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The Brno musician Radim Hanousek is behind the interactive website Malujeme hudbu (We’re Painting Music). The aim of his project is to develop children’s creativity even during the coronavirus crisis. Professional musicians and artists such as Nikol Bóková, Michal Wróblewski and Natalie Perkof got involved in this online help for quarantined children. more
The audition to fill the second flautist vacancy in the Brno Philharmonic
The Brno Philharmonic has announced an audition to fill the position of second flute player playing piccolo flute and alto flute. The expected start date is August 2021. more
The Czech Ensemble Baroque invites you to watch a concert that will be streamed online from Besední dům. Händel’s oratorio will resound around the hall
The Czech Ensemble Baroque is preparing for another live concert. This time, the Power of Music – the oratorio by Händel, one in which the author included all his theatre experience – can be watched from the comfort of your own home. Performed in English – with Czech subtitles available, the show will feature Markéta Böhmová, Jaroslav Březina and Jiří Miloslav Procházka as the key soloists. more
Beauty and order in Bohuslav Martinů’s works. Today’s online lecture by the Moravian Library
Today’s online lecture focuses on the Neo-Baroque elements in the creative production of Bohuslav Martinů. The event is part of the programme accompanying the presentation entitled The Eyes of Brno and taking place at the Moravian Library. more
Three Theatre Critics’ Award nominations for the Janáček Opera
The ceremony announcing the results of the 29th annual Theatre Critics’ Awards will take place online this year. Janáček Opera received exactly three nominations. more
Today, ML hosts streams discussion titled "Antonín Rejcha on the orchestral stage"
The session today at the Moravian Library is to be chaired by Vítězslav Mikeš, the dramaturgist of the Brno Philharmonic. His guests are the chief conductor Dennis Russell Davies and opera singer Martina Janková. The discussion is part of a programme accompanying an online exhibition currently taking place, entitled Antonín Rejcha Lost and Found. more
Antonín Rejcha znovunalezený (Antonín Rejcha Lost and Found): Virtual exhibition of ML and Bibliothèque nationale de France
The Moravian Library (ML) has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with the French National Library (Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF). Signed by ML’s Director Tomáš Kubíček and his counterpart, President of BnF Laurence Engel, the memorandum has stipulated joint activity to be performed by the two institutions in the field of science & research as well as digitisation and mutual internships. Together, ML and BnF launch an online exhibition entitled Antonín Rejcha znovunalezený (Antonín Rejcha Lost and Found). more
The Indigo Quartet Celebrates 20 years since its Founding
The Indigo Quartet string ensemble will celebrate its milestone anniversary with a concert at the House of Arts. The event is part of the programme of the multi-genre festival Brno Music Marathon multi-genre festival. Guests of the evening will be the actress and chanson singer Andrea Buršová, accordionist Klára Veselá and composer and pianist Zdeněk Král. more
Shot-C Vocal Band Releases a New Album
Brno's Shot-C’s first CD release is entitled “Multipotential” (“Multipotenciál”). Six young musicians present original compositions and new arrangements of cover songs on the album. more
The Brno Philharmonic to Stream Online. National Premiere of a Work by Philip Glass
The Brno Philharmonic is preparing another performance for streaming online. Two symphonies are scheduled – by Johannes Brahms and Philip Glass. The composers’ respective Symphony No. 2 have been chosen, making it the Czech premiere of the piece by Glass. The concert – to be streamed live from the Community Hall (Besední dům) venue – will be conducted by chief conductor Dennis Russell Davies, who shall also interview Philip Glass during the interval. 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
