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The premiere of La bohème has been announced to take place this evening, with Magdalena Švecová as the director and Jakub Klecker as the author of the music production.  more

The Faculty of Music of the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts Brno organises, in collaboration with the Concentus Moraviae festival and the French Institute in Prague, a three-day master class with harpsichord player Jean Rondeau, who is also going to have two concerts in Moravia.  more

The Janáček Opera’s Choir and Orchestra of the National Theatre Brno has prepared a charity concert featuring Carmina Burana; the proceeds are to be used to support the municipalities affected by the tornado. The concert will take place on the piazzetta in front of the Janáček Theatre.  more

The 6th year of PonavaFest, an annual multi-genre festival, will take place at the end of July. The programme will offer musical and theatrical performances and workshops for children at the festival’s venue, which is the Lužánky park, Brno. Performers include Meow & Jim Black, Tygroo, The Which (Frank Zappa Tribute Orchestra) and Fly.  more

For the fifth time, the festival will enliven the River Svitava’s waterfront. The programme, which is free of charge to visit, includes concerts, theatre performances, “neckyáda” (a show with boaters using unconventional and funny ways of boating or vessels) and much more. Performers will include Fast Food Orchestra, Phil Shoenfelt & Band of Heysek and more.  more

Brno’s Alfa passage invites you to the first event of a series entitled Hudební čtvrtky (Music Thursdays) during which the band Hazafele will perform.  more

Cellist Michaela Fukačová launches her domestic tour My Musical Home through tomorrow's concert in Brno's Besední dům (Community Hall) venue. Accompanied by pianist David Mareček, she will perform – in Brno, Hradec Králové, Prague and Karlovy Vary – a programme consisting of compositions that have shaped her extraordinary musical career.  more

Today marks the start of the ReConnect conference. Its main theme is the post-COVID music scene. SoundCzech is hosting the event together with BACH (Brněnská Asociace Clubové Hudby – the Brno Association of Club Music) and the Music Managers Forum of the Czech Republic.  more

On the occasion of Richard Novák’s ninetieth birthday, the NTB’s Janáček Opera has prepared two concerts. Novák’s significant anniversary will be commemorated tomorrow with a song recital in the Mozart Hall of the Reduta Theatre, where he will perform alongside pianist Ivan Klánský. In December, a festive concert will take place at the Janáček Theatre.  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

With Thursday's concert entitled Bruckneriana, the Brno Philharmonic under the direction of Principal Conductor Dennis Russell Davies launched the subscription series Philharmonia in the Theatre I. The orchestra performed works by Anton Bruckner and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, a Polish-American conductor and composer who devoted his life's work to Bruckner. Performers wearing crimson sashes with the inscription "Playing forte!” appeared in front of the audience, joining the "Let's not let culture die” initiative, which draws attention to the underfunding of culture and opposes the government's plan to invest just 0.64% of the state budget into culture next year, moving further and further away from its promise to spend at least 1%.  more

The Brno Philharmonic Orchestra has been running the Orchestral Academy of the Brno Philharmonic (OAFB) project for nine seasons, enabling young talented musicians to gain orchestral experience in a professional ensemble. In this manner, the orchestra educates the next generation of musicians, both permanent and external. However, working here also gives young people the opportunity to show their skills in chamber music and in a concert series called Young Blood aka Music Up Close. The first seasonal concert took place on Wednesday 15 November at Besední dom.  more

Baladas da Luta, Fighting Ballads, is the title of the sixth album by Brazilian singer Mariana Da Cruz and her Swiss-Brazilian band Da Cruz. It is a combination of modern music that combines Latin American tradition and contemporary electronic elements with strong lyrics. In them, the author fights for women’s rights, stands up against dictatorships and specifically criticizes the atmosphere that has evolved in Brazil under the now former authoritarian President Bolsonaro. Da Cruz performed at Brasil Fest Brno in August 2023. We revisit this festival with an interview conducted following their concert at Zelný trh. Singer Mariana Da Cruz and keyboard player and producer Ane Hebeisn, performing as Ane H, responded to our questions.  more

The programme for Janáček Brno 2024, an international opera and music festival now in its 9th year, was unveiled at a concert held to mark this occasion entitled Janáček to the start! On Saturday, 4 November, the Mahen Theatre was filled not only with devoted fans of the festival, but also with foreign journalists, politicians and prominent figures from the world of culture. In addition to a collection of wonderful musical performances, the audience was also treated to a lineup of renowned artists – Kateřina Kněžíková (soprano), Václava Krejčí Housková (mezzo-soprano), Josef Špaček (violin) and, last but not least, Robert Kružík, who took on the role of both conductor leading the Orchestra of the Janáček Opera at the National Theatre Brno during the evening and also performing as a cellist.  more