SPRINGTEEN
Project Partner
For the first time, an entire festival day will be devoted to young audiences and families. It will feature unusual and varied concerts and creative workshops in the imposing environment of the St Agnes’ Convent and its gardens. Live music will include not only classical, but also jazz, pop and electronic genres. Performers will include the British vocal ensemble Apollo5 and local star Milan Peroutka and Moravia Brass Band under the baton of conductor Chuhei Iwasaki. Music technology and DIY will feature in workshops on making musical instruments from vegetables and pizza boxes. The concerts will be interspersed with interactive moments and with the help of a QR code we will prove once and for all that “every Czech is a musician”. In addition to all this, there will be a diverse accompanying programme where you will be able to create a band using tablets and simple apps or make your own music logo.
Tickets for children up to 18 years of age.
To select tickets for an adult, enter as a discount.
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CONCERTS
👼 👶 👦 👧 🧑🦱 👩🦱 Tickets for children – means up to 18 years of age.
To select adult tickets – enter as discount 🧓 👱♀️ 👴 👵
PERCUSSION SHOW
14.00
Church of St. Francis
(6–12+)
HAMU Percussion Ensemble
A concert not only full of rhythms, but also curiosities from the percussion warehouse and interaction with the audience. You will hear and see buckets, brooms, barrels, rain sticks, flying saucers and singing shells, marimbas and percussion of all kinds and the robot YuMiho. It will be especially enjoyable for younger listeners aged 6 to 12 and their parents, but older siblings won’t be bored either.
MYSTERY OF THE CONUNDRUM, OPEN AIR CONCERT WITH A GAME
15.00 and 17.00
Garden of the Minorites
(6–12+)
Prague Philharmonia String Quartet
Veronika Panochová, Roman Hranička – violin,
Ondřej Martinovský – viola, Judita Škodová – violoncello
A concert in a mysterious garden in Shadowland with musical puzzles and an adventurous quest for clues. We’ll go in search of music not only by Shadowland composers. It will all take place outside on the grass, on cushions and on the walls, with challenges for the restless.
CHILL-OUT KONCERT
ROCKHarmonie
Monastery garden
18.00
Stretch out on a blanket, rest your head on a pillow and look up at the sky. Members of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in an unusual line-up will play rock music for you.
GRAND FINALE
Apollo5
Milan Peroutka – vocals
Gonçalo Nova – trombone (Prague Spring IMC 2023 Laureate)
Moravia Brass Band
Chuhei Iwasaki – conductor
Northern Garden
19.30
The British vocal quintet Apollo5 has fascinated audiences around the world with their interpretations of classical, pop and jazz music. In addition to their precision performances, they are renowned for their lively rapport with audiences. On stage they will encounter the popular actor Milan Peroutka, and will be accompanied by the spirited Moravia Brass Band. The young conductor Chuhei Iwasaki will take the baton, and in addition to classical music, they will also venture into film music – and indeed there is a film-music feel to the trombone concerto Colors by the Belgian composer Bert Appermont, which will be performed by the winner of last year’s Prague Spring International Music Competition, the Portuguese trombonist Gonçalo Nova.
KINOKTURNO
Monastery garden
22.00
Everything around us under the lens of a microscope and telescope in a screening with live music. Peer into the very structure of things, of plant life and microscopic animals, and discover hidden beauty. We’ll fly through neighbouring galaxies and the colourful vortexes of black holes.
WORKSHOPS
ART WORKSHOP
14.00–19.00
Ambit
JAMMING WITH THE YUMI ROBOT
14.00–19.00
Church of St. Salvator
VEGETABLE ORCHESTRA
15.00 and 17.00
Monastery garden
(10+)
How do you make an oboe from a carrot, a bassoon from an eggplant and a flute from a cucumber? And what other instruments can you build from things that grow in the garden?
In the workshop we will drill, cut, carve, shorten, taste and try to get the sound out of it. Let’s see who will succeed. Suitable for vegetarians, vegans, children and adults.
Children under 12 years old only in the company of a parent. (choose the Child with Company ticket).
PIZZAFON
15.00 and 16.00
Garden of Eden
(8+)
Pizza boxes are a common waste item in many households. What if we could make it produce sound?
Turn it into a medieval lyre or a gramophone, or a trumpet! We’ll also need some other apparent leftovers from dinner, like Chinese chopsticks or extra napkins. Suitable for Italian music lovers, children and adults.
Children under ten years old only if accompanied by a parent.
RECORDING STUDIO
15.00 and 17.00
Ceremonial Hall
(12+)
As a DJ, you will compose music from sounds, samples and loops, as well as record and improvise with an entire band.
Bring your own instrument or borrow one on the spot. Improvising together will create a unique recording of electronic fusion with classical and surprising instruments.
This experimental workshop is suitable for ages twelve and upwards with only a modicum of musical experience.
PERCUSSION A THOUSAND DIFFERENT WAYS
16.00 and 18.00
Church of St. Francis
(12+)
If you only know the drum kit, be assured that this will be much more interesting. An improvisational drumming workshop where you will try out an incredible variety of percussion instruments and all sorts of junk and play not only African rhythms together.
Suitable for older children and adults.
