Events

1st concert of the subscription cycle 'Muzikobraní' by the Moravian Piano Trio Jana Ryšánková – piano, Jiří Jahoda – violin, Miroslav Zicha – cello

OPENING CONCERT OF THE MORAVIAN AUTUMN FESTIVAL WILLIAM WALTON Portsmouth Point, overture ARTHUR SULLIVAN Pineapple Poll, suite DOREEN CARWITHEN Men of Sherwood Forest, overture LEOŠ JANÁČEK Sinfonietta EDWARD ELGAR Enigma, variations on an own theme Music of the Castle Guard and the Police of the Czech Republic BBC Concert Orchestra conductor Anna-Maria Helsing

Sir Charles, thank you, thank you… A portrait of the British conductor Sir Charles Mackerras, who brought Janáček to the world (Czech Television documentary, 2010, directed by Rudolf Chudoba, 53 min.) “If I am remembered for anything, it will probably be for Janáček…” Sir Charles Mackerras (1925–2010)

Remembering Waldemar Matuška In October 2025, K.T.O. and Olga Matušková will travel to Czech theaters to remember the singer, but especially his friend and husband, Waldemar Matuška. During this evening, listeners and viewers can look forward to a song-by-song cross-section of Waldemar's entire musical career. In addition to songs from his longest and most successful period with K.T.O., they will also hear some older songs from Semafor, but also some tramp songs that he liked to sing with Kamarády táborových ohňů. All underlined by the memories of Franta Hacker and Petr Třebický, two true Mohicans of the Czech music scene. Performed and sung by: K.T.O. & Olga Matušková

Is Verdi's famous Nabucco just an opera about the desire for freedom? Jiří Heřman's production offers an engaging look at the story of the Babylonian king and the Jewish nation. It focuses on family relationships and King Nebuchadnezzar himself. The opera, full of magnificent choirs and captivating singing parts, has been one of the most popular titles in our repertoire for 35 years.

JÓHANN JÓHANNSSON IBM 1401, A Userʼs Manual, Czech premiere IBM 1401 Processor Unit IBM 1403 Printer IBM 1402 Punch card IBM 729 II Magnetic Tape Drive Erna Ómarsdóttir dance Úlfur Eldjárn electronics (www.ulfureldjarn.com) Ensemble Opera Diversa conductor Gabriela Tardonová

Come play. Drums, keyboards, guitar and microphones will be on site. Bass combo too. We will be happy to plug in and sound up other instruments.

Not only famous hits will be heard, but also iconic compositions such as Echoes or Atom Heart Mother, which are pillars of the Floyd legacy. Fans will also be delighted by the complete performances of the albums The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here, played with respect for the original and their own musical commitment. A real treat will be the songs from the solo projects of David Gilmour and Rick Wright, which will enrich the whole experience with another dimension. Get ready for an evening full of emotions, nostalgia and uncompromising musicianship.

FESTIVAL ACCOMPANYING PROGRAM Admission to the afternoon events is free, the evening concert will be on sale later through the concert organizer. One hundred years since the birth of composer Alois Piňos and artist Dalibor Chatrný Piňosova Street in Kohoutovice, Chalabalova Elementary School gym The Rooster and the Pine is an auto-mythological story, a side story about life before and after death. What will remain of the author – his children, his work and the street named after him. In Kohoutovice, Brno, we will ceremoniously christen a bench on Piňosova Street, and then we will play compositions by Alois Piňos and his contemporaries together with preludes and interludes for the original Piňos piano by his pupils, friends and son. After five days, friendship burns brighter than false interest. So five premieres for five minutes for the Piňos piano have their irrational, tarot reason.

One of the pillars of the classical ballet legacy is the ballet Don Quixote to the music of Ludwig Minkus, inspired by Cervantes' famous novel The Ingenious Don Quixote of La Mancha. It describes the adventures of the hero, the knight Don Quixote, who is torn by imaginations moving between illusion and reality. However, the ballet productions use Cervantes' story in their libretto only as inspiration and pretext. All the stage action is centered around the young loving couple Basilio (Basil) and Quiteria (Kitri), who are hindered by the rich suitor Comacho (Gamacho). Only thanks to Don Quixote will their love be fulfilled.

Zdeněk D. Blažek's Moca Soul Band plays blues, soul and Latino.

FRANZ SCHUBERT Sehnsucht D 636 Nachtstück D 672 Der Pilgrim D 794 Auf dem Wasser zu singen D 774 Der Zwerg D 771 Die Sterne D 939 and other songs María Cristina Kiehr soprano Pablo Márquez romantic guitar Last year, two internationally renowned artists originally from Argentina – soprano María Cristina Kiehr and guitarist Pablo Márquez – recorded and released the interpretatively unique and dramaturgically groundbreaking album Sehnsucht, in which they included songs by Franz Schubert with authentic guitar accompaniment from the period. In Schubert's time, it was common for songs with piano accompaniment to be published with alternative guitar accompaniment, often within the same edition. Schubert was no exception – during his lifetime, thirty-four of his songs were published in this way, to which another eighteen were added in the five years after the composer's death. Guitar arrangements of these accompaniments were often the work of the publishers themselves, either because they were guitarists, as was the case with Diabelli, or because they commissioned the arrangements from experts on the instrument. Today we know of about seventy Schubert songs with arranged guitar accompaniments, which have been largely neglected until now and whose historical significance we are only beginning to discover and understand.

the story of saving 669 children's lives,

World premiere "Anything that is not absolutely impossible can be achieved if one is fully focused on it and is determined to do it." (Nicholas Winton) In 1938, Nicholas Winton was a young, not even thirty-year-old, successful man working in finance and living a life appropriate to his age. In December of that year, Nicholas was going on holiday to the Swiss Alps, but his friend Martin Blake, a member of the British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia, asked him to come and see Prague instead of skiing.

The story of visionary creativity that changed the way women dress. Coco Chanel as fearlessness, ferocity and risk, as well as taste, philosophy and brand. A contemporary ballet by Mário Radačovský about a woman who fundamentally influenced the world of fashion. The second, spring premiere of the 2023/2024 season, completes the ten-year tenure of artistic director Mário Radačovský at the head of the NdB Ballet company. As a choreographer, he has in the past enjoyed working on full-length titles inspired by the life and work of great figures in human cultural history. We can recall the titles of the ballets Warhol, Beethoven, Michelangelo.

the story of saving 669 children's lives, world premiere

"Anything that is not absolutely impossible can be achieved if one is fully focused on it and is determined to do it." (Nicholas Winton) In 1938, Nicholas Winton was a young, not even thirty-year-old, successful man working in finance and living a life appropriate to his age. In December of that year, Nicholas was going on holiday to the Swiss Alps, but his friend Martin Blake, a member of the British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia, asked him to come and see Prague instead of skiing.

Friends from the bands Staré Pušky and Nežfaleš are finally going on a joint official tour this autumn! 8 concerts across the entire country will be supplemented by selected guests. FB events for individual stops, as well as the start of ticket pre-sale, stay tuned in the coming days! And what is the STARÝ NEŽ? Such an ordinary and at the same time legendary drink, which 13 years ago, during a joint concert weekend, was invented by frontman Nežfaleš Radek and bassist Pušek Bart. It started with a secret recipe, continued with their own Facebook page and the next logical step therefore seemed to be to make this drink the leitmotif of a joint tour! Come and have it with us at a bar in these cities across Bohemia and Moravia.

BRONIUS KUTAVIČIUS The Last Pagan Rites, oratorio for soprano, choir, organ and horns Cantiléna, children's choir at the Brno Philharmonic Choirmaster Michal Jančík When Moravian Autumn presented the oratorio The Last Pagan Rites by Lithuanian composer Bronius Kutavičius in 2017, the concert was described as one of the biggest events of the entire festival year. In 2021, Moravian Autumn presented the work again in an extraordinary way, as a tribute to the composer, who died shortly before the festival opened. Even then, the performance was met with great interest. The audience success and the enthusiasm of the children's choir Kantiléna for performing this work made The Last Pagan Rites a permanent program item of the Moravian Autumn and Tradition: the work was again presented with great interest and success in 2023 and is also planned for 2025: this time, however, for the first time in a recently discovered and made accessible architectural gem - in Brno's historical reservoirs, whose acoustics and almost temple-like architecture will undoubtedly enhance the effect of this suggestive oratorio by Kutavičius and offer it in a new context.

The band was formed in 2020 by friends who had been searching for their individual music expression for a while. Eventually, Mr.Lovo was a result of their mutual love for creative and experimental approaches to music. Through a period of cover versions of various artists mainly from jazz-rock / fusion and funk, they developed their unique expression and started making their original music.

Flamengo Reunion Session, with its unique blues-rock sound, original members and repertoire of songs from the album Chicken in a Watch, promises all fans an original and authentic FLAMENGO experience of the 70s. But not only that! In 2025, Flamengo will come out with new original work after 50 years, and fans can look forward to the new We Gotta Take It, which was composed primarily by Vladimír Guma Kulhánek and Jan Holeček. In 2023, Czech Television filmed a feature-length documentary about the history and current form of Flamengo, Flamengo Reunion Session – Chicken in a Watch 50. The documentary includes a recording of a live concert from the Jurkovič Open Air festival.

Salt-ice, a tale of salt and ice (children's origami opera) for children's choir, piano and soundtrack Ruben Zahra music and direction Tricia Dawn Williams piano Barbora Seidlová narrator Students of the dance department of ZUŠ Veveří Children's choir of ZUŠ Orchidea Project leader Kristýna Drášilová The project connects children with professional artists in an interdisciplinary production that includes storytelling, music, dance, origami and video. The story, written by Susanne Felicitas Wolfová, is inspired by folklore from the Upper Austrian region, especially salt mines and ice caves. The vision of composer and director Ruben Zahra adopts paper as the main material for costumes, props and scenography through the use of origami and pop-up paper sculptures. The contemporary aesthetics of the mise-en-scène are also reflected in the choreography of Silke Grabingerová.

Worse than a scar on the face are scars on the soul. Jenůfí pastorkyňa is one of Janáček's most famous works and is a permanent part of the Brno Opera repertoire. It began with a realistic drama by Gabriela Preissová, which the composer himself adapted into an opera libretto. Although he had to significantly shorten the text of the drama, he managed to deepen the effect of the tragic story from the Moravian countryside. The prodigal and unstable Števa, the violent and yet at heart kind Laca, and above all the relentless Kostelnička, whose efforts to maintain her position and respect in the village community lead her to murder the child of her ward Jenůfa. Janáček (1854–1928) captured the individual characters in a masterful dramatic short story that is chilling, yet at the same time arouses compassion and understanding in us. The final form of the work, marked by the death of the composer's daughter Olga, was a long and thorny path. After its successful premiere in Brno in 1904, Jenůfí pastorkyňa had to wait twelve long years before Janáček's efforts were crowned with well-deserved success on other domestic and foreign stages.

the story of saving 669 children's lives, world premiere

"Anything that is not absolutely impossible can be achieved if one is fully focused on it and is determined to do it." (Nicholas Winton) In 1938, Nicholas Winton was a young, not even thirty-year-old, successful man working in finance and living a life appropriate to his age. In December of that year, Nicholas was going on holiday to the Swiss Alps, but his friend Martin Blake, a member of the British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia, asked him to come and see Prague instead of skiing.

Underground rap from the street to the stage. Spin That Show brings CZ/SK rap. Each stop has a unique line-up made up of locals and guests from other cities. Space for the new generation and names who still have something to say.

Four Gypsy Soul is a funk band founded by brothers Pavel and Denis Dird, who continue the legacy of their parents, who founded the band Gulo Čar in 1997 and brought Romani Pop music, Funk, RnB and Soul to the Czechoslovak scene.

Daddy, how is a bride sold? How did you come to know that someone would sell a bride, Hurvínek? Well, I read here: The National Theatre in Brno is performing Bedřich Smetana's opera The Bartered Bride. So how is it, Daddy? Well, you know, it's just like... how should I put it to you... it's a trick to buy a bride for yourself. So now I'm a fool - is it being sold or bought? You know what, Hurvajz, take Žeryk and Mánička and we'll go to the opera, it'll be easier than explaining it to you!

BRITTEN Sonata for cello and piano op. 65 SHOSTAKOVIČ Sonata for cello and piano in D minor op. 40 FILÍPEK, MEDKOVÁ new compositions commissioned by the festival Štěpán Filípek cello Sára Medková piano

Daddy, how is a bride sold? How did you come to know that someone would sell a bride, Hurvínek? Well, I read here: The National Theatre in Brno is performing Bedřich Smetana's opera The Bartered Bride. So how is it, Daddy? Well, you know, it's just like... how should I put it to you... it's a trick to buy a bride for yourself. So now I'm a fool - is it being sold or bought? You know what, Hurvajz, take Žeryk and Mánička and we'll go to the opera, it'll be easier than explaining it to you!

GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL Solomon (Solomon), oratorio HWV 67 Orchestra & Choir of the Age of Enlightenment conductor John Butt The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment is one of the world's most famous ensembles of period instruments focused on the informed interpretation of early music. Its history began in the mid-1980s, when it was founded by a group of musicians dissatisfied with common orchestral practice. The ensemble does not have a chief conductor, but is always looking for exceptional artistic partners for individual projects. Sir Simon Rattle, Vladimir Jurowski, Iván Fischer have held the conductor's chair, and Sir Charles Mackerras has also worked closely with the ensemble.

the story of saving 669 children's lives, world premiere

"Anything that is not absolutely impossible can be achieved if one is fully focused on it and is determined to do it." (Nicholas Winton) In 1938, Nicholas Winton was a young, not even thirty-year-old, successful man working in finance and living a life appropriate to his age. In December of that year, Nicholas was going on holiday to the Swiss Alps, but his friend Martin Blake, a member of the British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia, asked him to come and see Prague instead of skiing.

Zdeněk Denis Blažek - organ B3, electric piano, vocals. Pavel "Bob" Kramár - drums. Víťa Starka - guitar, vocals. Ivo Kafka - bass guitar Sometimes Tomáš Továrek is a guest on flute and alto saxophone, Petr "Pipin" Plachý - congas, percussion, Robert Rouš - guitar The band usually plays in Brno at the jazz bar "U kouřícího králíka" (Křídlovická/Václavská), at the club "Rusty Nail" (Resavý hřebík) Veveří 57, Brno and at the music café "Stará pekárna", Štefánikova 8. We have participated several times in the "Jazz v pivováře" festivals in Dalešice and the festival at Veveří Castle, at the Jihlava spectacular brewery event "Dny Ježka" and at the mini festival in Mladý Bříšt near Humpolec "Jazz ve dvoře" We play the so-called "white soul" (something like the bands Joe Cocker, Steely Dan . . .) - simply rhythm & blues of the 60s and 70s and it corresponds to as well as my own creations and arrangements.

Daddy, how is a bride sold? How did you come to know that someone would sell a bride, Hurvínek? Well, I read here: The National Theatre in Brno is performing Bedřich Smetana's opera The Bartered Bride. So how is it, Daddy? Well, you know, it's just like... how should I put it to you... it's a trick to buy a bride for yourself. So now I'm a fool - is it being sold or bought? You know what, Hurvajz, take Žeryk and Mánička and we'll go to the opera, it'll be easier than explaining it to you!

VIKTOR ULLMANN The Emperor of Atlantis or the Denial of Death (recording of a performance given at the Ars Electronica festival in Linz 2025, 50 min.) with the participation of the Chief Conductor of the Brno Philharmonic Dennis Russell Davies and the Artistic Director of the Ars Electronica festival Gerfried Stocker After the screening, a discussion with Lubomír Spurný and Jan Dobrovský in cooperation with the Memory of the Nation.

the story of saving 669 children's lives, world premiere

"Anything that is not absolutely impossible can be achieved if one is fully focused on it and is determined to do it." (Nicholas Winton) In 1938, Nicholas Winton was a young, not even thirty-year-old, successful man working in finance and living a life appropriate to his age. In December of that year, Nicholas was going on holiday to the Swiss Alps, but his friend Martin Blake, a member of the British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia, asked him to come and see Prague instead of skiing.

Druhá tráva will follow up on the success of Forum Karlín. In the fall of 2025, it will play four concerts in theaters across the country. After a sold-out concert at Forum Karlín, with which it celebrated its 33rd anniversary in December 2024, Druhá tráva returns to the stage with Robert Křesťan with a new concert program. In October 2025, it will perform in four prestigious theaters – on October 17 at the Hybernia Theater in Prague, on October 19 at the House of Culture in Ústí nad Labem, on October 21 at the Mahen Theater in Brno, and on October 23 at the Beránek Theater in Náchod.

PAVEL VRANICKÝ Octet in F major for wind octet (previously attributed to Joseph Haydn) PETR WAJSAR Elektropictures, commissioned by the Moravian Autumn festival, world premiere GUSTAV MAHLER / arr. TOMÁŠ ILLE Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Boy's Magic Horn) for baritone, wind octet and double bass Roman Hoza baritone PhilHarmonia Octet: Vilém Veverka, Monika Fürbach Boušková oboes Irvin Venyš, Karel Dohnal clarinets Václav Vonášek, Martin Petrák bassoons Přemysl Vojta, Ondřej Vrabec horns Marek Švestka double bass

the story of saving 669 children's lives, world premiere

"Anything that is not absolutely impossible can be achieved if one is fully focused on it and is determined to do it." (Nicholas Winton) In 1938, Nicholas Winton was a young, not even thirty-year-old, successful man working in finance and living a life appropriate to his age. In December of that year, Nicholas was going on holiday to the Swiss Alps, but his friend Martin Blake, a member of the British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia, asked him to come and see Prague instead of skiing.

A loose group of musicians who like to play anything. The main part of the repertoire consists of folk and country music, but we also like to delve into folk songs, swing or jazz. The more daring ones also try classical music.

the story of saving 669 children's lives, world premiere

"Anything that is not absolutely impossible can be achieved if one is fully focused on it and is determined to do it." (Nicholas Winton) In 1938, Nicholas Winton was a young, not even thirty-year-old, successful man working in finance and living a life appropriate to his age. In December of that year, Nicholas was going on holiday to the Swiss Alps, but his friend Martin Blake, a member of the British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia, asked him to come and see Prague instead of skiing.

Postband is a musical project of Jiří Bareš (guitar, vocals), Radek Čech (guitar, saxophone) and Michal Kovář (bass, vocals). The band's repertoire consists of acoustic arrangements of more or less well-known songs from the golden fund of rock songwriting.

One of the hottest new bands on the European melodic rock scene is coming to Brno! Hungarian band Stardust caught the attention of fans and experts with their self-released debut EP, which immediately stirred up the underground scene. Thanks to enthusiastic fans who recommended them directly to the label during the Frontiers Rock Festival, the band was signed by Frontiers Music Srl – and that was just the beginning! This concert at the Metro is also happening at the direct request of Czech fans who wrote about it. Their debut album “Highway To Heartbreak” (2020) received rave reviews and confirmed that Stardust is not just a short-lived flash, but a full-fledged force on the rock scene.

Kompromat is the result of a collaboration between Pascal Arbez-Nicolas (Vitalic) and Rebecca Warrior (Sexy Sushi, Mansfield.TYA). Their first joint album Traum und Existenz, released on Vitalic's label Clivage Music in 2019, laid the foundations for their dark and hard electronic universe. In January 2025, Kompromat returns with the album PLДYING / PRДYING, released on Warriorecords (Rebecca's label). With this record, the duo delves into the themes of prayer (pagan and non-pagan), funeral rituals, transitions between worlds, and, similar to the invocation of deities, captures ecstasy, dance, pleasure and carnal pleasures through music. The duo delights in blurring boundaries and proves it with their new record, which blends EBM, Cold Wave, New Wave and radical techno. While the lyrics on the first album were in German, the new album is sung in English. On the record, we can register the duo's close surroundings, represented by the voices of Vimala Pons and Sonia DeVille, which sound like echoes from other worlds.