Chamber Spiritual Martinů Voices
6 October 2019, Brno music friendly city In the premises of the neo-Gothic Czech Brethren Evangelical Church of J. A. Comenius, on the fifth evening of the Moravian Autumn festival, a performance of sacred music for choir and organ took place. In addition to the choir of the same name, Martinů Voices was also dominated […]
Moravian Autumn: ‘Dharana’ At Brno’s Boby Centrum
October 4, 2019, Brno Daily “Moravian Autumn” began last Sunday with an incredible performance from the Ictus Ensemble, the Collegium Vocale Gent and the superlative Suzanne Vega. Photo: Moravian Autumn – Einstein on the beach. Vojtěch Kába / courtesy of Filharmonie Brno. The proposal makes us ask: how is a scientific theory experienced? According to […]
Gide and Martinů on stage together for the first time and with embarrassment
3 October 2019, Brno music friendly city The third event of this year’s Moravian Autumn festival was transferred to a theatre stage. The event was made happen by Terén, which is a platform acting as a third stage of the Centre of Experimental Theatre, right after the Goose on a String and HaDivadlo theatres. And […]
Brussels Einstein at the Moravian Autumn in Brno
30 September 2019, Brno – music friendly city The jubilee 50th Moravian Autumn music festival started yesterday at Bobycentrum in Brno with a concert performance of the minimalist opera Einstein on the Beach by composer Philip Glass and director Robert Wilson. The concert version was created by collaboration of visual artist Germaine Kruip, Suzanne Vega and Ictus […]
Sold out! Thank you.
Sunday opera Einstien on the Beach is sold out. Sunday afternoon, after rehearsal and agreement with the artists, we may launch another set. Stay tuned, more information in our facebook profile https://www.facebook.com/moravskypodzim/.
Unique celebration: Davies + Eötvös = 150
The composer and conductor Peter Eötvös (born 2 January 1944) and the chief conductor of the Filharmonie Brno, Dennis Russell Davies (born 16 April 1944), two distinctive personalities of the contemporary musical world, celebrate their 75th birthdays this year. To mark the occasion, the two musicians will come together with the Filharmonie for the final […]
Dance of the Sun
14th October 2019 Mahen Theatre, 7:00pm David Greilsammer captivated the audience at Moravian Autumn in 2017 as a pianist, in an engrossing recital alternating sonatas by John Cage and Domenico Scarlatti. In 2019, he returns with his chamber orchestra, Geneva Camerata, and the music-and-dance project Dance of the Sun, which has been performed to tumultuous […]
CINEMA AND OTHERS ARTS
MON 7 Oct 2019, University Cinema Scala, 2:00pm A talk about the composer Mieczysław Weinberg and screening of his opera The Passenger hosted by Jan Špaček MON 14 Oct 2019, University Cinema Scala, 2:00pm A talk with composer Peter Eötvös and screening of the documentary Eötvös Péter 75 presented by Jan Špaček Uměnovědný […]
Couperin and Tiburtina Ensemble
TUE 8 Oct 2019, Church of the Assumption of Our Lady, 7:00pm Couperin’s Messe propre pour les couvents is a jewel. It is also one of the few not to cite a specific Gregorian chant; so many other mass, corresponding in mode and style, can be chosen for the alternating entries. Like other organ masses, […]
LE DÎNER & PARADE
SUN 6 Oct 2019, Orlí Street Theatre, 7:00pm The piece Le Dîner (The Dinner, 2012), a first Czech performance, was written by Ondřej Adámek, a Czech composer living in France who has won international recognition, in collaboration with the French artist, Charlotte Guibé. The ballet Parade (1917) was composed by Erik Satie, with a libretto […]
