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May Newsletter of the Culture Department of the Brno City Municipality
The culture newsletter details what’s on in Brno, the latest news and opportunities in culture. more
Today, the Janáček Opera of the Brno National Theatre presents the premiere of La bohème
The premiere of La bohème has been announced to take place this evening, with Magdalena Švecová as the director and Jakub Klecker as the author of the music production. more
Harpsichord player Jean Rondeau to lead a master class at JAMU
The Faculty of Music of the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts Brno organises, in collaboration with the Concentus Moraviae festival and the French Institute in Prague, a three-day master class with harpsichord player Jean Rondeau, who is also going to have two concerts in Moravia. more
The National Theatre Brno Plays for Municipalities Devastated by the Tornado
The Janáček Opera’s Choir and Orchestra of the National Theatre Brno has prepared a charity concert featuring Carmina Burana; the proceeds are to be used to support the municipalities affected by the tornado. The concert will take place on the piazzetta in front of the Janáček Theatre. more
The PonavaFest Open-Air Festival to Resound through the Lužánky Park in Late July
The 6th year of PonavaFest, an annual multi-genre festival, will take place at the end of July. The programme will offer musical and theatrical performances and workshops for children at the festival’s venue, which is the Lužánky park, Brno. Performers include Meow & Jim Black, Tygroo, The Which (Frank Zappa Tribute Orchestra) and Fly. more
For the fifth time, the festival will enliven the River Svitava’s waterfront. The programme, which is free of charge to visit, includes concerts, theatre performances, “neckyáda” (a show with boaters using unconventional and funny ways of boating or vessels) and much more. Performers will include Fast Food Orchestra, Phil Shoenfelt & Band of Heysek and more. more
Music Thursdays at Alfa start this week
Brno’s Alfa passage invites you to the first event of a series entitled Hudební čtvrtky (Music Thursdays) during which the band Hazafele will perform. more
My Musical Home: Michaela Fukačová and David Mareček in a joint recital
Cellist Michaela Fukačová launches her domestic tour My Musical Home through tomorrow's concert in Brno's Besední dům (Community Hall) venue. Accompanied by pianist David Mareček, she will perform – in Brno, Hradec Králové, Prague and Karlovy Vary – a programme consisting of compositions that have shaped her extraordinary musical career. more
Today marks the start of the ReConnect conference. Its main theme is the post-COVID music scene. SoundCzech is hosting the event together with BACH (Brněnská Asociace Clubové Hudby – the Brno Association of Club Music) and the Music Managers Forum of the Czech Republic. more
Richard Novák celebrates his 90th birthday
On the occasion of Richard Novák’s ninetieth birthday, the NTB’s Janáček Opera has prepared two concerts. Novák’s significant anniversary will be commemorated tomorrow with a song recital in the Mozart Hall of the Reduta Theatre, where he will perform alongside pianist Ivan Klánský. In December, a festive concert will take place at the Janáček Theatre. 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
