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The story of the musical comes from the book Without the Internet. My Half Year Offline by German journalist and editor of Süddeutsche Zeitung, Alex Rühle. Offline! tells of the experiences of a person who gave up the internet willingly for half a year. The musical was studied by the graduating year of musical students of the Theatre Faculty of the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts, and the production is the original idea of dramaturge Martin Sládeček and composer Mario Buzzi, directed by Lukáš Kopecký.  more

Prokofiev's ballet drama Romeo and Juliet had its world première at the National Theatre Brno on 30 December 1938 (at the today’s Mahen Theatre, at that time called Na hradbách Theatre) with choreography by Ivo Váňa Psota. The current performance will be its seventh premiere production since 1938. The National Theatre Brno ballet ensemble will present a production directed by Martin Glaser with choreography by Mário Radačovský. Musical production has been undertaken by Pavel Šnajdr.  more

The JazzFestBrno International Jazz Festival, which lasts from March to May this year, extends its current program of electro-jazz evening called Tension at the Praha Club in Brno, workshops for children JazzFestBrno for Children at Café Práh and concerts in Kyjov, Tišnov and Miroslav.  more

Brno bass singer Richard Novák will be accompanied during his recital by Kostiantyn Tyshko and Vladimír Krátký. Audience will be treated to Die schöne Magelone by Johannes Brahms.  more

The 7th part of the Folklore and Feelings [in Czech: Folklor a city] project will take place again in the Café Era in Brno. As a guest of the evening will appear the cimbalom band Kubíci from Horňácko district.  more

Ensemble Opera Diversa introduces the Music Inventory, which has been traditionally dedicated to less renowned works, not only by Czech composers. This time, it also commemorates the anniversaries of the years 1939 and 1969. The programme features works by František Emmert, Evžen Zámečník, K. A. Hartmann and Jan Novák. The soloists of the evening are violinist Milan Paľa and pianists Kristýna Znamenáčková and Lucie Pokorná, the conductor is Gabriela Tardonová.  more

The Brno rock musician Oldřich Veselý died in the January of last year. This year’s tenth Beatfest has the subtitle Memories of Olda Veselý. There will be appearances from Roman Dragoun & His Angels, Miloš Makovský & Neopak, Lešek Semelka & SLS, Synkopy 61, Folk Team and others.  more

The ballet company of the National Theatre in Brno is performing Swan Lake in a renewed premiere to mark the centenary of the first performance in the National Theatre in Brno. The production is the work of choreographer and director Robert Strajner. After twenty years the Brno Swan Lake is returning to the repertoire in an entirely new artistic conception. Roman Šolc is taking care of the costumes, the stage sets were designed by the British artist Peter Horne, who already did the same for the ballet The Nutcracker Louskáček. The orchestra is being conducted by Robert Kružík.  more

The band The Shookies has recently had concerts with the Irish formation Interference and Glen Hansard and has also released a new single, Lonely & Weak. In March, they are planning to christen a second album, Sooner or Later, which is being created in cooperation with producer Tomáš Neuwerth in the Animan studio in Kopřivnice. The Brno christening of the album will take place in the Melodka club.  more

A joint performance by three flamenco dancers from different corners of the world will take place in Brno’s Buranteatr theatre. Lucía Ruibal, La Libu and La Rubia will perform together with the singer Juan Cárdenas and the flamenco guitarist Morenito de Trian.  more