Petr Bakla: Statements? (Czech premiere)
4 June 2018, Továrna, Prague IM/PATIENCE Petr Bakla: Statements? (Czech premiere) Bronislava Smržová Tomanová – soprano, BERG Orchestra, cond. Peter Vrábel
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Ondřej Adámek: Karakuri (Czech premiere)
31 May 2018, Studio Hrdinů, Fair Trade Palace, Prague Prague Spring Ondřej Adámek: Karakuri (Czech premiere) Shigeko Hata – soprano, Prague Modern, cond. Baldur Brönnimann
Ondřej Adámek: Karakuri (Czech premiere)
31 May 2018, Studio Hrdinů, Fair Trade Palace, Prague Prague Spring Ondřej Adámek: Karakuri (Czech premiere) Shigeko Hata – soprano, Prague Modern, cond. Baldur Brönnimann
Lukáš Sommer: Harp Concerto (Czech premiere)
26 May 2018, Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague Prague Spring Lukáš Sommer: Harp Concerto (Czech premiere) Jana Boušková – harp, PKF – Prague Philharmonia, cond. Zbyněk Müller
Lukáš Sommer: Harp Concerto (Czech premiere)
26 May 2018, Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague Prague Spring Lukáš Sommer: Harp Concerto (Czech premiere) Jana Boušková – harp, PKF – Prague Philharmonia, cond. Zbyněk Müller
Ondřej Adámek’s Airmachine in the Czech Republic for the first time
The 9th year of MusicOlomouc festival culminated on October 15 in the Atrium of Palacký University’s Art centre with a composer portrait of Ondřej Adámek. On the occasion, Adámek presented for the very first time his self-made musical instrument Airmachine, which has been enjoying success abroad, to Czech audiences. Airmachine 2 (thus already a second one he constructed) … Read more
Tomáš Reindl. Yoga (world premiere)
Held on September 4 in the Domovina hall in Holešovice, Prague, the first autumn concert by BERG orchestra was named “Surya Namaskar”, which means Sun Salutation. That was because the evening’s dominant theme was yoga, specifically as presented by composer and multi-instrumentalist Tomáš Reindl (*1971) in his premiere piece Yoga for Guru, Orchestra and Yogis. Commissioned by the … Read more
Ostrava Days. Miroslav Srnka: Make No Noise (Czech premiere)
One of the most eagerly anticipated events of this year’s Ostrava Days was undoubtedly the first Czech performance of Miroslav Srnka’s chamber opera Make No Noise. Written for five voices, thirteen instruments and electronics, the work was commissioned by the Bavarian State Opera and last time performed in August 2016 at the Austrian festival Bregenzer Festspiele. The libretto by … Read more
Ostrava days: premieres of pieces by Petr Cígler, Petr Bakla and Michal Rataj
As would be expected, the 10 days and 22 concerts of the 9th year of the contemporary music biennale Ostrava days included several Czech premieres. From those by Czech authors they were first of all the chamber Nothing is Free by Petr Cígler, September by Petr Bakla and The Long Sentence II by Michal Rataj. All of them were performed during … Read more
The Beauty of Today. Czech premieres of chamber pieces by Miroslav Srnka
This year’s topic of The Beauty of Today, the contemporary music concert cycle organized by PKF – Prague Philharmonia, was Dualism in the Czech 21st Century, or, the relationship between a living, active composer and his (former) teacher or mentor. On the last of this season’s concerts, which was held on May 30 at the Experimental Space NoD, … Read more