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News: Change in the Ensemble Opera Diversa Concert Programme
The premiere of Emmert's symphony during the concert on 26 April has been cancelled due to the vocal indisposition of soloist Hana Škarková. more
Madama Butterfly for the Last Time This Season
It is the last opportunity for the audience from Brno to see Andriana Kohútková as Cio-Cio-San, Danish tenor Magnus Vigilius in the role of Pinkerton and Roman Janál as Sharpless in the famous piece by Giacomo Puccini. more
New Season of Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts: Reneé Fleming, Plácido Domingo, Anna Netrebko and Others
The Metropolitan Opera in New York published the programme of the 11th season of opera broadcasts. The season will open with a new staging of Wagner's opera Tristan and Isolde, followed by Mozart's Don Giovanni with Adam Plachetka in the lead role, and Rusalka. Live broadcasts in HD quality can also be seen in the Scala University Cinema and Reduta Theatre. more
At the beginning of May, Otevřená zahrada Brno will host singing workshops led by Lukáš Prchal and Alice Bauer. more
News: Berlin's Alternative Music in Film
In the 1980s, Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld and many others turned Berlin into one of the most exciting music scenes in the world. Visitors to the festival Days of European Film can enjoy it this evening in Brno. more
The ninth annual festival that takes place at the Brno Riviera offers a total of 19 concerts, contests and a children's programme, which will run all day Sunday. more
Ensemble Opera Diversa: Premiere of Symphony by František Gregor Emmert
On the occasion of the anniversary of the composer's death, the premiere of his 25th symphony will be performed in the Church of St. Augustine by Ensemble Opera Diversa. more
The Reduta Theatre will come alive with a dance project that gives new talented artists in the field of choreography an opportunity to shine. Performing artists will include Jan Fousek, Barbora Bielková, Markéta Habalová, Carolina Isach and others. Students of graphic design from FaVU VUT have also been invited to join the creative work. The project is open to the public. more
The Guitar Institute is organising a workshop under the guidance of rock guitarist, composer and singer Michal Pavlíček. more
On Saturday, 24 August, the Korean radio orchestra KBS Symphony Orchestra with its musical director - Finnish conductor and violinist Pietari Inkinen - came to Brno's Špilberk Festival with an exclusively romantic repertoire. The invitation was also accepted by South Korean violinist Bomsori Kim, a graduate of the prestigious Julliard School. more
For a quarter of a century now, the Brno Philharmonic has been organising the Špilberk Festival at the end of August in the courtyard of the castle of the same name. Four open-air musical evenings offer the audience a selection of concerts featuring classical, film and computer music, as well as often jazz and other genres. This makes it a diverse mix of performers and repertoires with an often pleasant, summery, laid-back ambience. This year's big and rapdily sold-out attraction was the Wednesday evening of 21 August, full of melodies from the James Bond films, performed by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, headed by world-renowned conductor, composer and arranger Steven Mercurio. During the concert, the audience also got to enjoy singers Sara Milfajtová, Vendula Příhodová and David Kraus. more
As part of its European tour, the Taiwanese Taipei Philharmonic Chamber Choir (TPCC), under the direction of artistic director and choirmaster Dr. YuChung Johnny Ku, took the city up on its invitation and visited Brno. The concert was held on Monday, 13th August in the hall of the newly renovated Passage Hotel. more
The final concert of this year's season of the Brno Philharmonic was devoted to works by Antonín Dvořák and Jean Sibelius at the Janáček Theatre. On Thursday, 20 June, Danish conductor Michael Schønwandt, who had not appeared before a Brno audience since January last year, took the lead of the Philharmonic. In the first half of the programme, the orchestra was accompanied by violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky. more
In the spirit of the idea that Brno and folklore belong together, the Folklore Ensemble Happening of the Year took place on Thursday 6 June. The event was organised by the Brno UNESCO City of Music Office in cooperation with the Brno Dances and Sings association. The event thus became part of a long-term project that set out to map the amateur music scene in Brno, and not only folk music. Last year Brno City of Music reached out to choirs in a similar way, and in the future will host garage bands and more. This just goes to prove the diversity of Brno's music scene, not only as regards professional ensembles, but also enthusiastic amateurs for whom music is an inseparable part of their lives. more
