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The third year of the festival in Lužánky Park will this year play host to musical groups, theatre ensembles and markets. The festival programme will take place over three days on five stages. more
Monty Python’s Spamalot in the Brno City Theatre
After almost thirty years one of the group that created Monty Python – Eric Idle – decided to wrtie a musical version of the Holy Grail. In Brno it will be performed at the Brno City Theatre under the direction of Stanislav Slovák. The main roles will be taken by Petr Štěpán or Lukáš Vlček, Daniel Rymeš or Marco Salvadori and many others. more
The Brno group Metronome Blues released its album Vicious Circles under the Happy Mutant label in January. Today they will christen its vinyl version in the Kabinet múz. Together with them, Mara Jade and The Queues will also perform. more
Fred Wesley: The Jazz-Funk Legend in Brno
The American trombone player Fred Wesley will be visiting Brno. The former member of the accompanying band of James Brown will perform together with The New JB’s. more
Roma Song: Singing Workshop
A singing workshop focused on traditional Roma songs will take place in the Amaro Records recording studio and musical café. more
The SETKÁNÍ/ENCOUNTER international festival of theatre schools has entered its 28th year. As part of today’s event, theatrical performances and concerts will be held on Moravské náměstí at the statue of Jošt. more
The Greek Singer Alkinoos Ioannidis Appears in Brno for the First Time
Alkinoos Ioannidis is visiting Brno as part of his European tour at the invitation of the group Jannis Moras & Banda, who will be appearing at his concert as guests. The Brno concert will take place in the Melodka club. more
Modern Ballet Workshop: Dancing with a Partner
Dancing with a Partner is the topic of the new workshop of the Balladine dance school. The target is to learn the choreography of Nacho Duato. Vendula Vlasáková and Josef Koutný are the managers of the workshop. more
The Croatian Pianist Maksim Mrvica Brings His New Album to Brno
In April the Croatian pianist Maksim Mrvica will once more be returning to the Czech Republic. He will be presenting his new album The New Silk Road in Brno’s Sono Centre. more
Vitalic, a personality on the French electronic scene, famous for his fusion of techno, disco and synth-pop, will perform in the Fléda club. As part of his Olympia tour, in Brno he will present his latest retro-futuristic album Voyager. Tickets are already on sale. more
The cycle of classical music concerts directed by its founder, Barbara Maria Willi, has been an integral part of cultural events in the Moravian capital for twenty-three years. The audience in Brno has already been introduced to a number of outstanding personalities and ensembles with whom Barbara Maria Willi regularly cooperates. This year's opening concert, traditionally held on Wednesday, 11 February, in the hall of the Convent of the Merciful Brothers with a subtitle Music in Motion offered a combination of the art of the fortepiano with flute played by Sofia Mavrogenidou and accompanied by young dancers Klementýna Anna Špičková and Adam Mišo, choreographed by David Strnad. more
The final concert of this year’s instalment of the Barbara Maria Willi Presents series offered a unique project that on 4 December brought together two ensembles in the Convent of the Brothers of Mercy: Cappella Pratensis and Ramillete de Tonos. They showed the audience the many different ways in which one can work with the polyphonic repertoire of the 15th and 16th centuries. The programme intertwined sacred and secular music, and purely vocal, vocal-instrumental and purely instrumental pieces. more
The rediscovery and digitisation of the Brno polyphonic manuscripts BAM 1 and BAM 2 has opened a new chapter in the study and performance of Renaissance music. At the crossroads of historical research, modern technology, and artistic interpretation stands Past Forward, a cross-border project connecting institutions from the Netherlands, Belgium and the Czech Republic. At its artistic core are two musicians whose approaches complement each other: Tim Braithwaite, artistic director of Cappella Pratensis, and Kateřina Maňáková, lutenist, teacher of early plucked instruments at Janáček Academy of Performing Arts and guarantor of the entire initiative. In this conversation, they discuss working with previously overlooked sources, the challenges of historically informed performance, the promises of international collaboration, and their vision for the future of early-music interpretation. more
The concert by Filharmonie Brno under Dennis Russell Davies on Thursday 6 November in Besední dům offered a fascinating programme combining the work of two contemporary composers from the former Soviet Union. The performers included Armenian baritone Aksel Daveyan, violist Julian Veverica, percussionist Lukáš Krejčí, and the Austrian Hard-Chor Linz choir under choirmaster Alexander Koller. more
Brno-born pianist and Director General of the Czech Philharmonic, David Mareček, is appearing together with cellist Václav Petr on a concert tour in South Korea. During the first week of November, the duo is presenting Czech repertoire on prestigious stages, including the Seogwipo Arts Center, Yongin Poeun Art Hall and Daegu Concert House. more
