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Hausopera is a society of enthusiasts that prepares tailor-made opera shows for various Brno hidden corners. In the opening season, it invites the audience to the pool of the spa in Rašínova Street, where it will perform a single-act opera named The Last Polo. The music, written by Marko Ivanović, will swarm with graceful motions of synchronised swimmers; the nostalgic libretto of the piece was written by Josef Škarka and will be rendered by opera vocalists singing in swimsuits, confirming thus that the first love is never to be forgotten. Through a musical story, visitors will experience the well-known venue in a new context. more
The first Cuban street festival, titled Vibes of Havana, is emerging in Brno; it will be featuring bands such as N.O.H.A, Noisy Pots, Pragasón or Doris Martinez & Dance Company. more
This one-day festival on the banks of the Svitava offers in its programme concerts, theatre for children and adults, waterborne fun and a charity plastic duck race. Among the bands performing will be Vidiek, Křupky, Tokamak, NaMars! and Kuležák. more
The international festival Folk Holidays in Náměšť nad Oslavou is approaching. This year the festival is entering its 33rd year with names like John Smith, Jan Hrubý, Jitka Šuranská & Petr Uvira, as well as Ondřej Havelka and his Melody Makers. more
This year, Mikulov will host the 6th annual festival of baroque theatre. The performances and lectures will take place at the local chateau and in the Konvent Gallery. more
Erik Knirsch, conductor and musician of the Studio Brno Orchestra died
Yesterday, on 9 July 2018, conductor and music composer Erik Knirsch died at the age of 90. more
The third year of Jazz Courtyard is once more taking place in Prague and Brno. The event is taking place in cooperation with the jazz departments of Prague’s HAMU (Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts) and Brno’s JAMU (Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts). In the courtyard of Brno’s Old Town Hall there will be performances from student ensembles as well as long-term original running projects by selected students. The culmination of the evening will be the concert of the African group Ghana Dance Ensemble. The event is supported by the festivals JazzFestBrno, Tanec Praha and KoresponDance. Entry is free. more
The premises of today’s club have been operating under the name Metro since 1937. As part of the birthday celebrations, which will take place in September, Ivan Král will be appearing. Tickets are already on sale. more
This year the Balladine Dance School is holding a summer school for contemporary dance and ballet and day schools for children. Balladine now has new premises by the Lužánky Park. more
The Brno Philharmonic invites children to their summer courses
During the summer holidays the Brno Philharmonic is laying on a summer musical-movement course for children called Journey to Fantasy and an art course Melodies of the Film World. Both courses are for children from 6 to 12. 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
