The Metropolitan Opera in New York has announced its 2026–2027 season, including the debut of Czech conductor Tomáš Hanus, who will stage a new production of Leoš Janáček’s Jenůfa, directed...
Congratulations to Artist-in-Residence of the 2026 Prague Spring Festival, Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan, on winning The Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards 2026 (GGPAA), Canada’s highest award for outstanding contributions to...
Jan Ryant Dřízal’s Morphing Amadeus for chamber orchestra, commissioned by the Prague Spring Festival and given its world première on 30 May 2025 by Ensemble Modern as part of the...
“Not only can a telephone sometimes be more dangerous than a revolver, but its twisted cord drains our strength and gives nothing in return,” Jean Cocteau once remarked of his...
Philippe Bernold (France) – chair of the juryHis path to an international career was opened by winning the Jean-Pierre Rampal International Flute Competition in Paris in 1987. He has appeared...
Daniel Browell (UK) – chair of the juryDaniel Browell studied in Birmingham, Paris, London (at the Royal Academy of Music) and Chicago. Described as a pianist “of considerable intelligence and...
In the first round of the Prague Spring International Music Competition in 2026, 48 flutists and 42 pianists from 17 countries around the world will compete. Here are their names....
Michal Fanta has been nominated for the prestigious Czech Press Photo 2025 award for his photographs from Prague Spring 2025. Congratulations, we are delighted! The winners will be announced on...