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Ensemble Opera Diversa will perform two operas today to mark the 200th anniversary of Mendel’s birth
The Brno Ensemble Opera Diversa will perform two chamber operas by Miloš Štědron this afternoon. Magnum mysterium will be performed in its world premiere, and Palackého truchlivý konec will be performed in a revival (it was premiered in 2013). The ensemble will perform both works in the Old Brno Monastery on Mendel Square as part of the Mendel 2022 Festival. The performance will be directed by Gabriela Tardonová. more
Brno Philharmonic pays tribute to Mendel with Janáček and the world premiere of Mansurjan
Tomorrow, the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra is already looking forward to an extraordinary concert – both in terms of its program and the many ways it can reach the audience. As part of the Mendel 2022 festival, the orchestra will play Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass and, in a world premiere, present a piece that Armenian composer Tigran Mansuryan composed on commission for the Philharmonic and the festival. Mansurjan will be present in person for the first performance of his work entitled Orhnerg – Navapet Bari (Hymn – The Good Captain). more
The Olomouc Baroque Festival will sound through the city for the tenth time. It starts tomorrow
The Olomouc Baroque Festival will offer a program full of music from the Baroque to early Romantic. It includes 11 unique projects that will take place throughout Olomouc. The festival will also visit the pilgrimage church in Dub nad Moravou. The festival’s resident ensemble this year is the Volantes Orchestra. Musica Figuralis, Societas Incognitorum, Musica Florea, Arte dei Suonatori, and others will also perform. more
Brno Contemporary Orchestra: 100 metronomes and 1 cipher at Master Augustine
As part of the bicentenary celebrations of Gregor Mendel’s birth in July, the Brno Contemporary Orchestra will also join in the congratulations. On Wednesday at St. Augustine’s Church, the orchestra will play several pieces by composers whose initials of their names have been transformed into a secret cipher. The concert will be conducted by Pavel Šnajdr. more
Today starts the TrutnOFF BrnoON festival: Julian Marley & The Uprising, The Subways, and The Sisters of Mercy
The TrutnOFF BrnoON festival has been part of the Brno summer since 2020. This year, bands such as Julian Marley & The Uprising, The Subways, The Sisters of Mercy, Monkey Business, and Reef will perform in Pisárky. The festival starts today and runs until Sunday. more
The Brno Cultural Newsletter provides an overview of events and opportunities in the coming period concerning theatres, clubs, festivals, and cultural events in Brno. more
Brno-based musician Dáša Ubrová is now the editor of the book Jazzová mise Jaromíra Hniličky (Jaromír Hnilicka’s Jazz Mission), seeking support on Hithit for its printing. The book traces the journey of an exceptional musician, composer, arranger, and teacher whose professional life is closely linked to Brno. more
The multi-genre festival On the Boards, Pavement, and Grass will come of age this year, so the organizers from TIC BRNO have extended it for a whole week. More than 25 theatre performances and concerts can be seen and experienced for free in the open air in the center of Brno. more
A unique opportunity to play on one stage with such piano personalities as Renata Lichnovská Ardaševová or David Mareček is offered to all pianists, regardless of age and musical background, by a special and extremely popular event of the Brno Music Marathon called PIANOSTAFETA. more
Tomorrow starts the 2022 Brno Music Marathon. Anna Fusek, Ritmo Factory, and Fanfare Ciocărlia
In addition to concerts, the international festival also includes events such as Kateřina Šedá’s Streetless Busking and the Marathon Street Food Festival. The festival’s artist in residence is multi-instrumentalist Anna Fusek. The event will also include a meeting of journalists from the prestigious World Music Charts Europe. The Brno Music Marathon is a key music event for the city of Brno as part of its membership of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network for Music. 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
