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The third year of the festival in Lužánky Park will this year play host to musical groups, theatre ensembles and markets. The festival programme will take place over three days on five stages. more
Monty Python’s Spamalot in the Brno City Theatre
After almost thirty years one of the group that created Monty Python – Eric Idle – decided to wrtie a musical version of the Holy Grail. In Brno it will be performed at the Brno City Theatre under the direction of Stanislav Slovák. The main roles will be taken by Petr Štěpán or Lukáš Vlček, Daniel Rymeš or Marco Salvadori and many others. more
The Brno group Metronome Blues released its album Vicious Circles under the Happy Mutant label in January. Today they will christen its vinyl version in the Kabinet múz. Together with them, Mara Jade and The Queues will also perform. more
Fred Wesley: The Jazz-Funk Legend in Brno
The American trombone player Fred Wesley will be visiting Brno. The former member of the accompanying band of James Brown will perform together with The New JB’s. more
Roma Song: Singing Workshop
A singing workshop focused on traditional Roma songs will take place in the Amaro Records recording studio and musical café. more
The SETKÁNÍ/ENCOUNTER international festival of theatre schools has entered its 28th year. As part of today’s event, theatrical performances and concerts will be held on Moravské náměstí at the statue of Jošt. more
The Greek Singer Alkinoos Ioannidis Appears in Brno for the First Time
Alkinoos Ioannidis is visiting Brno as part of his European tour at the invitation of the group Jannis Moras & Banda, who will be appearing at his concert as guests. The Brno concert will take place in the Melodka club. more
Modern Ballet Workshop: Dancing with a Partner
Dancing with a Partner is the topic of the new workshop of the Balladine dance school. The target is to learn the choreography of Nacho Duato. Vendula Vlasáková and Josef Koutný are the managers of the workshop. more
The Croatian Pianist Maksim Mrvica Brings His New Album to Brno
In April the Croatian pianist Maksim Mrvica will once more be returning to the Czech Republic. He will be presenting his new album The New Silk Road in Brno’s Sono Centre. more
Vitalic, a personality on the French electronic scene, famous for his fusion of techno, disco and synth-pop, will perform in the Fléda club. As part of his Olympia tour, in Brno he will present his latest retro-futuristic album Voyager. Tickets are already on sale. more
Connection, unity, contemplation - these words can be used to describe the musical evening of Schola Gregoriana Pragensis under the direction of David Eben and organist Tomáš Thon, which took place yesterday as part of the Easter Festival of Sacred Music at the church of St. Thomas. Not only the singing of a Gregorian chant, but also the works of composer Petr Eben (1929-2007) enlivened the church space with sound and colour for an hour. more
With a concert called Ensemble Inégal: Yesterday at the church of St. John, Zelenka opened the 31st edition of the Easter Festival of Sacred Music, this time with the suffix Terroir. This slightly mysterious word, which is popularly used in connection with wine, comes from the Latin word for land or soil, and carries the sum of all the influences, especially the natural conditions of a particular location and on the plants grown there. This term is thus metonymically transferred to the programme of this year's VFDH, as it consists exclusively of works by Czech authors, thus complementing the ongoing Year of Czech Music. more
For the fourth subscription concert of the Philharmonic at Home series, which took place on 14 March at the Besední dům and was entitled Mozartiana, the Brno Philharmonic, this time under the direction of Czech-Japanese conductor Chuhei Iwasaki, chose four works from the 18th to 20th centuries. These works are dramaturgically linked either directly through their creation in the Classical period or by inspiration from musical practices typical of that period. The first half of the concert featured Martina Venc Matušínská with a solo flute. more
The second stop on the short Neues Klavier Trio Dresden's Czech-German tour was at the concert hall of the Janáček Academy of Music on 6 March at 16:00. A programme consisting of world premières by two Czech and two German composers was performed in four cities (Prague, Brno, Leipzig and Dresden). more
The last opera première of the National Theatre Brno this year was Hurvínek Sells the Bride, which was co-produced with the Spejbl and Hurvínek Theatre. The première continued the thematic focus associated with the Year of Czech Music and took place on 24 November in the large hall of the Reduta Theatre. more