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The Janáček Brno Festival begins on Wednesday. The accompanying program will follow in the composer’s footsteps
The Janáček Brno International Opera and Music Festival enters its eighth year this year. In addition to the rich main musical program, visitors can get to know Leoš Janáček from many different angles. Accompanying activities are provided by TIC BRNO. more
ProART Company prepares “Song about Viktorka”
The upcoming premiere of ProART Company is a multi-genre stage project based on Seifert’s poem “A Song about Viktorka”. The poem is transcribed into a love letter by Jaroslav Seifert addressed to Božena Němcová. The story of the famous book character from Němcová’s pen is mirrored here against the background of the writer’s letters. The Brno premiere will take place in the former Brno penitentiary Káznice na Cejlu. more
Farewell to Beethoven: A Short Exhibition of the Manuscript
For a few days, the chapel of the Palace of Noble Ladies in Brno will host an exhibition of the autographed work of the 4th movement of Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 130. The autograph has so far been part of the collections of the Department of Music History of the Moravian Museum. The exhibition was created on the occasion of the return of the autograph to the Petschek family. more
On Friday there will be a concert to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Moravian Composers’ Club
A concert celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Moravian Composers’ Club will take place in the concert hall of the HF JAMU. The programme will include works by V. Petrželka, V. Kapralová, Z. Zouhar, J. Matys, V. Lejsek and J. Ružička. more
The band MYDY is planning a new album launch in Brno
The band MYDY (formerly Mydy Rabycad) is releasing an album called simply “V”. It is available for listening on all streaming platforms. MYDY will release it in the Brno club Fléda. more
Today the National Theater Brno Ballet (NTBB) is preparing a day for families with children. The program includes creative workshops, a dance workshop, and the 100th reprise of the ballet The Nutcracker. more
French Week: Brno Philharmonic with conductor Marie Jacquot
The Brno Philharmonic has prepared a French-themed “mini-festival” for this week. Tomorrow it will start with the chamber concert Belle Époque, followed on Thursday and Friday by the concerts Schumann and the Colors of Paris. The orchestra will be led by the young French conductor Marie Jacquot. more
Ensemble Opera Diversa presents the world premiere of Light at the End of the Darkness
The one-act opera Light at the End of the Darkness for four voices was inspired by the life and work of František Drtikol, a Czech photographer who worked between 1901 and 1935. The music was composed by the Ensemble Opera Diversa’s principal composer Ondřej Kyas, the libretto and direction of the entire piece was provided by Kateřina Křivánková. more
Veszprém 2022: meeting of UNESCO cities of music
In Veszprém, Hungary, a meeting of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network is currently underway. The main coordinator David Dittrich and the coordinator Jana Padrnosová are attending the meeting on behalf of Brno. The first meeting after a long hiatus caused by the pandemic is attended by delegations from London, Canada, Pesaro in Italy, Llíria in Spain, Mannheim in Germany, Hamamatsu in Japan, and representatives of a dozen other cities. more
The Cotatcha Orchestra will present the concert Carp on a Rope (Kapr na Provázku) vol. III. The Brno big band continues its free concert series with a Christmas theme at the Husa na provázku Theater this year. This time the Cotatcha Orchestra will be joined by a great talent of the Bulgarian jazz scene, singer Veleka Tsankova. Along with an eclectic mix of American Christmas songs and Czech Baroque carols, this time she will also perform Bulgarian carols. 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
