1 November 2023, 7pm, Chapel of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, Prague-Vinohrady Days of Contemporary Music Vít Micka: Covid Christmas for recorder quartet (world premiere) Anna Vopršalová, Anna Vološinová, Amálie Černá, Michal Reiser – recorder Jiří Smutný: The Last Rose. Songs for a higher voice with recitatives (world premiere of this version) Veronika Kaiserová – … Read more
24 October 2022, 7pm, Kaiserstein Palace, Prague Days of Contemporary Music Jan Beran: Piano Quartet (selection) – world premiere Veronika Böhmová – piano, Michal Sedláček – violin, Tomáš Krejbich – viola, Matěj Štěpánek – violoncello Jiří Smutný: The Last Rose. Three songs for a higher voice and piano on poetry by J. Neruda, A. Sova and … Read more
1 April 2022, 7pm, Kaiserstein Palace, Prague Days of Contemporary Music 2021: Additional 10. concert of pieces, that could not be performed in Novemeber 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic Jan Fila: Autumn Rhapsody (world premiere) Eliška Brožková Pospíšilová – clarinet, Andrea Mottlová – piano Jiří Smutný: Epigrams for lower voice and piano on poetry by … Read more
22 November 2021, 7:30pm, Kaiserstein palace, Prague Days of Contemporary Music Eduard Douša: Six Characteristic Pieces for Piano (world premiere) Eva Doušová – piano Karel Janovický: Sonata for Violin and Piano (world premiere) Jana Vonášková-Nováková – violin, Petr Novák – piano Jiří Smutný: Epigrams for Lower Voice and Piano on Poetry by A. S. Pushkin … Read more
The Days of Contemporary Music festival whose 31rd year planned for November 2020 had to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, made recordings of a part of the original programme and shared them on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_CSoaQmsosVrvNzOjA4FO2Cw0R8EFgH3 . The recorded pieces include several premieres: Jan BERAN: Als welkten in den Himmeln ferne Gärten inspired by … Read more
Three concerts of Czech 20th and 21st century music took place during the second and third week of the Days of Contemporary Music festival. All of them were held in the halls of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. The festival has since long been focusing on premiering new pieces and the concert on … Read more
