Zlín

Bohuslav Martinů: Vanishing Midnight (world premiere)

13 March 2025, 7 pm, Congress Centre Zlin, Zlín Bohuslav Martinů: Vanishing Midnight, Cycle of symphonic poems for large orchestra, H. 131 (1922, world premiere) Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Robert Kružík

Jan Vičar: Morava (world premiere)

5 December 2024, 7 pm, Congress Centre Zlín Jan Vičar: Morava – příběh řeky (Morava – The Story of a River), poem for orchestra (world premiere) Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Robert Kružík

Tomáš Ille: The History of Great Zlín in Sounds and Words (world premiere)

25 June 2022, 10pm, Labour Square, Zlín Zlín žije. Multi-genre festival celebrating 700 years since the first written mention of the town Tomáš Ille: The History of Great Zlín in Sounds and Words (world premiere) Marta Bačíková, Rostislav Marek – recitation, Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Leoš Svárovský

David Rotter: I, Job! (world premiere)

On December 7 and 8, Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra presented a contemporary oratorio I, Job!, by director Dodo Gombár and composer David Rotter. The spoken title role of a severely tested man, as described in the Old Testament’s Book of Job, was played by the popular actor Bolek Polívka. The part of Job’s younger alter ego was sung by … Read more

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