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News: The Concentus Moraviae Festival Begins Advanced Ticket Sales
Today advanced sales began for the Concentus Moraviae festival. The programme for the 22nd year of the festival has been prepared by Václav Luks. The starting point for its programme, focused on the human voice, is the 450th anniversary of the birth of Claudio Monteverdi. more
The Brno group Ňuňu is releasing their official debut album with the title Poslouchám Ňuňu (I Listen to Ňuňu). The album is coming out on a flash drive in the form of a bracelet and the group will christen it in the music club Fléda. Their guests will be the punk-rock group Fancy Foxx and the hard rock group Aeronaut. more
Hall for Brno: Construction Site Open Day
The construction site for Brno’s concert hall is once more open to visitors. Those participating will find prepared information on archaeological finds, support from important figures and inspiration from abroad. more
Nadace Český hudební fond (The Czech Musical Fund Foundation) Supports Students of Musical Disciplines
In the school year 2017/2018 the Nadace Český hudební fond (NČHF) is holding a competition with the aim of providing up to twelve study bursaries for students of universities and secondary music schools in the Czech Republic up to the age of 30 in the fields of composition, the interpretation of contemporary Czech music and musicology. more
The Brno concert of the Swans will be one of their last live appearances in their current line-up of this American legend in Europe. After completion of their world tour for their triple album The Glowing Man the group will be finishing in their current incarnation. more
The Brno Philharmonic Orchestra is seeking a First French Horn
The Brno Philharmonic Orchestra is holding auditions to fill the place of the 1st French horn and responsibility for the 3rd French horn, as group representative. more
Beránci a vlci (Lambs and Wolves). An Album by Four Ensembles
The musical group the Jitka Šuranská Trio, The Kudlovice Women’s Choir, RukyNaDudy and the Association of Independent Jazzmen together recorded an acoustic CD full of traditional songs from Moravia. The album was issued by Indies Scope. more
Premiere of the Musical Světlo pod Café Brel (The Light Under the Café Brel) in the Divadlo na Orlí
In the world premiere JAMU students of musical theatre have produced Světlo pod Café Brel. The author and director is the American actor, scriptwriter and guest teacher in Brno Gene Terruso. more
The Brno Philharmonic Orchestra Plays for the Last Time in the Janáček Theatre. Music by Spanish Composers will be Performed and the Flamenco will be Danced
Concerts by the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra in the Janáček Theatre are ending due to the extensive reconstruction of the building. You can see the last performances of the philharmonic in the theatre tomorrow and the day after. In the programme with the title Čarodějná láska (Love, the Magician) Spanish musicians and flamenco dancers will perform. more
This Year the Brno Music Marathon will Take Place on new Dates
This multi-genre festival brings together musicians from Brno and guests, institutions, clubs and public spaces. In the course of a single summer weekend countless concerts will take place in various parts of the city. 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
