Radim Bednařík: Meditation for Organ (world premiere)
30 June 2019, St. Maurice Church, Kroměříž Forfest Radim Bednařík: Meditation for Organ (world premiere) Karel Martínek – organ
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Miloš Štědroň: Tanze di Anima et di Corpo (world premiere)
22 July 2018, church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and St. Wenceslas, Znojmo – Louka; church of James the Greater, Vratěnín; Abbey church, Geras; Town hall church, Retz “Tour de Organ” Music Festival Znojmo Miloš Štědroň: Tanze di Anima et di Corpo (world premiere) Organ: Martin Jakubíček / Martin Bernreuther / Ines Schüttengruber
František Gregor Emmert: Symphony No. 25 for viola, organ, mezzosoprano and strings (world premiere)
Symphony No. 25 “The Angel Was Sent to You” by the recently deceased composer František Gregor Emmert (1940-2015) received its premiere on June 1 at the St. Augustine Church in Brno. It was performed by Ensemble Opera Diversa conducted by Ondrej Olos together with Jarmila Balážová (mezzosoprano), Milan Paľa (viola) and Marek Paľa (organ). Emmert … Read more
Days of Contemporary Music 2016: week 2 and 3
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
The Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra: a concert of orchestral works by the Academy of Performing Arts’ students of composition
Four orchestral pieces by the composition students of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (Jan Ryant Dřízal, Jan Fila, Daniel Chudovský and Soňa Vetchá) were given premiere by the Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra on a concert on May 2 at the Academy’s Martinů Hall. The concert was opened by a piece called The Tree of Life by Jan … Read more
Miloš Bok: Apocalypse in Kamenická Stráň (world premiere)
On their concerts on March 9, 10 and 11 the Czech Philharmonic performed – as this season’s second world premiere of a piece by a Czech composer already – Miloš Bok’s Apocalypse in Kamenická Stráň. This monumental 50-minute long vocal-instrumental composition for mixed and children’s choir, four soloists and a large orchestra is in fact only the first half of the … Read more