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Městské divadlo Brno revealed its titles for the upcoming season
Městské divadlo Brno [MdB, Brno City Theatre] presented the titles it is preparing for the 2020/2021 season. The Music Scene is anticipating musicals such as Pretty Woman, Jane Eyre and a fairy tale Sněhurka a já [Snow White and I]. more
Czech Radio Brno and the Brno Observatory are preparing a guided observation of the sky
As soon as this Sunday, the Czech Radio Brno will release a programme named Sedmikrásky na nebi (Daisies in the Sky), featuring live commenting of the sky. The show is developing as a result of collaboration with the Brno Observatory and Planetarium, and Jiří Dušek, director of Brno Observatory and Planetarium, will appear as a guest. more
Online platform for current culture: (ni)KAM in Brno
TIC Brno responds to the current state of society and culture by launching an online project entitled (ni)KAM v Brně [(no)WHERE TO in Brno], which follows on the printed KAM (WHERE TO) magazine. The portal will gather and promote cultural activities in Brno so that supporters of culture can stay together even during this quarantine period. more
The Cotatcha Orchestra big band members have just released the single A Very Old Lady Driving a Ferrari. Given the current situation, they did not make the recording in a studio. Everyone recorded their part at home. more
A new broadcasting studio has been set up in the premises of the former penitentiary on Cejl Street, nowadays called Káznice, which will broadcast live concerts, theatre performances, lectures, discussions and even religious masses. The premiere broadcast has been announced for this evening, featuring Tomáš Vtípil. more
Summer School of Baroque Music with Andreas Scholl and Tamar Halperin
Czech Ensemble Baroque again organizes Summer School of Baroque Music in Holešov Chateau. The eighteenth season carries the theme of Spiritual vs. Secular in the works of J. S. Bach. Singers and instrumentalists who are already experienced in the interpretation of early music and new entrants are welcome. This year's lecturers are countertenor Andreas Scholl and his wife, harpsichordist Tamar Halperin. more
The Brno Cultural Coronewsletter provides an overview of events that took place during the past week and maps upcoming ones. It also publishes the results of an online questionnaire from the Department of Culture of the Brno City Municipality in order to effectively evaluate the temporary impact of the current situation on stakeholders in the Brno cultural and creative industries and the subsequent implementation of further measures. more
Cotatcha Orchestra Is Preparing a New Album. Seeking Support on Hithit
The Cotatcha Orchestra is planning a new album called Bigbandová elektronika (Bigband Electronics). A unique fusion has been completed and awaits recording. As part of a campaign on Hithit, the big band is looking for funding to make it happen. more
The Brno Cultural Parliament is releasing another issue of the Coronewsletter. You can find out in this article how cultural institutions are doing, where to search for culture online and what to look forward to in the coming days. more
The Brno Philharmonic Introduces Its 65th Season
Today, the Brno Philharmonic announced the programme of its 65th season. It is preparing two subscription series at the Janáček Theatre, presenting Czech and world premieres and welcoming internationally-renowned soloists. The programming of the upcoming season will once again connect the music of older and newer periods in an original way. The Beethoven anniversary celebrations will also continue and the orchestra is in for tours abroad. more
Another of the jazz evenings regularly organised by the Brno Philharmonic was dedicated to the duo Will Vinson (alto saxophone) and Aaron Parks (piano). These musicians have been working together in various formations for twenty years. So they decided that it was time to try the most intimate and, according to many, the most difficult - playing as a mere duo. These mid-generation jazz musicians performed a selection of classical jazz material as well as several of their own compositions on Monday 10 March at the Besední dům. more
This year's first concert by the Brno Contemporary Orchestra from the Auscultation series was entitled Gastro (Cuisine), or Dinner for Magdalena Dobromila Rettig (1785-1845). On Sunday, 2 February, the orchestra performed two compositions, or rather performances and happenings by Ondřej Adámek (*1979), who also conducted the pieces, in the dining room of the Masaryk Student House. This was a fairly unusual situation for the audience, when conductor Pavel Šnajdr did not take his place at the head of the orchestra. more
The fourth concert in the Brno Philharmonic's Philharmonic at Home subscription series, subtitled Metamorphoses and conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, was dedicated to works by Joseph Haydn, Antonín Rejcha and Richard Strauss. Pianist Ivan Ilić was originally scheduled to appear as soloist in Rejcha's Piano Concerto, but for health reasons he cancelled the concert. Jan Bartoš promptly took over, enabling the audience to hear the original programme on Thursday 30 January at the Besední dům. more
The Brno Philharmonic's New Year's concert on 1 January at the Janáček Theatre is already a well-established tradition. This year was no exception, and the orchestra, led by conductor Michel Tabachnik, gave a performance consisting mainly of works by Johann Strauss the Younger. This was the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra's show opening the 'Strauss Year'. After all, 2025 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of the composer, dubbed the king of waltzes. Strauss's compositions were accompanied by works by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Richard Strauss and Dimitri Shostakovich. more
"Culture is a Bridge" was the theme of the second Czech-Austrian Partnership Concert, held on Friday, 20 December at Schloss Thalheim. It was the final evening of the 5th year of the pan-European project Czech Dreams 2024, and also part of the celebrations of the Year of Czech Music and the Concentus Moraviae international music festival. Culture is a bridge that connects not only different generations and social classes, but also entire nations. And the Czech Dreams project, which in 2024 alone presented music by Czech composers in 25 European cities in 17 different countries, is an eloquent example of this. In December alone, besides the final concert in Austria, six more concerts were performed in southern Europe, from Amarante in Portugal to Varaždin in Croatia. The concert was dedicated to the Lower Austrian Governor Erwin Pröll, who has long been committed to building and deepening relations between the Czech Republic and Austria. more
