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20. 01. 2026

Here we go! 🍀 List of participants advancing to the First Round of the 2026 Prague Spring International Music Competition!

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....
05. 01. 2026

Coming soon! A New film marks 80th Birthday of the Prague Spring Festival

How did a festival become a global cultural phenomenon? And what lies behind the magic that fills Prague with music every May? The new documentary A Window onto the World, created...
10. 12. 2025

Michal Fanta’s photographs from Prague Spring 2025 have been nominated for the prestigious Czech Press Photo award

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...
04. 12. 2025

The number of applicants for the 77th Prague Spring International Music Competition in the flute and piano categories has broken last year’s record!

In the preliminary round of the 77th Prague Spring Competition, 239 flutists and 231 pianists will compete. Compared to 2025, the total number of applicants has increased by 13 to...
04. 12. 2025

Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe today at the Prague Spring Advent Concert

One of the world’s foremost conductors, Yannick Nézet-Séguin – Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera in New York and the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Artistic Director of Orchestre Métropolitain de...
02. 12. 2025

Robert Hanč Appointed Director of the Prague Spring Festival from 1 January, 2026

At its meeting on 1 December 2025, the festival’s Board of Directors appointed Robert Hanč, until now General Manager and Artistic Director of the Czech Philharmonic, as the new Director of...
27. 11. 2025

Knoxville: Summer of 1915. The autobiographical story of James Agee that inspired Samuel Barber

As part of the Prague Spring 2026 Debut, Samuel Barber’s charming composition for soprano and orchestra, based on a text by American writer and journalist James Agee, will be performed. Writer...