Prague Spring 2026 Programme

Magdalena Kožená as you’ve never heard her before, and three exceptional works performed by one of the world’s finest orchestras which, in addition to “Viennese classics”, will present Ondřej Adámek’s gripping yet also playful drama about the search for God.

Representative of the purest Czech chamber tradition and holder of two BBC Music Magazine Awards performing works from their gold collection along with a world premiere

The menacingly beautiful story of Bartók’s Miraculous Mandarin, the festival premiere of Luboš Fišer’s Violin Concerto, and the big return of Patricia Kopatchinskaja

An evening during which the Grammy Award holder and Prague Spring Artist-in-Residence 2026 is reincarnated into pagan goddesses from the Finnish epic Kalevala in a work by John Zorn.

Public interview with Unsuk Chin, Prague Offspring Composer-in-Residence, holder of the Grawemeyer Award and the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung Preis, hosted by the festival’s Artistic Director, Josef Třeštík.

Two key works by Unsuk Chin, Iannis Xenakis’s famous Rebonds, and a world premiere from Michal Nejtek. Ensemble Modern is conducted by Ilan Volkov

How many different interpretations could a single score contain? The Ensemble Modern players, who master their instruments in thousands of ways, guide young composers and the audience through a realm of new possibilities in sound.

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

Composer Miroslav Srnka in conversation with his guests about contemporary music. Free entry for holders of a Prague Offspring pass or ticket for the concert at 8 pm

Music by Unsuk Chin and Ondřej Adámek inspired by cultures of the Far East, along with four world premieres of works by Czech and Slovak composers

A spatial performance by one of the world’s most sought-after performers of contemporary music, violinist Hana Kotková, together with Veniero Rizzardi (electronics)