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Drummer Chris "Daddy" Dave will be another guest of the autumn echoes of JazzFestBrno. He will perform in the Sono Centre with his own band called Drumhedz, where he will present his works combining various genre influences from modern jazz to rock and R&B or hip-hop. Hiromi, Aaron Parks "Little Big" and Shai Maestro Trio will also appear during the autumn concert series. more
The dance group Protyboty, together with the musician Eva Rohleder, will launch their album Slon a mravenec [Elephant and Ant]. The stage production of the same name for children is based on a book by Daisy Mrázková, accompanied by songs of Eva Rohleder, which are now captured on the upcoming album. A guest of the album release will be Jiří Jelínek. more
Moravian Autumn festival celebrates 50 years. It will open with an opera by Phil Glass with Suzanne Vega
Bohuslav Martinů and composers related with him and with France. Composers celebrating the jubilee as well as the Moravian Autumn festival. These are the main themes of this year's edition. The festival runs from late September to mid-October. It will open with Einstein on the Beach, a minimalist opera by Philip Glass, in which Suzanne Vega takes on the role of the narrator. The festival will culminate with two life anniversaries, celebrated by the chief conductor of the Brno Philharmonic, Dennis Russell Davies, and Hungarian conductor, composer and teacher Peter Eötvös. more
The operatic season will start with The Tales of Hoffmann directed by SKUTR
The motto of the 2019/20 operatic season is the Searching… Already the very first premiere is dedicated to the theme of the search for love. The Tales of Hoffmann by Jacque Offenbach are being prepared by the duo of directors SKUTR (which stands for Martin Kukučka and Lukáš Trpišovský). This opera returns to the stage of the Janáček Theatre after almost twenty years, this time in a musical production by Ondrej Olos. The main roles will be performed by soloists of Janáček Opera of the National Theatre Brno, and regular guests of the ensemble will also appear. The leading female roles will feature, for example, Markéta Cukrová, Slovak soprano Martina Masaryková, Pavla Vykopalová and Daniela Straková-Šedrlová. The male parts will be performed by Luciano Mastro and Mickael Spadaccinni, or, for example, Ondrej Mráz and Jiří Sulženko. more
Brno Philharmonic's 64th season will begin with Elisabeth Leonskaja
Brno Philharmonic will start its 64th concert season this Thursday. The show will feature guest pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja, and the concert will be conducted by chief conductor and artistic director Dennis Russell Davies. Works by Johannes Brahms, Béla Bartók and Joe Hisaishi will be played. more
Grobians. Premiere of three mini operas by Ensemble Opera Diversa
Soon the Ensemble Opera Diversa will present three opera pieces by pairs of librettists Pavel Drábek and Vendula Borůvková and composers Maria Buzzi, Ondřej Kyas and Martin Kux directed by Lukáš Kopecký. The premiere will take place in the Buranteatr in Brno. more
Musician Radim Hanousek invites you to today's improvisation workshop for children. The event will take place in the Museum of Roma Culture. more
Masterclass of French music with Dagmar Šašková
The Academy of Early Music organizes a masterclass of mezzo-soprano Dagmar Šašková with a focus on French Baroque music. The course is open to all lovers of Baroque music, without any age limitation. It is suitable for both active and passive participation; registration of participants will be possible only until tomorrow, 24 September 2019. more
The Leoš Janáček International Competition will welcome musicians from thirty countries around the world
The Leoš Janáček International Competition will once again be held in Brno. This year's festival hosts over two hundred young musicians under 35 from almost thirty countries. The competition is organized by the Faculty of Music of the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno and performers in the fields of flute and clarinet will perform at the Brno Academy of Arts. more
Workshop on the topic of How to make a living in music in 2020 will be held in cooperation with the label Future Archive Recordings. Artists and music professionals from abroad will come to Brno to share their experience in the music industry. The workshop is in English and is free of charge upon registration. 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
