Josef Adamík: Structures of the Obsession (world premiere)
28 June 2022, 2pm, Museum of the Kroměříž region, Kroměříž Forfest Josef Adamík: Structures of the Obsession (world premiere) Věra Kestřánková – bass clarinet
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Petr Vaculovič: Te Deum (world premiere)
23 June 2022, 4pm, Church of St. John the Baptist, Kroměříž Forfest Petr Vaculovič: Te Deum for solo viola and electronics (world premiere) Petr Vaculovič – viola
Jan Dušek: Unsent Letter (premiere at the Prague Spring Competition)
11 May 2022, 9am-10pm, Academy of Performing Arts, Prague; also live on Facebook Prague Spring International Music Competition, clarinet category, II. round Jan Dušek: Unsent Letter (composition commissioned for the IMC Prague Spring 2020) performed by the 12 semi-finalists
Petr Wajsar: Mono-Poly (premiere at the Prague Spring Competition)
10 May 2022, 9am-10pm, Academy of Performing Arts, Prague; also live on Facebook Prague Spring International Music Competition, bassoon category, II. round Petr Wajsar: Mono-Poly for bassoon (world premiere) performed by the 12 semi-finalists
Adam Skoumal: Tales from Old Prague (world premiere)
7 May 2022, 7:30, Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague Adam Skoumal – Piano Recital Adam Skoumal: Tales from Old Prague (world premiere) Adam Skoumal – piano
Jan Dušek: Waiting for the Dawn (world premiere)
22 April 2022, 6pm, Schomre Schabos Synagogue, Český Těšín Ullmannovské slavnosti Jan Dušek: Waiting for the Dawn. Sonata for Piano (world premiere) Jan Dušek – piano
Days of Contemporary Music: new pieces by J. Fila, J. Smutný, and M. Christou
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
Kryštof Mařatka’s pieces in Czech premieres
1 March 2022, 7:30pm, Church of St Simon and St Jude, Prague Dumky Trio and Pastoral Fables Kryštof Mařatka: Pastoral Fables for viola, clarinet, piano and Czech and Moravian folk instruments (Czech premiere) Kryštof Mařatka: Vzlet for clarinet solo (Czech premiere) Kryštof Mařatka: Labyrinth for viola solo (Czech premiere) Jitka Hosprová – viola, Jan Mach … Read more
Czech women composers for solo violoncello
20 February 2022, 8pm, Archa Theatre, Prague Launch of a CD of nine pieces for solo violoncello by Czech women composers Ivana Loudová: Canto amoroso Petra Šuško: Suita for solo violoncello Lenka Nota: Safranbolu Soňa Vetchá: Hypnosis (premiere) Markéta Brothánková: Lullaby (premiere) Petra Čtveráčková: Temperance, a piece inspired by M. B. Braun’s statue in Kuks (premiere) Hana Foss: … Read more
Ondřej Adámek: Ce qui coule du geste… (premiere)
30 January 2022, 3pm, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany Zeitinsel Adámek Ondřej Adámek: Ce qui coule du geste… (premiere) Music: Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Nicola Matteis, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Georg Pisendel, Ondřej Adámek Isabelle Faust – violin, Charlotte Guibé – painting