When Sir Simon Rattle was young, he played Slavonic Dances by Antonín Dvořák with his father on the piano. “They were instrumental in my decision to pursue music,” he says. Next time he will perform them in Prague as the main guest conductor of the Czech Philharmonic. One of the world’s most famous musicians, whose … Read more
As soon as he joined, he signed up for Czech music. “Together we will perform the symphony Asrael, Josef Suk’s most important and tragic work. It continues to fascinate me from the moment I first heard it,” announced Kirill Petrenko in 2019 at the first press conference he held as chief conductor of the Berlin … Read more
Antonín Dvořák loved nature. “In the most beautiful forest I spend the most wonderful days in beautiful weather and I am constantly admiring the enchanting birdsong,” he wrote in 1884 from his summer residence in Vysoké u Příbram. Eight years later, he reported from New York that nature needed “its diminuendo and morendo to revive … Read more
The Czech Philharmonic will start its season with three concerts from next Wednesday, September 27 to Friday, September 29 at the Rudolfinum in Prague. Under the direction of chief conductor Semjon Byčkov, this time he will exclusively play the works of Antonín Dvořák: the Prelude to Nature, the Violin Concerto in A minor and the … Read more
Choreographer Mirka Eliášová and composer Jana Vöröšová were inspired by an ancient Inuit story when creating the production Still the Same Story. Dancers and musicians from the Berg Orchestra perform in it, everything is complemented by projections and videos. The theme is man and nature. The premiere will take place on September 5 at the … Read more
After 13 years, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Ode to Joy returns to the program of the final concert of the Prague Spring Festival, performed by the Czech Philharmonic conducted by the renowned Christoph Eschenbach. The 83-year-old German conductor, who looks extremely serious and pays attention to the smallest details, has been returning to … Read more