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The ProART Festival is entering its 15th year. This year for the first time this multi-genre festival is taking place in four towns and cities. In addition to Brno, Valtice and Liberec this year it will also expand to include Plzeň. A total of 34 instructors will lead workshops in contemporary dance, theatre, singing, music, literature and photography. Among them will be Lenka Dusilová, Zdeněk Bína, Eva Vrbková, Radka Fišarová, Zdeněk Král, and Ida Kelarová as well as authors like Josef Formánek, Michal Viewegh, Jiří Hájíček, Alena Mornštajnová and Tereza Boučková. more
Vaňkovka Fest 2018 Starts Tomorrow
During the months of June and July the multi-genre festival Vaňkovka Fest offers musical and theatre performances, yoga exercises and talks on travel. Among those appearing will be Monkey Business, Tata Bojs, Visací zámek, Mydy Rabycad, Mucha and many more. more
Boskovice Resounds to the Mandolin Festival
This international festival is entering its second year. Along with Martin Krajíček and his trio there will be appearances from the Mandolin Orchestra, Vítek Hanulík and Karel Začal, Tři grácie, Megafon and Michal Müller as well as Jiří Plocek and Jitka Šuranská. The festival will include workshops for the participants. more
Kamenka open 2018: Vilém Spilka Quartet, Candish, Cirkus Legrando and others
The last but one weekend in June will once more belong to the festival in Brno’s Kamenná kolonie. Over the three days on the festival meadow the Vilém Spilka Quartet, Swing Pigs, Candish, Miserable Ones and Cirkus Legrando will be appearing. more
F SCÉNA: Display of Folk Ensembles
The 21st year of summer folk concerts opens with a gala evening of dance and music in the courtyard of Špilberk Castle. Among those appearing will be the Poddukelský Artistic Folk Ensemble – PUĽS, the Military Folk Ensemble ONDRÁŠ and the Song and Dance Ensemble Dolina. more
Amadeus MozArt: A work by three choreographers on one stage
Amadeus MozArt is a ballet production by three contemporary choreographers, inspired by the works and personality of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This project was created from the choreography and direction of Carolina Isach, Uladzimir Ivanou and Dan Datcu. The premiere will take place in the Reduta Theatre, which has a close connection with the figure of the composer. more
Brno City Theatre is casting main, supporting and children’s roles in new musical Big which is currently in preparation. The premiere is to take place in October 2018. more
The Ibérica Festival Gets Brno Dancing and Gives it Fragrance
In late June and July the 15th edition of the Ibérica festival of Ibero-American culture will bring to Brno the atmosphere of the Iberian Peninsula and Latin and South America to Brno. The festival programme will offer a fiesta with music, dancing and traditional dishes at the Old Town Hall, workshops and a film festival. This year's Ibérica will open with a concert by the guitar duo Cortés & Gallardo. José María Gallardo represents the world of the classical guitar and Miguel Angel Cortés comes from the environment of the Los Cortés flamenco dynasty. The biggest stars of the festival will appear in the gala concert in Špilberk Castle Courtyard, which will present the flamenco flautist Sergio de Lope with his group and the flamenco dancer Gema Moneo. The evening will conclude with the guitarist Paco León. more
Conclusion of the Opera Season in Brno: Premiere of Così fan tutte
A production of the opera Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has been created by the National Theatre Brno under the direction of Anna Petrželková. Jana Šrejma Kačírková alternating with Pavla Vykopalová, Jana Hrochová alternating with Václava Krejčí, Roman Hoza alternating with Igor Loškár, the guest Polish tenor Karol Kozlowský and many other will be appearing in Petrželková’s opera debut. The musical production was by Jakub Klecker. more
Once again May Day is being celebrated in Kamenná kolonie. In the premises of the Duck Bar and its wider surroundings there will be a market with food and handmade items. In the afternoon there will be performances from the VoHus free musical association and the TyJáTrio theatre. 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
