Events

Graduation concert – MAGDALÉNA JAKUBÍKOVÁ / violin. Piano collaboration: doc. VLADIMÍR HOLLÝ

“Musically, tango may not be important, its only meaning is the one we give it…” (Jorge Luis Borges)

On the most successful album of the world-famous Astor Piazzolla it is written: Nuevo tango = Tango + Tragedy + Comedy + Brothel, a drama expressing a unique evening in the story of music that has become mythology, fashion and a feeling of life. The original-sounding Tango Quartetto Re Campo portrays this atmosphere from the beginnings of tango, through Astor Piazzolla to the unique compositions of Petr Zámečník, where tango may not be musically important and where its only meaning is the one we give it...

Kevin Hays piano Thomas Morgan double bass Jeff Ballard drums One of the prominent American pianists of the upper middle generation, fifty-six-year-old Kevin Hays, has had a rich career as both the leader of his own ensembles and a sideman for great names in American jazz. He will come to Brno with a new, excellent trio.

Graduation concert – DAVID DERNER / trombone. Piano collaboration: doc. JANA RYŠÁNKOVÁ

Canadian ensemble GY!BE will be in Brno for the first time. Support will also be provided by Kristof Hahn from Swans!

Take a look into the world of ballet with us! The ballet teaching team has prepared four workshop options for you, which offer participants a playful and experiential way to take a look into the world of ballet art. The workshop is adapted for kindergartens, elementary schools, high schools and grammar schools. Contact us and choose which type of workshop you are interested in. Workshop types: How to do ballet How to do ballet MOVEMENT How to do ballet ARTISTIC How to do ballet MUSICALLY

Graduation concert – FRANTIŠEK SLIŽ / vocals. Piano collaboration: dept. as. MgA. GALINA ALECHKEVITCH Co-performers: ANDREJ PRACHÁR, NELA DROZDOVÁ / vocals

The second of the spring concert series in Moravia. Together with the group Pole.

Graduation concert – MAGDALENA ŠPIČÁKOVÁ / flute. Piano collaboration: doc. RADIM PANČOCHA Collaborators: RADOVAN SIMAN / violin, ELIŠKA ANNA ŽALOUDKOVÁ / piano

Tom Killner, a young but already highly regarded singer and guitarist, moves on the border of genres such as soul, blues, southern rock, country and Americana. His highly dynamic show is constantly gaining new audiences both in the UK and throughout Europe. His concerts are a hot combination of fast riffs and heartfelt original songs. Early in his career, Tom signed a contract with the Los Angeles-based Cleopatra Records label and released two albums with them, "Hard Road" and "Live".

Tom Killner - guitar, vocals Andrew Mewes - guitar, vocals Wes Brook - keyboards Callum Houghton - bass Rich Hunter - drums

Come play. Drums, keyboards, guitar and microphones will be on site. Bass combo too. We will be happy to plug in and sound up other instruments.

Graduation concert – JAN JELÍNEK / bassoon. Piano collaboration: doc. DANA DRÁPELOVÁ

CHRISTIAN SCHMITT CHAMBER WITH THE PHILHARMONIC ARVO PÄRT Annum per annum for organ JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Sonata for viola da gamba and organ in G major BWV 1027 SOFIA GUBAJDULINA Detto I for organ and percussion FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY Sonata for organ No. 5 in D major PETR EBEN Windows, four movements for trumpet and organ after Marc Chagall (selection) JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Passacaglia and fugue in C minor BWV 582 Christian Schmitt organ Lukáš Polák cello Radek Tomášek percussion Ondřej Jurček trumpet

Program 8 The junior company will present its second premiere in the 2025/2026 season in February under the title NdB 2: Dispute / Archa /Inside. The eighth premiere evening will present three original choreographies created specifically for NdB2. In a dramaturgically diverse triptych, three different authorial perspectives meet, which develop the interpretive abilities of young dancers and at the same time respond to the themes that accompany them on their path to adult artistic expression.

Graduation concert – MARTINA JANKOVÁ / historical singing Co-performers: VERONIKA KLADIVOVÁ j. h., KAROLÍNA ALENA BARTOŇKOVÁ, BEDŘIŠKA PONÍŽILOVÁ / soprano, JAN TURČÍNEK j. h. / tenor, JAN FALTÝNEK j. h. / bass, FILIP HRUBÝ / harpsichord, DANIEL NERAD, TOMÁŠ SOMMER j. h. / organ, AMÁLIE BÉBAROVÁ j. h. / recorder

The succubus ensemble full of fans of fantasy, taverns and soundtracks from games of all genres and ages returns to the Old Bakery! As usual, you can look forward to a full-length portion of video game hits and hits together with a number of succubus guests and surprises. You will hear melodies from titles and worlds such as The Witcher, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 1 and 2, World of Warcraft or Neverhood. Maybe we will even get to distant Skyrim, Stronghold or dwarven fortresses through Portal!

It all started in Litomyšl. From the first rehearsals to concert and festival stages, the band Mother’s Angels has found its way to fans all over the country. They create their own songs that will settle in your head and heart. Catchy melodies, strong choruses, lyrics from life and concerts where they are as close to the audience as they are to each other. They give everything on stage – and you can hear and feel it. Their music combines rock energy with pop melody and Czech lyrics, in which you will find joy, love, tension and a piece of yourself.

Where did opera originate? What is a libretto? Who is a stage manager? And what does a set designer need to know? You will learn this and much more at our workshop. Participants will learn about the opera genre, the process of creating a production, the operation of the theatre and the professions that work in the theatre. It also includes a taste of opera singing. Participants will experience several activities that will give them a glimpse into the workings of an opera theatre, the opera genre and its demands. The workshop also includes a short tour of the Janáček Theatre.

Is Verdi's famous Nabucco just an opera about the desire for freedom? Jiří Heřman's production offers an engaging look at the story of the Babylonian king and the Jewish nation. It focuses on family relationships and King Nebuchadnezzar himself. The opera, full of magnificent choirs and captivating singing parts, has been one of the most popular titles in our repertoire for 35 years.

Imagine Baroque Manětín in its heyday: in the fairytale courtyard, music flows from the windows of the castle hall not only during celebrations, but often on weekdays as well, thanks to the exceptional local bandmaster. He was Mauritius Vogt (1669—1730), a fascinating composer and a man of many other talents — surveyor, cartographer and historian. Josef Antonín Plánický also worked with him in Manětín, and they were only a short distance away from Dobřany to the famous Jan Josef Ignác Brentner. We cordially invite you to a musical walk through West Bohemian Baroque! Program: MAURITIUS VOGT, JOSEF ANTONÍN PLÁNICKÝ, JAN JOSEF IGNÁC BRENTNER

The mainstays of the Czech-Slovak alternative scene, the playful and constantly experimenting Longital, come to present their fourteenth studio album, Krajina běží dol světní břehem (Slunce Records). The new album brings an intimate and experimental sound journey - from acoustic instruments to electronic layers to a unique voice. The lyrics open up space for inner questions of being, joy and transience, and the album is an invitation to stop, listen undisturbed and return to what is essential. For 25 years, Longital has been known for their original combination of poetic lyrics, Shinya's charismatic singing, string bass lines and Dan Salontay's inimitable guitar. The duo has performed on world stages from Europe to the USA and Canada, SXSW in Austin and toured with the Irish The Frames and the Oscar-winning project The Swell Season by Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová.

A concert of musicians across genres and original works. 19:00 Sangrina and others

Graduation concert – LENKA UHROVÁ / violin Piano collaboration: adb. as. MgA. LIBUŠE PANČOCHOVÁ

With an energetic club show that encourages dancing, she will set off on a journey to 6 Slovak and 4 Czech cities to get as close as possible to fans who find summer festival hour-long concerts insufficient. Come see POLEMIC up close. Enjoy a pumped-up club program with songs that she plays only exceptionally and let yourself dance to a fair dose of SKA and REGGAE.

Xavier Baumaxa, real name Lubomír Tichý, is a singer-songwriter and guitarist originally from Litvínov, currently living in Malhostice in the Teplice region. His style is based on wordplay, parodies of various musical styles and singers, and pop culture references; he defines his playing style as acoustic crossover.

LENKA IN THE CROWD The endless conflict between steak and tofu uncompromisingly and clearly divides the roles in the musical universe of the band originally founded by two diametrically different personalities of the opposite sex, the same sign, with the same sense of humor and the same therapist. monjur a Brno-Slovak duo producing multi-frequency sounds and moods. Monika shares musical introspection with her singing, lyrics and cello, to which Juraj adds keyboards and synths. Their music is playful, but it can also touch deep places.

After the successful production of Handel's Alcina, director Jiří Heřman and I will set out to discover the beauties of Mozart's music and his opera, which enjoys unwavering popularity all over the world. And it is no wonder, because The Marriage of Figaro, in addition to brilliant and sparkling music that will sweep you away with its unceasing flow similar to a mountain stream, also boasts an almost dramatic libretto. And how could it not, when the basis for Da Ponte was the play of the same name by the outstanding French playwright Pierre de Beaumarchais.

Melodka music club is opening at a new address – on Střelák in Pisárky.

During the Opening Party, the following will perform:

ARCH OF HELL

SEVERALS

EPONINE

FROM INSIGHT

SEEING THINGS

Legendary punk party.

Music director, dramaturge, nighttime storyteller of radio fairy tales – the father of Czech blues was born on December 4, 1942 in Královské Vinohrady as the firstborn of very young musically inclined parents. In childhood, he played the violin poorly and unmotivatedly. After a period of adolescence, Dixieland appeared, the first gateway to the world of jazz, and improvisation. However, he mainly encountered the beloved wind instruments throughout his life. After graduating from high school at the age of eleven, he worked as a digger in the courtyard party at the Rudý Letov factory. He studied at the Prague Conservatory from 1964 to 1968. He played the trombone, tuba, and baritone saxophone alternately, and in his fifty-sixth year he began learning to play the cornet. Over the years he played Dixieland, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, with his brother Petr they had the bands Hipps and Apollobeat, he guested in pop bands and music, which is mostly called classical. Since 1984 he has lived ASPM and for ASPM. All his life he has been composing, writing lyrics, arranging, provoking...

Gothic Festival Brno ‘26:
THE DEVIL & THE UNIVERSE (AT) - ghost wave / dark ambient 
Hysteric Helen (SK) - gothic / post-punk 
Overcast Rain (LV) - melodic symphonic metal 
Terminal State - Electro (SK) - electro 
Grandemonium (CZ) - dark electro / cyber goth
CosmoBrigade (CZ) - post-punk / dark wave 
... and many more ...

A group of mature musicians from Valašské Meziříčí, playing their own work with Czech lyrics, intertwining through Rock, Boogie, Blues, Jazz presented with our sound. The lyrics largely correspond to real stories presented in the poems of "Honza Vytlačila" presented in an elevated musical form.

German house artist Fejká will bring a special set played in the audience to Fléda. Support will be provided by MUDAKI and PDCH!

brut.ALL no. 05 French techno queen FELICIE is heading to the fifth installment of the brut.ALL party! This lady has earned respect across the European and global techno scene with her uncompromising style.

St. Patrick's Day celebration! As every year, we will have a dance party, live Irish music and dance performances!

Rockabilly & Rock’n’Roll from the cradle of American music. Marcel Riesco has a voice reminiscent of a young Roy Orbison and brings the raw energy and elegance of classic rock’n’roll. Ray Allen Band (DE) Authentic rock’n’roll quartet in the style of the 50s. Clean sound, precise drive and energy that will make you move your body.

Gothic Festival Brno ‘26:
THE DEVIL & THE UNIVERSE (AT) - ghost wave / dark ambient 
Hysteric Helen (SK) - gothic / post-punk 
Overcast Rain (LV) - melodic symphonic metal 
Terminal State - Electro (SK) - electro 
Grandemonium (CZ) - dark electro / cyber goth
CosmoBrigade (CZ) - post-punk / dark wave 
... and many more ...

VINCEN GARCÍA (ES) — the return of the bassist to Groove Brno Spanish bassist Vincen García returns to Groove Brno after a successful debut. His performance at the 2025 summer open-air edition was one of the moments that was talked about not only among musicians, but also among fans for a long time. Those who were present know: energy, drive, absolute groove — none of this can be mistaken. And those who were not there now have the ideal chance to catch up on what they missed. García is one of the prominent figures of the current European bass generation. His music combines funk, fusion, jazz and hip-hop, with each note having his characteristic signature — technically precise, rhythmically playful, sonically distinctive. His work is based on improvisation, the energy of the moment and complex arrangements that can draw the audience in and not let go.

"The Bartenders" can refer to a popular Polish ska, jazz, and reggae band known for their 60s/70s Jamaican music style.

DJ MANENE and his show.

SUPPORT: @dj.jokercz @billy_2697

German metal-core masters HEAVEN SHALL BURN released their new album “Heimat” at the end of June, which they were unable to present in Pilsen at this year’s METALFEST due to the singer’s unexpected health problems. Now the band announces their spring European tour for this new album called “Heimat Over Europe 2026” which will also stop in the Czech Republic! It will be on March 15, 2026 at the Sono Center in Brno! On this album, the band remains true to their characteristic blend of melodic death metal and hardcore in a classically wild and strongly emotionally impressive show! The band, known for their technical precision and strong, very personal, socio-political lyrics, brings an album about spiritual home as something that shapes and influences our thoughts and actions. The lyrics reflect social resilience, oppression and the desire for justice for all. The intensity of the band live is so energetic and ferocious that it directly encourages many moshpits!

An artist's look into history and into his own inner self. He explores the boundary between reality and personal memory – the image we create of ourselves. Vladimír returns to specific life situations, to moments of solitude, joy and excessive expectations. It is about finding balance with the world, with others and with oneself, about the ability to adapt and cope with both the past and the present.

Gothic Festival Brno ‘26:
THE DEVIL & THE UNIVERSE (AT) - ghost wave / dark ambient 
Hysteric Helen (SK) - gothic / post-punk 
Overcast Rain (LV) - melodic symphonic metal 
Terminal State - Electro (SK) - electro 
Grandemonium (CZ) - dark electro / cyber goth
CosmoBrigade (CZ) - post-punk / dark wave 
... and many more ...

Graduation concert - ŠTEFAN GAZDÍK / guitar Co-performer: DAVYD BAHDASARIAN / guitar