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Nordic Programme of the Brno Philharmonic presents Abrahamsen's Let Me Tell You
Norwegian, Danish, and Finnish composer. Add to this the literary subject matter of Denmark's Henrik Ibsen and Shakespeare's Hamlet set in Denmark. All under the baton of a Danish conductor. The programme, entitled “Ancient Nordic Tales”, will be performed by the Brno Philharmonic next Thursday and Friday at the Janáček Theatre. It will feature Hans Abrahamsen's Let me tell you, which is one of the most important musical works of the last decade and has been performed on prestigious stages around the world. more
Fedora returns to the Metropolitan Opera. The live broadcast will take place at the Scala Cinema
Fedora will return to the Metropolitan Opera after 25 years with soprano Sonja Joncheva in the title role. The audience can watch the live broadcast at the Scala University Cinema. more
BNT soloist Marie Steiner would have celebrated her 100th birthday today
Marie Steinerová, a soloist of the Brno National Theatre and a key performer of the title roles in Leoš Janáček’s operas, would have turned 100 years old today, 10 January 2023. The Brno National Theatre will dedicate a performance of Puccini’s Tosca to the singer on 10 February 2023 at the Janáček Theatre. A portrait of the artist will also be on display in the first order foyer of the Janáček Theatre from today. more
Matěj Metoděj Štrunc will christen the new album Lidověk
Matěj Metoděj Štrunc will christen his first solo album Lidověk in Kabinet Múz. The guest of the evening will be Czech-Polish singer-songwriter Beata Bocek. more
The band Poletíme? returns to the Brno club Fléda on the occasion of recording a new album. The album BEST OF DO GRAMOFONU (Best of, for the turntable) will map the greatest hits in the fifteen years of the band’s existence. Fans will get a unique chance to be part of the live recording in two concert days. more
The Brno Philharmonic Orchestra kicked off its musical season in Salzburg yesterday. The orchestra will play twice more on this prestigious stage
The Brno Philharmonic has been on an extraordinary guest tour since yesterday. For three consecutive nights it will appear on one of Europe’s most prestigious stages, playing in Salzburg, at the Great Festival House. more
The ReConnect conference for music managers, booking agents, representatives of the club scene, and other music professionals, organized by the Music Managers Forum Czech Republic association and the SoundCzech pro-export office, starts tomorrow in Brno. more
Wanted: a theater lecturer for the National Theater Ensembles Brno
The management of the National Theater Brno is creating the new position of theater lecturer/lecturer. Applications for the selection procedure must be sent by the end of the month. more
Over two nights, more than sixty concerts by artists from dozens of countries will take place in thirteen clubs in Brno. Clubs such as Alterna, ArtBar Druhý Pád, Fléda, Kabinet múz, Kafara, Metro Music Bar, Music Lab, Ponava, Rusty Nail, Sibiř, Sono Music Club, Stará Pekárna, and Vegalité, united in BACH – Brno Association of Club Music, have joined the first edition of the Batch club night. more
The Brno National Theater will premiere a triptych today of one-act ballets called Bolero
Today’s premiere of Bolero is the work of three creators – Dan Datca, Mario Radačovský, and Johan Inger. The three different movement manuscripts deal with human relationships, fundamental questions of human existence, and questions about one’s own identity. With this title, the Brno National Theater Ballet continues to present contemporary ballet repertoire and original works, now in the form of one-act ballets, unlike last season. 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
