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The Musicologist and Music Critic Eva Drlíková has Died
On Friday 21 December the musicologist, editor, long-term staff member and (until June 2018) director of the Leoš Janáček Foundation, Eva Drlíková, died suddenly at the age of 72. more
Emmy Destinn: Storm and Calm in the Tugendhat House
ProART Company in cooperation with the Tanzkompanie Golde G is opening the year 2019 with a project about Emmy Destinn. In the glass room of the Tugendhat House they will be presenting a multi-genre scenic poem. more
New Year’s Concert: The Brno Philharmonic, Raphaell Wallfisch and Robert Kružík
The second, evening New Year’s concert by the Brno Philharmonic brought us Dvořák’s cello concerto in an interpretation by Raphaell Wallfisch and opera overtures by Stanisław Moniuzska, Jacques Offenbach, Franz von Suppé and Nicholais Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov. The Brno Philharmonic entered 2019 under the baton of Robert Kružík. more
Dunaj: A Legend in the Fléda Club
After twenty years the group Dunaj is returning to the concert stage. The legendary representatives of alternative music will be performing in the line-up of Vladimír Václavek, Josef Ostřanský and Pavel Koudelka. more
Adam Plachetka, Andreas Scholl and a Concert Performance of the Oratorio Saul
Soloist with the New York Metropolitan Opera Adam Plachetka, world-famous countertenor Andreas Scholl and the Czech Ensemble Baroque will be performing together on stage. They will be giving the Czech premiere concert performance of the oratorio Saul by Georg Friedrich Händel. The concert will be conducted by Roman Válek. more
The Brno Philharmonic is Holding Auditions. They are looking for a 1st oboe
The Brno Philharmonic is announcing auditions for the position of 1st oboe. Starting date is possible from May 2019. more
L'elisir d'amore returns today to the Mahen Theatre with Kateřina Kněžíková
Today in the opera production of L'elisir d'amor Kateřina Kněžíková will once more be taking the role of Adina. more
News: After two years Bluebeard’s Castle / Expectation returns to the Janáček Theatre
The newly reopened Janáček Theatre is once again presenting the production of Bluebeard’s Castle / Expectation. more
The Lúčnica Art Ensemble Appears in Brno
The Slovak Art Ensemble Lúčnica is focused on the preservation and development of Slovak national traditions. The Brno performance represents a selection of the most successful choreography by Štefan Nosáľ, long-term artistic head of Lúčnice, who would have been 91 on the birthday the ensemble is commemorating. Lúčnica will be appearing at the Janáček Theatre. more
Kabinet Múz plays host this week to a joint concert by Canadian and Czech groups. The prog-rock trio from Vancouver We Are The City is now bringing out a new album with the title RIP, which they will be presenting in Brno. The local accompaniment is being taken care of by the group Lesní zvěř. 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
