Prague Spring 2027 Programme

Organ masterclasse open to the general public and active participants will be held by Iveta Apkalna, principal organist at the Elbphilharmonie

Harpsichord masterclass open to the general public and active participants will be held by Francesco Corti, world-renowned specialist in Baroque and Classical music, harpsichordist and conductor of the ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro

The 82nd Prague Spring festival opens with a tribute to the memory of Bedřich Smetana at the composer’s tomb in Vyšehrad cemetery.

Come and enjoy the first day of the Prague Spring with us in Rieger Gardens! An afternoon packed with workshops, concerts and encounters with well-known personalities, culminating in a live broadcast of Smetana’s Má vlast (My Country).

The three best young harpsichordists accompanied by the Collegium 1704 and the Prague Philharmonia will compete in works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Bohuslav Martinů in honour of the Czech queen of the harpsichord, Zuzana Růžičková.

Bedřich Smetana’s Má vlast in the Smetana Hall in Municipal House performed by the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Jaap van Zweden

Masterclass open to the general public and active participants will be held by clarinet legend Sabine Meyer, who has appeared as a soloist with some of the world’s finest orchestras including the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonics.

The top three competitors will go head-to-head in Franz Krommer’s popular clarinet concerto and virtuosic variations by Jean Françaix.

After her stunning recital in 2024 Iveta Apkalna, one of the world’s most popular organists, returns with the State Choir LATVIJA in a programme featuring works dating from the Renaissance to the present day.

Twelve hands at two pianos, percussion instruments, a pulsating rhythm and a world premiere commissioned by the Prague Spring from composer Jana Vöröšová. This is what the concert, performed by the best graduates of the MenART Academy, will be like.

An exploration tracing the origins of 17th century Italian opera through to masterpieces by Antonio Vivaldi, along with the festival debut of top-flight period-instrument ensemble La Cetra Barockorchester Basel

From Andersen’s fairy tales to the giant waves of the Pacific Ocean. A programme which found inspiration in the infinite colours of nature. Claude Debussy, Hector Berlioz and Kaija Saariaho.

Discover Ludwig van Beethoven through performances of his complete symphonies and get a Beethoven pass offering a range of experiences. The first evening will feature Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, and the most popular symphony of all time, the Eroica!

Discover Ludwig van Beethoven through performances of the complete symphonies and get a Beethoven pass featuring a range of experiences. On the second evening, Fate will be performed, paired with the charming Symphony No. 4.

Discover Ludwig van Beethoven through performances of his complete symphonies and get a Beethoven pass offering a range of experiences. On the third evening, you’ll be enchanted by the natural scenery of the Pastoral and the radiant Apotheosis of Dance with its immortal Allegretto!

A meditative solo concert from this year’s curator of the new Prague Spring Jazz Series, in which he will also be joined by a special guest. A concert with a surprise in store, which you won’t hear anywhere else!

“He can say more in a few lines of music than most guitarists manage over the course of an entire career.” (The New York Times). Kurt Rosenwinkel who rewrote the DNA of modern jazz appearing with his trio at the Prague Spring for the first time.

Piano trios by Beethoven and Brahms in a first-rate performance by Igor Levit, Renaud Capuçon and Julia Hagen, plus a Beethoven pass featuring a whole range of experiences on top of that!

Three days filled with music in one of the most enchanting parts of Prague. Open air concerts for the whole family and lots of fun for children and adults alike.

Masterclasses in piano and jaz ensemble open to the general public and active participants will be held by Fred Hersch, curator of the Prague Spring Jazz Series and jazz icon.

Ádám Fischer’s triple debut, in which the temperament of works by Ludwig van Beethoven encounters the elegant music of Joseph Haydn. Together with your ticket you will also receive a Beethoven pass featuring a range of experiences.

The phenomenal Igor Levit and his late-night rendezvous featuring the music of Brahms and Morton Feldman, inspired by Near and Middle Eastern rugs and the ruins of the ancient Palace of Mari.

The Bartók World Competition prize-winner and graduate of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London makes his Prague Spring debut performing works by Clara Schumann, Béla Bartók and Vítězslav Novák.

Paris in the rhythm of the 20th century. Winner of the Prague Spring flute competition 2026 Mäel Metzger, Jana Boušková, Eva Krestová and Miroslav Sekera in works by Poulenc, Debussy, Bozza and Prokofiev.

A selection from Ludwig van Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas, for whose recording Igor Levit was nominated for a Grammy Award. The famous Tempest, the thrilling Waldstein Sonata and a Beethoven pass on top of that!

Imagine yourselves for a while as students and philosophers in the early 18th century who, in the flickering candlelight of Leipzig’s legendary Café Zimmermann, listened to pleasing music as they treated themselves to an exotic luxury known as coffee.

Charismatic American vocalist and two-time Grammy Award winner accompanied by the celebrated jazz pianist Fred Hersch, curator of the Prague Spring Jazz Series 2027.

“I do not care for his music.” A merciless duel between two great composers and contemporary rivals Tchaikovsky and Brahms and the festival debut of a Japanese piano superstar.

John Adams on the conductor’s rostrum and the Vienna Philharmonic performing his music exclusively! The Czech premiere of the piano concerto After the Fall played by Grammy Award holder Víkingur Ólafsson.

Discover Ludwig van Beethoven through performances of his complete symphonies and get a Beethoven pass offering a range of experiences. We’ll bid farewell to the ticking metronome in Symphony No. 8 and to the Ninth with the Ode to Joy!

Masterclass open to the general public and active participants will be held by Sabine Devieilhe, one of today’s most sought-after sopranos, and pianist and opera coach Mathieu Pordoy.

After an absence of seventeen years, Anne-Sophie Mutter returns to the Prague Spring to perform together with Muriel Razavi and Kian Soltani the Czech premiere of the triple concerto Arch of Light by Iranian composer Golfam Khayam.

Richard Strauss’s celebrated opera based on Oscar Wilde’s drama transforms the biblical story of Salome into a work of extreme emotional intensity, sensuality and expressive power – a score that remains provocative and gripping more than a century after its premiere.

Women in music from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. A song recital given by Sabine Devieilhe and Mathieu Pordoy who, after appearing together in New York, London, Vienna and Paris, will perform in Prague as well.

Face to face with one of the most influential figures on the contemporary world music scene, whose music blends sophisticated soundscapes with vulgarity, and profound introspection with black humour.

Bread and salt: two masterpieces by Enno Poppe, Prague Offspring’s Composer-in-Residence 2027, and four world premieres of works commissioned by the Prague Spring.

What’s the best way to take down your musical ideas so that the musicians understand them and are able to get them across to the audience? Ensemble Modern in dialogue with aspiring composers as they focus together on brand new scores.

Masterclass open to the general public and active participants will be held by experts in the most challenging instrumental scores from Ensemble Modern.

Composer and member of the Prague Spring Artistic Board in conversation with his guests about contemporary music.

Can music be corporeal? You’ll find the answer in a world premiere and in an essential work by Enno Poppe, Körper, in which Ensemble Modern is transformed into a big band.

A traditional concert to honour the memory of composer Josef Suk in his native Křečovice. Experience a different take on the Prague Spring!

Workshops and concerts for young audiences, bargain family tickets which provide access to all the events on offer and lots more to explore! And what does Beethoven say to this?!

One of the world’s finest chamber ensembles makes its debut at the Prague Spring together with American violinist Joshua Bell, who will perform Beethoven’s Violin Concerto on his Stradivarius.

Bassoonist Michaela Špačková, the holder of the “Podium für junge Talente” award in the ARD Competition will walk unseen between the aircraft at the NTM exhibition. Together with your ticket you will also receive a Beethoven pass featuring a range of experiences.

A fabulous vocal cast headed by opera superstar Jakub Józef Orliński, a world-class early music ensemble, seven festival debuts, and the bloody tale of Salome

Conductor Piotr Wacławik, pianist Sehyeok Son, winner of the Prague Spring Competition 2026, and a programme combining virtuosity, wit, magic and Mussorgsky’s spectacular Pictures at an Exhibition, brilliantly orchestrated by Maurice Ravel.

Masterclass open to the general public and active participants will be held by bass David Steffens, one of the soloists in Beethoven’s Missa solemnis at the Prague Spring Festival’s closing concert.