18 November 2019, Czech Museum of Music, Prague “Echoes of a November with Too Much Music” Michal Nejtek: Insomnia II (world premiere) Petr Hora: Flesh of Mind (world premiere) Hanuš Bartoň: A Rise to the Sphere of Rest (world premiere) Ensemble Terrible, cond. Josef Štefan
1 May 2019, Paralelní Polis, Prague J-T Vesikkala Wittmacher: miniatures from Insulae (world premiere) Soňa Vetchá: Blue-green Colors of Light (world premiere) Barry Wan Yuk Bun: The Misty Morning (world premiere) Bruno Cunha: Seja marginal, seja herói for solo bass & electronics (world premiere) Esemble Terrible (David Danel – violin, Štěpán Drtina – violoncello, Tomáš Novák – double-bass, Michael Jermář – saxophones, Yanina Aliakhnovich – flute, Petr Michalec – clarinets
One of the goals the Contempuls festival has been working towards is to support Czech composers and to give them the opportunity to present themselves in an international context. At this year’s last two concerts, premiere was given to three pieces by Czech authors of the young generation – Jakub Rataj, Jan Ryant Dřízal and Jiří Kadeřábek. … Read more
