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Janáček Opera will close the Czech Culture Year in Leipzig with Janáček's Jenufa
The Czech Culture Year was launched in October 2018 by the Ball at the Leipzig Opera and culminated with a guest appearance at the Leipzig Book Fair in March 2019. It will also finish at the Leipzig Opera, featuring the National Theatre Brno with its production of Jenufa by Leoš Janáček. more
In an Old Photo: Today's premiere of the ÚstaF-voiceband.cz ensemble
Brno's ÚstaF-voiceband.cz is the only ensemble of its kind in the Czech Republic. It devotes itself to the interpretation of poetry on theatre stages. Today, Friday 8 November, it will present the premiere of its performance In an Old Photo, which will also be one of the first theatrical pieces in the newly created Brno field of performing arts called Terrain. The premiere deals with the work of Pernambuco by Ivan Wernisch. more
NdB will present the last two performances of the opera Three Fragments from Juliette / The Human Voice
David Radok's opera production Three fragments from Juliette / The Human Voice is in for its last performance. You can see it only two more times at the Janáček Theatre. more
A concert called Valná hromada [General Meeting] will commemorate the legendary shows of music groups of the 1980s, when Brno's alternative scene was shaped. The joint concert will take place in ArtBar. more
Láska opravdivá will celebrate Pavel Křížkovský's 200th anniversary of birth with a concert
Leoš Janáček's teacher Pavel Křížkovský would celebrate his 200th birthday this year. The male choir Láska opravdivá [Truthful Love] will commemorate his anniversary by a concert at the composer's statue at the foot of the Špilberk hill. We will hear male choral pieces by P. Křížkovský and L. Janáček. more
Latest: Jiří Kratochvíl, founder of the Janáček Quartet, deceased
Janáček Quartet announced today that Jiří Kratochvíl, founder and long-time member of the ensemble, died on 3 January 2020. He was 95 years old. more
NdB Ballet is looking for new dancers for the upcoming season
The ballet company of the National Theatre Brno announces audition for dancers, both male and female (soloists and chorus) to be cast in the season 2020/21. The audition is announced to take place in April 2020. more
The New Year's Concert of the Brno Philharmonic returns to the Janáček Theatre
The New Year's Concert of the Brno Philharmonic is coming back to the Janáček Theatre after almost three years, and for the first time it will be led by the Chief Conductor Dennis Russell Davies. In 2020, the ensemble will richly celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of composer Ludwig van Beethoven, whose 9th symphony will be heard at the concert. The solo parts will be accompanied by soprano Kateřina Kněžíková, alto Jana Hrochová, tenor Richard Samek and bass Roman Janál, accompanied by the Brno Philharmonic and the Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno. more
The National Theatre Ballet will celebrate 100 years of its existence
The ballet ensemble of the National Theatre Brno celebrates 100 years since its foundation this season. On the occasion of this anniversary, the ensemble is preparing a gala concert at the Janáček Theatre, featuring dancers from major European ballet companies, as well as soloists of national theatres from Prague, Bratislava and Brno. Among the guest artists there are stars such as Diana Kosyreva, Natascha Mair, Philipp Stepin, Cesar Corrales and many others. more
A new cycle of concerts of the Janáček Quartet is starting
In 2020, the Janáček Quartet launches a brand new cycle of chamber concerts, in which it also welcomes guests from the ranks of chamber ensembles and soloists. Four concerts of this cycle are planned to take place in the newly reconstructed Janáček Hall of the Brno Conservatory. The opening concert of the cycle is dedicated to the founding member of the quartet Jiří Kratochvíl, who died on 3 January 2020. 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
