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The fifth year of the cycle Jazz & World Music opens with a concert by Matúš Jakabčic
A concert by Matúš Jakabčic and his quintet with the Brno Philharmonic opens the fifth year of the subscription concert cycle Jazz & World Music. The evening will include six pieces: from Jakabčic’s original works, through jazz standards to Bach’s Brandenburg concertos. The orchestra will perform under the baton of Pavel Šnajdr. more
This autumn’s Exposition of New Music is about to begin. Songs from another dimension, a world premiere and some contemplation in the penitentiary
The autumn part of the Exposition of New Music will be beginning this week. This year, it will offer four events at different spots in Brno. The motto of this 31st year is Když nestíháš, zpomal (“When you can’t keep up, slow down”). more
The band WWW Neurobeat, after five years without an EP, has just brought out their new album Neutopíš se dvakrát řece (“You can’t drown in the same river twice”) and will be paying a visit to the Fléda club in Brno. Two singles from the album have been released so far – Pod nebem nebe (“Sky under the sky”) and Stát. The afterparty after the concert will be conducted by Dj Alyaz. more
The Design Team has just Presented a Visualisation of the Proposed Janáček Cultural Centre
The characteristic feature of the building of the Janáček Cultural Centre is duality; a linking of two structures in one building. One part is enclosed and fully given over to music while the second is transparent and open to people. This is how Tomasz Konior, general designer of the team that has worked on the design of the building since January this year with the acoustician Yasuhisa Toyota and architect Petr Hrůša, talks about the project for a new concert hall for Brno. They presented the results of their work today. more
Benefit Concert: Hana Holišová, Robert Jícha and others support children with oncological conditions
In a benefit concert in Brno’s Sono Centre young artists are supporting children with oncological conditions. The concert is being organised by the Společně k úsměvu (Smile Together) association, founded by former children’s oncology patients. The association supports families whose children are going through this disease, and also the newly founded outpatient department for the treatment of later effects in Brno. more
The Vox Iuvenalis choir is looking for new members
The choir is holding auditions for singers at the Brno University of Technology. They are looking for singers in all voice groups. more
ProArt: Landscape (of my) Spirit in the Tugendhat House
ProArt, led by Martin Dvořák is celebrating the birthday of the actress Marta Vančurová in Brno’s Tugendhat House. The poems of Jan Skácel will be heard interpreted by Marta Vančurová with a dance performance by Martin Dvořák. The musical accompaniment will be provided by the violin duo ECH! more
The Janáček Opera of the National Theatre Brno opens the season with a premiere of Smetana’s Libuše
The theme of the 2018/19 opera season is Dreams! The Janáček Opera of the National Theatre Brno is also celebrating the centenary of Czech statehood, as the first premiere of the season showing Smetana’s Libuše. The first premiere of the season will take place in Pavilion P, the largest at the Brno Exhibition Centre. more
Balladine begins the semester at a new address
The Balladine Dance School has a new base. It is opening the winter semester in the building on the corner of the streets Hilleho and tř. Kpt. Jaroše. This year’s timetable includes classical ballet for children and adults. Something new is the course Variations, led by Vendula Vlasáková. The offer of contemporary dance has been expanded to include a course for children. more
Musica Folklorica christens the album Smrti, milá smrti with Martin Hrbáč
Musica Folklorica is to perform in Brno’s Metro Music Bar. In the first part of the concert they will play pieces from their repertoire and in the second half of the programme they will be presenting songs from the album Smrti, milá smrti, which is being christened that evening. Martin Hrbáč will be performing as a guest. 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
