Premieres

Musical Present: new pieces by Kateřina Slaběňáková and Petra Šuško

3 November 2024, 5 pm, Boutique Business Inkubátor Ostravica, Ostrava (from 4pm a guided tour of Textilia) Musical Present: Different but 2gether Kateřina Slaběňáková: Ostravakizace (Ostravacisation) (world premiere) Petra Šuško: Plots (world premiere) Modern Trio Ostrava (Ewa Barciok – violoncello, Marcela Kysová – accordion, Kamil Barciok – trumpet)

New Music Encounters Plus: JA-HA-MU

1 November 2024, 7 pm, Concert Hall of the Music Faculty, Janáček Academy of Performing Arts, Brno New Music Encounters Plus: Student Project JAMU-HAMU 2024 Juraj Gažmerčík: Nespontánne prejevy (Non-Spontaneous Expressions) (world premiere) Mark Karpilovskij: Zakřivený Prostoročas (Curved Timespace) (world premiere) Tobiáš Horváth: …. (world premiere) Pavel Nesit: Dopamin (Dopamine) (world premiere) Emma Parisi: Šlépěje … Read more

Ensemble Terrible: new pieces by Ian Mikyska, Miloš Kunc, and Jan Kotyk

31 October 2024, 8 pm, Maisel Synagogue, Prague M Ian Mikyska: Only Breath (world premiere) Miloš Kunc: 5 Miniatures for voices, bassoon, and double bass (world premiere) Jan Kotyk: General Theory of Naivety (world premiere) Ensemble Terrible (Markéta Zabelova – soprano, Anežka Matoušková – alto, Josef Kroutvor – tenor, Vojtěch Šembera – bass, Jakub Čech – … Read more

Martin Hybler: NacktWerk (world premiere)

31 October 2024, 7:30 pm, Prague Crossroads – Church of St Anne, Prague Vilém Veverka 20 Years on the Scene – No Limits 3 Martin Hybler: NacktWerk for oboe, jazz trio, and electronics (world premiere) Vilém Veverka – oboe, Martin Hybler – keyboards, Ondřej Máca Štajnochr – double bass, Tomáš Hobzek – percussion

Tomáš Pálka: SYNchronos (world premiere)

30 October 2024, 7 pm, Art Centre of Palacký University – Corpus Christi Chapel, Olomouc MusicOlomouc Tomáš Pálka: SYNchronos (world premiere commissioned by the festival) Ensemble Synchronos (Vlatka Peljhan – violin, Lucija Brnadić – viola, Smiljan Mrčela – violoncello, Mia Elezović – piano)

Liège: Káťa Kabanová

18 October 2024, 8 pm, Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Liège, Belgium Leoš Janáček: Káťa Kabanová (premiere) Directed by: Aurore Fattier, music director: Michael Güttler Cast: Anush Hovhannisyan (Káťa), Nino Surguladze (Kabanicha), Anton Rositskiy (Boris), Magnus Vigilius (Tichon), Dmitry Cheblykov (Dikoj), Jana Kurucová (Varvara) and others Language: Czech with French, Dutch, English, and German subtitles Following … Read more