavenková: Emily’s Spring (world premiere commissioned by the Prague Spring) graduates of the MenART Academy 2024–2025 and their mentors (Kateřina Kněžíková – soprano, Vladislav Borovka – oboe, Tomáš Františ – bassoon, Radek Baborák – French horn)

HAMU Composition Department & Prague Philharmonia

22 May 2025, 7:30 pm, Academy of Performing Arts – Martinů Hall, Prague HAMU Composition Department and Prague Philharmonia Juraj Gažmerčík: Symphony (world premiere) Jan Adam Gregor: Death metal: Časoprostor (Death metal: Spacetime) (world premiere) metal voice – Jan Adam Gregor Jan Kotyk: Světlosmutnění (world premiere) Haštal Hapka: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (world premiere) … Read more

Matouš Hejl: Vespers (world premiere)

7 May 2025, 8 pm, Cathedral of Sts Vitus, Wenceslaus & Adalbert, Prague MUSIC FOR CATHEDRAL – SPATIAL VESPERS Matouš Hejl: Vespers (world premiere of a site-specific spatial composition for the Prague cathedral) Barbora Kabátková, Pavla Radostová, Daniela Čermáková, Lucie Karafiátová, Vojtěch Semerád, Ondřej Benek, Jiří Miroslav Procházka – voice, Ondřej Valenta – organist of St. … Read more

Petr Kotik: The Gate (world premiere)

16 April 2025, 7 pm, Bohemian National Hall, New York S.E.M. Ensemble: Music – Ideas – Concepts Petr Kotik: The Gate (world premiere) Kamala Sankaram – voice, S.E.M. Ensemble, cond. Petr Kotík

One Year After: premiere of a piece by Martina Vídenová

21 December 2024, 3 pm, live stream from the Church of St Salvator, Prague, on Czech Television and Czech Radio Vltava Rok poté (One Year After) Martina Vídenová: In perpetuum (premiere of a piece dedicated to the victims and their  loved ones) Text: Dominika Moravčíková Prague Chamber Choir, Lucie Silkenová, and others, cond. Jan Bubák

Lukáš Sommer: Prague Bethlehem (world premiere)

11 and 12 December 2024, 7:30 pm, Municipal House – Smetana Hall, Prague Christmas Oratorio for UNICEF Lukáš Sommer: Prague Bethlehem (world premiere) Libretto: Vít Slíva Simona Šaturová – soprano, Markéta Cukrová – mezzo-soprano, Monika Jägerová – alto, Richard Samek – tenor, Jiří Brückler – baritone, Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno (choirmaster Joel Hána), Radost … Read more

Lichtzwang: new pieces by Jan Vičar and Marek Keprt

10 December 2024, 7 pm, Corpus Christi Chapel, Art Centre of Palacký University, Olomouc Lichtzwang & Egli Prifti Jan Vičar: Tváře stromů (Faces of Trees) (world premiere) Marek Keprt: säeZucht-zähmSucht (world premiere) Marek Keprt: Plavě prochvěla stínem ouška 2 (world premiere) Aneta Podracká Bendová – voice, Jan Přibil – trumpet, Marek Keprt – piano, Egli … Read more

Ostrava Traces: nine new pieces inspired by Ostrava

28 November 2024, 7 pm, Kino Vesmír, Ostrava Musical Present: Ostrava Traces Sylva Smejkalová: Ouverture for Ostrava (world premiere) Pavel Nesit: Ostrava v čase (Ostrava through Time) (world premiere) Jan Grossmann: Lurdy a Cesta vody v Bělském lese (Lurdy and the Water Way in Bělský les) (world premiere) Markéta Kapustová: Moravská Ostrava (world premiere) Markéta Dvořáková: Moje město … Read more