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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.

Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C major, Op. 76 No. 3 "Imperial" Carl Maria von Weber: Quintet in B flat major, Op. 34 for clarinet and string quartet Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, "Death and the Maiden" D 810 WIHAN QUARTET (Leoš Čepický – 1st violin, Jan Schulmeister – 2nd violin, Jakub Čepický – viola, Michal Kaňka – cello) Igor Františák – clarinet

How to sell a bride? Best through a production by director Ondřej Havelka. One of the most popular Czech operas, The Bartered Bride by Bedřich Smetana, has been in the repertoire of the Brno theatre for more than eighteen years and has still not lost any of its wit or audience popularity.

CÉSAR FRANCK Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra VINCENT d’INDY Symphony on a French Highland Tune Op. 25 for Piano and Orchestra BÉLA BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra Igor Ardašev Piano Brno Philharmonic conductor Lucie Leguay

The opera orchestra hides in the so-called hole or orchestra pit during the performance. Now we have a unique opportunity to enjoy it on our own and find out how important a role it plays in an opera performance. What you should try to conduct it or play with it. Take a closer look at the opera! Take a Step Behind the Curtain with us. A program designed for all curious people, young and old, who want to learn something new from the world of opera theater. 70 minutes of interactive, adventurous and, most importantly, fun journey into the heart of opera music.

Perhaps none of the participants in the Venetian premiere, which was a devastating fiasco, believed that they had just witnessed the birth of one of the most popular and most performed Italian operas. Verdi found a theme close to him in the novel about the love of the courtesan Violetta and Alfredo, which is not desired by his father or society. He knew the setting well – Paris, a city full of hustle and bustle, was never his favorite, and the tragic story reminded him of his own life experience. For years he had lived in a free union with the soprano Giuseppina Strepponi and felt firsthand the society's opposition to the "illegal" relationship. His personal experience undoubtedly enhanced the understanding and compassion for the main heroine, which permeate the entire opera... The clear lyrical music, where Italian bel canto is closely combined with dramatic expression, added poignancy to the tragic love story of the famous Parisian courtesan, thus giving rise to an opera evergreen.

CÉSAR FRANCK Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra VINCENT d’INDY Symphony on a French Highland Tune Op. 25 for Piano and Orchestra BÉLA BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra Igor Ardašev Piano Brno Philharmonic conductor Lucie Leguay

ONDŘEJ MOTAL / trombone Piano collaboration: doc. JANA RYŠÁNKOVÁ Co-performer: KATEŘINA BUREŠOVÁ / vocals Program: Alessandro Besozzi: Sonata in B major for trombone and piano; František Ignác Antonín Tůma: Almo factori omnium; Alessandro Scarlatti: Rompe sprezza, Faro la Vendetta; John Glenesk Mortimer: Prelude and Dance for trombone and piano; Jacques Castérède: Sonatina for trombone and piano; Frank Gulino: Sonata for trombone no. 1 “The Journey.

KAREL FLEISCHLINGER / lute Program: Santiago de Murcia: Zarambeques – La Jotta (Saldívar Codex No. 4); Giovanni Zamboni: Sonata 9a (Sonata d`Intavolatura di Leuto); Robert de Visée: Suite (Livre de Pieces pour la Guittarre); Sylvius Leopold Weiss: Suite No. 9 in C Major (Dresden Manuscript); Santiago de Murcia: Fandango – Tarantelas (Saldívar Codex No. 4); Francesco Corbetta: Caprice de Chaconne (La Guitarre Royalle, 1671).

A ballet of ballets that, at first sight, arouses addiction and interest in the ballet genre. Tchaikovsky's famous music, Petipa/Ivanov's legendary choreography and the story of Princess Odette, who is cursed into a swan, are a composition that thrills the hearts of generations of ballet spectators, regardless of age, all over the world.

Graduation concert of Kateryna Krykina / guitar.

The production by one of the world's best opera directors, Robert Carsen, had a successful premiere at the Janáček Brno Festival 2016. His productions, with their outstanding individual poetics, dramaturgical restraint and emotional, lively and extremely impressive theatre, have been in the repertoire of the most important opera houses for many years, be it La Scala in Milan, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Glyndebourne Festival in England or the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. Káťa Kabanová is one of Carsen's five productions of Janáček's operas and was originally created for the Flemish Opera. Since its premiere, it has been performed in more than 20 opera houses around the world and it is no wonder that the production with its impressive scenography, where the water surface covers the entire stage and reflects Káťa's emotions and tragic fate, is one of Carsen's best works.

Graduation concert of Zdeňka Malinová / harpsichord. Performers: KRISTÝNA FÖRDÖSOVÁ / harpsichord, BEDŘIŠKA PONÍŽILOVÁ / historical singing, ALENA LIAKHOVICH / baroque oboe, LUDMILA NETOLICKÁ j. h., PAVEL POPELKA / violin, KATEŘINA KOVAŘÍKOVÁ j. h. / viola, JANA BOUDJAOUI HAVLOVÁ j. h. / cello

Graduation concert by Oleksabdr Bokoch / piano.

Graduation concert – OLDŘICH ENGELHART / trumpet MARIE HORÁKOVÁ / French horn (year-end concert) Piano collaboration: doc. JANA GOLIÁŠOVÁ, dept. as. Mgr. art. TOMOKO ASAHINA, ArtD. Performers: ALEŠ KOHOUTEK j. h. / trumpet, ONDŘEJ ČECHOVSKÝ j. h., MICHAEL DZIEŽA / trombone

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major KV 414 (1st movement) KRYŠTOF MAŘATKA Luminarium, Clarinet Concerto and other pieces Maciej Ścierski piano (absolute winner of the Amadeus 2024 competition) Yan Mařatka clarinet (winner of the Leoš Janáček competition 2024) NN winner of the Prague Spring competition 2025 NN winner of the Concertina Praga 2025 Brno Philharmonic conductor Robert Kružík

Bedřich Smetana originally thought of a comic opera with librettist Eliška Krásnohorská. In the end, while composing his last completed opera, the composer found moments in the romantic text, inspired by an old legend about a wall of stones built by the devil on the river by the Vyšehrod monastery, that gave the whole story a different tone. Smetana's isolation in Jabkenice and his dismal health and depression were reflected in the individual characters, and the comicalness was replaced by the depth of their feelings. The humor did not disappear either, but it is combined with the desire for love, life wisdom, melancholy and devilish temptation, so that the main tone was a celebration of love, loyalty and dedication.

Graduation concert – JOZEF SMUTNÝ / double bass. Piano collaboration: doc. MARCELA JELÍNKOVÁ. Co-performers: dept. as. MgA. MAREK ŠVESTKA, Ph.D. / double bass.

Graduation concert – DANIEL PODROUŽEK / historical violin Co-performers: MARTIN DOSTÁL / historical violin, MARIANA TŮMOVÁ / historical cello, JAKUB NĚMEČEK / theorbo, DARIA SAVVATEEVA / harpsichord, fortepiano

Jindřich Vlach violin (ZUŠ Veveří) Brno Philharmonic conductor Dominik Pernica moderated by Kristýna Drášilová and Vítězslav Mikeš script by Kristýna Drášilová Brno Philharmonic is celebrating its anniversary! It will be seventy, which is just a number in the case of the orchestra. It is still young, fresh, inspiring. And it loves its young and old listeners, for whom it has prepared magnificent celebrations: it will commemorate important moments from its rich history. Be with us!

Jindřich Vlach violin (ZUŠ Veveří) Brno Philharmonic conductor Dominik Pernica moderated by Kristýna Drášilová and Vítězslav Mikeš script by Kristýna Drášilová Brno Philharmonic is celebrating its anniversary! It will be seventy, which is just a number in the case of the orchestra. It is still young, fresh, inspiring. And it loves its young and old listeners, for whom it has prepared magnificent celebrations: it will commemorate important moments from its rich history. Be with us!

6. SUBSCRIBER CONCERT – SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2026, BESEDNÍ DŮM YOUTH'S PRAYER Choral compositions by B. Smetana, A. Dvořák, B. Martinů, P. Fiala, Fr. Fiala, etc. Marek Paľa – piano, organ Kantiléna – children's and youth choir at the Brno Philharmonic, choirmaster Michal Jančík

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Graduation concert – MICHAEL DZIEŽA / trombone Piano collaboration: doc. JANA RYŠÁNKOVÁ