This year, the Bonjour Brno festival offers to discover French music at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries in an entertaining way. It will not be a lecture or a classical concert, but a mix of everything.
The program will be provided by pianist and teacher Patrik Červák, who focuses on this era. Through his unique temperament and sincere joy in playing the piano, he shares his knowledge, which he likes to supplement with lesser-known interesting facts.
In more detail, you can expect: a cross-section of French music of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, which will be set in the context of the wars, you will hear about the Rosicrucians, Eric Satie, musical esotericism, Claude Debussy, political affairs, Maurice Ravel, anti-Semitism, the explosion of the avant-garde, Igor Stravinsky, the sharpened , French cultural nationalism, Dario Milhaud, the Roaring Twenties, Les Six and finally Francis Poulenc. And that you haven't heard of the last one yet? It doesn't matter, once you discover it, you won't be able to imagine life without it.
