Programme of the Prague Spring 2025

Come and support young cellists from all over the world! Round I: 8–9 May / Round II: 11 May

How many different interpretations can one composition have?

Come and support young oboe players from all over the world!

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

Pre-festival accompanying program in the ČEZ Open Air: concerts and screenings in front of Rudolfinum from May 11!

For the 80th year, the Prague Spring Festival opens on the anniversary of Bedřich Smetana's death. We will honour his memory just a couple of hours before the opening of the festival.

Live broadcast of the opening concert in the ČEZ Open Air in front of the Rudolfinum, wide accompanying program from May 11!

The three best oboists are looking for victory in the Prague Spring competition, accompanied by the Prague Philharmonia in works by Bohuslav Martinů, Jiří Gemrot and B. A. Zimmermann.

Smetana’s My Country performed by the Czech Philharmonic and Semyon Bychkov

Dvořák’s Cello Concerto interpreted three different ways in the final of the Prague Spring competition.

One of the world’s most famous orchestras appearing at the Prague Spring for the first time, bringing with them works by Dmitri Shostakovich. Andris Nelsons – conductor, Baiba Skride – violin

After an absence of thirty-five years Fabio Luisi returns to the festival with works by Brahms, Berg and classic of Japanese music Tōru Takemitsu. Featuring soloist Akiko Suwanai – violin

Artist-in-Residence Patricia Kopatchinskaja takes listeners on a journey through six centuries of music in a programme which combines string orchestra, world music, medieval mass and lighting design.

The recent winner of the prestigious Bach Competition in Leipzig will appear in a profile programme featuring works by Bach, Rachmaninoff, Ligeti and Skoumal.

Music from Italy’s most important composer of the 14th century Francesco Landini, performed by Ensemble Sollazzo, holder of the Cambridge Early Music Prize.

Music by Stravinsky, Bartók and Milhaud, along with a pivotal 20th century work by Arnold Schönberg, featuring the superb Patricia Kopatchinskaja as Pierrot.

The last string quartets by Mozart and Beethoven plus the world premiere of a song cycle by Jindřich Feld, with soloist Lucie Kaňková

Patricia Kopatchinskaja will perform gems of the 20th century violin repertoire from well-known classic of Czech film music Luboš Fišer in combination with music by Ludwig van Beethoven.

The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, one of the world’s finest choral ensembles, will perform a programme comprising the works of Arvo Pärt on the occasion of the composer’s 90th birthday.

Works by Brahms, Mozart and Madsen among the airplanes of the National Technical Museum, performed by the winner of the PJ competition 2024, horn player Zhicheng Jin, the Bennewitz Quartet and Miroslav Sekera.

For their Czech debut the legendary orchestra from Chicago chose Gustav Mahler’s monumental Sixth Symphony, inspired by Alma Mahler. Conducted by Jaap van Zweden

The Brazilian samba performed by the finest contemporary Brazilian jazz musicians. Songs from the album Cometa, which received a Grammy Award nomination.

Winner of the Prague Spring Competition 2024 performing at a concert featuring an exceptional lineup, which will culminate in the monumental Symphony No. 4 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky led by Robert Jindra.

Masterclasses of one of the finest pianists on the scene today

Premiere of Leoš Janáček’s iconic opera at the National Theatre, directed by Calixto Bieito and conducted by Norwegian maestro with Czech roots Stefan Veselka.

Kammerakademie Potsdam’s Czech debut with conductor Antonello Manacorda, performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto featuring soloist Pierre-Laurent Aimard.

A spectacular programme from the holder of the title National Orchestra of Sweden, featuring works by Smetana, Chopin and Bartók in the hands of charismatic conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali and piano virtuoso Jan Lisiecki.

The young Czech piano trio, which is racking up one award after another, presents works by Joseph Haydn, Maurice Ravel and Wolfgang Rihm.

Concert given by the best from the hundreds of graduates of the MenART Academy 2024-2025, who worked for a year under distinguished mentors.

Two regulars on the Czech music scene, winners of the Prague Spring competition, come together in a joint recital to perform works by Sergey Rachmaninoff and Bohuslav Martinů.

Conductor Tomáš Netopil heads this iconic period instrument ensemble Concentus Musicus Wien, founded and headed for over sixty years by Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

Horn player Radek Baborák and organist Aleš Bárta pay tribute to Josef Suk in his native Křečovice. Experience a different take on the Prague Spring!

The Prague Spring debut of the world-famous ensemble, winner of the ARD competition in Munich, performing works by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Raphaël Merlin.

Love games and the wonderful world of gods in a pasticcio of the operas Psyché, Persée, Atys and Armide, written by composer active during the reign of Louis XIV Jean-Baptiste Lully.

Petr Popelka appears in Prague for the first time as Chief Conductor of the Vienna Symphony in a markedly Viennese programme, featuring Beethoven and Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss. Soloist Jan Bartoš.

All eyes on the conducting debut of Jan Sedláček, featuring the winner of the 2024 competition, violinist Tsukushi Sasaki.

The LSO returns to the Prague Spring after a twenty-year absence, on this occasion with Antonio Pappano and the dazzling Lisa Batiashvili in works by Berlioz, Szymanowski and Richard Strauss.

Meet the composer-in-residence of Prague Offspring. Free entry for holders of a Prague Offspring pass or ticket for the concert at 8 pm

What’s making the current music scene pulse with life? World premieres of works by Czech and Slovak composers set in the context of foreign musical output, presented by the best qualified performers of contemporary music

Young composers experience what it’s like when leading world performers of contemporary music read their musical ideas written in the score.

A family afternoon full of creative workshops and concerts for young audiences. A third of the events will be free of charge!

How can one get the most from the instrument when performing contemporary music? Young musicians explore new performance techniques with members of Ensemble Modern.

What’s it like to write a new work for one of the world’s finest contemporary music ensembles? Composer Miroslav Srnka puts this question to Pavel Šabacký, Barbora Tomášková and Slavomír Hořínka.

A concert performance of Sir George Benjamin's opera based on the tale of the ratcatcher and the world premiere of Slavomir Hořínka's essential opus

Mahler’s monumental message in a performance by the Czech Philharmonic, eight superb soloists and three choirs, conducted by Semyon Bychkov