Ostrava Traces: nine new pieces inspired by Ostrava

28 November 2024, 7 pm, Kino Vesmír, Ostrava Musical Present: Ostrava Traces Sylva Smejkalová: Ouverture for Ostrava (world premiere) Pavel Nesit: Ostrava v čase (Ostrava through Time) (world premiere) Jan Grossmann: Lurdy a Cesta vody v Bělském lese (Lurdy and the Water Way in Bělský les) (world premiere) Markéta Kapustová: Moravská Ostrava (world premiere) Markéta Dvořáková: Moje město … Read more

Jiří Pavlica: And Love Again… (world premiere)

20 and 21 June 2022, 8pm, Castle Courtyard, Litomyšl Smetana’s Litomyšl Jiří Pavlica: And Love Again… A programme commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of poet Jan Skácel (world premiere commissioned by the festival) Kryštof Bartoš – recitation, Jiří Pavlica – voice, Hradišťan, Žerotín Academic Choir (choirmaster Pavel Koňárek), Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK, cond. Stanislav Vavřínek

Jiří Pavlica: Moravian Dances (world premiere)

On 10 March at the Zlín Congress Centre, Bohuslav Martinů Phlharmonic Orchestra premiered a new orchestral piece by Jiří Pavlica, a violinist and composer whose musical language, though oscillating between various genres, is influenced especially by folk music. The Moravian Dances orchestral suite, too, derives from folk dances from different Moravian regions (Haná, Moravian Slovakia, “odzemek” from … Read more