SPRINGTEEN
Concert Partner
The Prague Spring is organizing a festival day dedicated to young audiences and their families, offering unusual and colourful concerts along with creative ateliers in the impressive locations of St. Agnes’ Convent and its gardens. Visitors will be treated not only to live classical music, but also jazz and pop. The concerts will feature artists who follow their own path: the vocal sextet Skety and singer Jan Cina, accompanied by the SpringTEEN Band – an ensemble specially created for this occasion, comprising young philharmonic players and superb jazz musicians. We invite you to join us for a day of musical experimentation and we welcome any ideas you may have – put them into practice at these festival concerts and creative workshops for children, teenagers and accompanying adults.
There’s lots to look forward to! Have a go at bucket drumming, craft your own musical instruments from recycled materials, learn to write songs or film music and meet musically trained robots. At special ateliers you can learn a new composition, written for the occasion by Petr Wajsar, and then perform it in its world premiere together with professional musicians at the closing concert.
Good to know:
- Tickets for paid events can only be purchased online.
- Many events are open air, so warmer (waterproof) clothing and blankets or cushions for seating are recommended.
- Refreshments will be available to buy on site (payment by card or cash).
- The entrance to the St. Agnes’ Convent is from Anežská and Na Františku streets.
- It is possible to take photo or video snapshots from all SpringTEEN events. Thank you if you tag your social media posts with #prazskejaro or link to our Facebook or Instagram profiles.
GDPR
Please note that by entering the SpringTEEN event, you automatically consent to the taking of photographs and audio-visual images of you and your children and their publication and use in accordance with §12 to 23 AZ in connection with the promotion of the Prague Spring Festival on the platforms of Prague Spring and its partners.
CONCERTS
OPENER: EXPEDITION INTO THE MIND OF A MUSICIAN
2 pm
Main stage
(age 6–99)
Jan Cina & SpringTEEN Band, Klára Boudalová
What happens to the music as it travels on its way from the written score to the ear of the listener? What’s it like when a new work is born in the mind of a musician? And how do you get it out of there?! Come with us on an exciting expedition! It’s a true adventure: a classical, jazz and lightly experimental interactive concert featuring singer and actor Jan Cina and a group of tutors and musicians.
MAGICIAN’S CELEBRATION
3 pm & 5 pm
Garden of the Minorites
(6–10)
Valentiana String Quartet
Hedvika Jouzová Mousa Bacha – harp
The world around us is full of invisible doors, behind which are hidden unexplored kingdoms alive with wonderful enchantment, and whoever goes through those doors will often experience incredible things. We’ll be opening one of these doors during our Magician’s celebration, where we’ll be practising musical spells and divining with horsehair and knotted strings. Come and experience a truly fairytale concert with fun-filled assignments and lots of musical transformations.
GRAND FINALE
Jan Cina
Skety
SpringTEEN Band & atelier participants
6 pm
Main stage
(6–99)
Closing concert in grand style, where you can put your acquired skills to good use along with the musical instruments you crafted during the afternoon workshops! A unique opportunity to perform with superb musicians and be part of the world premiere of a composition written specially for SpringTEEN by Petr Wajsar. What’s more, it’s a great opportunity to hear the popular vocal sextet Skety live on stage!
ATELIERS
VIRTUAL SYMPHONY
2.30–5.30 pm
Church of the Holy Saviour
(6–99)
What if you found yourself on a strange symphonic planet, where everything is playing? Enter with us into a world of imagination, extended reality and remarkable sounds. A robot might come along as well!
Free entry
LIVE KARAOKE
2.30–5.30 pm
Main stage
Have you ever sung with Jan Cina or played with members of the Philharmonic on a big stage? You can sing a chosen song during our live karaoke or play with live musicians. Recording is permitted!
Free entry
WASHING MACHINE -O-PHONE
2.30–5.30 pm
Garden of Eden
(6–99)
Have you changed your washing machine recently? If so, what did you do with the waste water pipe that was connected to it? That’s what our Washing Machine-o-phone is for – a recycled musical instrument, for whose construction you can use all sorts of bits and pieces from your (or our) home! Whoever makes their own instrument can play it at the closing concert!
Free entry
ART STUDIO
2.30–5.30 pm
A creative space for everyone, not just musicians
In association with the National Gallery Prague
Free entry
PRINT YOUR OWN MUSIC
3 & 4 pm
Ancient Kitchen
(9+)
How do you create sounds? How does a musical instrument work anyway? What do an oboe and an airplane have in common? Find out at a workshop on physics, aerodynamics and acoustics – entirely for beginners! But most of all, you’ll have great fun creating musical instruments. By the way, did you know that you can print musical instruments on a 3D printer? You don’t believe us? Just wait and see…
SOUNDTRACK WIZARDS
3 pm
Banqueting Hall
(9+)
No film or video can get by on social networks without music “beneath the image”. We invite you to our laboratory of funny sounds, playful jingles and melancholic melodies, or to our atelier where, together with Pavel Polívka, Czech Philharmonic percussionist and owner of a percussion set constructed from a suitcase, we will be recording music and sounds for a short animated film. Suitable for budding influencers and content creators of all types, who are looking for something to spice up their videos. Bring your musical instruments with you!
BUCKET DRUMMING
4 & 5 pm
Ceremonial Hall
(6+)
Come for an almighty drumming session, where we’ll be beating on resonant buckets with illuminated drumsticks, which even the greatest stars would be proud of. And the bonus? As a member of this colossal drum show you’ll get the chance to take part in the big closing concert!
OH LA LA
4 pm
St. Francis Church
(6–99)
Skety
Czech Radio Children’s Choir
Do you like singing? Would you like to try it out with some professionals? Then our experimental singing workshop is just for you, where members of the vocal group Skety will teach you a new song by Petr Wajsar, written for the SpringTEEN closing concert. Do you get stage fright? We’ll show you how to deal with it!
BECOME A COMPOSER – QUICK & EASY!
4 & 5 pm
Monastery Garden
(12+)
Awaken the artist in you and, with the help of professional musicians, have a go at composing your own music. You’ll find out how to go about it and you can try everything out straight away. Our atelier is suitable for both beginners and more advanced singers, and also for those of you playing on any musical instrument you’d like to bring with you!
