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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
ProArt and No Feet will present In the Footsteps of the HAAS Brothers
Two successful brothers whose relationship was interrupted by World War II. Two geniuses who made Brno famous. Two people who never met again. Meeting Brno, in cooperation with ProArt and No Feet, is presenting In the Footsteps of the HAAS Brothers on the anniversary of the murder of Pavel Haas in Auschwitz (17 October 1944). more
News: dancer Anastasia Matvienko will perform with the Brno National Theater Ballet next week
The National Theatre Ballet is hosting another world star - Anastasia Matvienko will perform in Brno as Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty next week. more
Janáček Opera Choir announces audition for new singers
The Janáček Opera of the Brno National Theater is filling positions in its choir. The audition is announced for tenor and 2nd bass voices. more
The new junior company Ballet of the Brno National Theater (NdB2) is preparing its first performance
The unique project of the NdB 2, specifically the new junior company Ballet of the Brno National Theater, is the very first of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe. It started its premiere season this September. The composite evening consists of three choreographies called Uroboros, Na krásném modrém… and Vodník. more
The Italian rapper and performer M¥SS KETA, who has been hiding her face and identity throughout her career, will perform in Brno. She will present her show for her new album Club Topperia at the Fléda club for the Czech premiere. The rapper has been hiding her face and identity her whole career. more
Moravia Brass Band will celebrate its 5th anniversary today with a gala concert
The largest brass ensemble in the Czech Republic will celebrate five years of its existence today at Besední dům. The evening will also include the launch of their new CD. more
VUS Ondráš is looking for a new cello player
The Military Art Ensemble Ondráš announces a vacancy for the position of cello player in the professional part of the ensemble. more
JazzFestBrno has announced the names of the main stars of the next edition. The main announcements of the festival’s headliners will be the singer and pianist Diana Krall, and for the first time ever the iconic string ensemble Kronos Quartet, celebrating 50 years on the scene, will perform at the festival. Other personalities of the 22nd edition of the festival will include guitarist John Scofield, pianist Tigran Hamasyan, and double bassist Dave Holland. more
Update: production of The Greek Passion received a nomination for The International Opera Awards
Janáček’s opera at the Brno National Theater (NdB) has been shortlisted for this year’s The International Opera Awards. The NdB’s production of The Greek Passion, directed by Jiří Heřman, has been nominated in the “New Production” category. 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
