Programme of the Prague Spring 2024

Come and support young horn players from all over the world! Round I: 7. and 8. 5. / Round II: 10. 5.

Come and support young horn players from all over the world! Round I: 8. and 9. 5. / Round II: 11. 5.

How many different interpretations can one composition have? Do Czech and foreign perspectives differ?

How many different interpretations can one composition have? Do Czech and foreign perspectives differ?

Broadcasted opening concert of the festival in the park at Kampa, rich accompanying program, picnic blankets with you!

The general public is invited to masterclass with the principal hornist of the Orchestre de Paris

Final round of the Prague Spring International Competition, in which the best young horn players from all over the world will compete

The general public is invited to masterclass with the concert master of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Final round of the international competition Prague Spring, in which the best young violinists from all over the world will compete

Famous laureates will play in honour of the Prague Spring International Music Competition.

The general public is invited to a masterclass with violoncellist Victor Julien-Laferrière.

Miah Persson – soprano, Malcolm Martineau – piano
Famous cycle by Schumann and songs by Scandinavian composers

This icon of historically informed interpretation will present works by Italian masters from the late 16th and early 17th centuries.

Concert of young talents – scholarship holders of the MenART project

One of the best orchestras in the world under the baton of the most renowned Czech conductor of today

A new project dedicated to young audiences will bring unusual and varied concerts and creative workshops.

We all know what a piano sounds like. But what do the individual parts sound like?

Conductor Riccardo Chailly returns to Prague Spring after almost a quarter of a century to lead the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala of Milan.

We all know what a piano sounds like. But what do the individual parts sound like?

Festival debut of conductor Jiří Habart, laureate of the prestigious British Donatella Flick Competition

The Polish Radio Choir – Lusławice will perform works by the greats of European music.

Camilla George is a visionary jazz saxophonist, composer and innovator of Nigerian descent.

Premiere of a new production of Bedřich Smetana's famous opera directed by Ondřej Havelka and conducted by Robert Jindra

The winner of the Chopin Competition returns to the festival after eight years to present a programme combining the music of Maurice Ravel and Franz Liszt.

Festival debut of cellist Vilém Vlček, a recent winner of the Jiří Bělohlávek Prize

The award-winning brass quintet will make its first appearance at the festival.

Renowned soloists and chamber players of the Z.E.N. Trio perform a concert of works by Johannes Brahms and Antonín Dvořák.

Prague Spring on a trip to the picturesque church in Křečovice with a concert of works by J. S. Bach, Vaňhal, Handel, Dvořák, Janáček and Liszt

Top French musicians will pay tribute to Antonín Rejch, who is still considered one of their own in France.

Elbphilharmonie organist Iveta Apkalna will perform monumental works of the organ repertoire, including Bach's Toccata and Fugue in d minor and Boëllmann's Gothic Suite.

General public and active participants are invited to a masterclasses given by Amaury Coeytaux, leader of the Modigliani Quartet.

A concert by the Orchestre de Radio France and violinist Amaury Coeytaux, conducted by Mikko Franck. And Kryštof Mařatka will present the world premiere of his piece inspired by prehistoric cave paintings.

A key event to mark the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Bedřich Smetana, with the participation of the Czech Philharmonic, Kateřina Kněžíková, Adam Plachetka and others under the direction of Jakub Hrůša

Forum on the occasion of the Year of Czech Music on the phenomenon of the Czechia as a superpower of classical music

Beautiful melodies and lively dance rhythms from Gershwin, Bernstein and Korngold, performed by the Prague Symphony Orchestra led by their chief conductor Tomáš Brauner, and violinist Caroline Widmann.

A key event to mark the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Bedřich Smetana, with the participation of the Czech Philharmonic, Kateřina Kněžíková, Adam Plachetka and others under the direction of Jakub Hrůša

Josef Třeštík, Programme Director of the Prague Spring Festival, engages in conversation with Prague Offspring composer-in-residence Rebecca Saunders.

The first concert of the weekend's Prague Offspring: Klangforum Wien will feature key works by composer-in-residence Rebecca Sauders.

What is it like when a first-rate ensemble is sightreading a new composition? A public rehearsal of works by composition students at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.

A masterclass with members of this exceptional ensemble specialising in contemporary music is open to the general public and active student participants.

How do contemporary music ensembles maintain continuity? How do they develop to avoid stagnation? Composer Miroslav Srnka asks the representatives of Klangorum Wien and Ensemble Modern.

The second evening of the Prague Offspring series presents premieres of five new works by Czech and Slovak composers and commemorates the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho.

A monumental work titled 11,000 Strings for fifty pianos arranged in a circle and tuned in microtones, accompanied by Klangforum Wien.

The cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach reflect a richness of culture that has no parallel in European musical history. Ton Koopman, one of the greatest authorities on Bach who, will together with his ensembles present three works in the genre.

A monumental composition by Georg Friedrich Haas for fifty pianos arranged in a circle and microtonally tuned to accompany the Klangforum Wien