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13. 02. 2026

Congratulations to Barbara Hannigan on winning the GGPAA 2026, Canada’s highest distinction in the performing arts

Congratulations to Artist-in-Residence of the 2026 Prague Spring Festival, Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan, on winning The Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards 2026 (GGPAA), Canada’s highest award for outstanding contributions to...

30. 01. 2026

A work by Jan Ryant Dřízal commissioned by Prague Spring selected for ISCM World New Music Days Festival 2026

Jan Ryant Dřízal’s Morphing Amadeus for chamber orchestra, commissioned by the Prague Spring Festival and given its world première on 30 May 2025 by Ensemble Modern as part of the...

28. 01. 2026

La Voix humaine with Barbara Hannigan, or Welcome to the Eccentric World of Jean Cocteau

“Not only can a telephone sometimes be more dangerous than a revolver, but its twisted cord drains our strength and gives nothing in return,” Jean Cocteau once remarked of his...

07. 01. 2026

Let There Be Light in the New Year!

05. 01. 2026

Coming soon! A New film marks 80th Birthday of the Prague Spring Festival

How did a festival become a global cultural phenomenon? And what lies behind the magic that fills Prague with music every May? The new documentary Window to the World, created to...

23. 12. 2025

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year lined by good friends and full of health and wonderful music

17. 12. 2025

In December, we prepared a truly unique experience for our patrons at the KODL Contemporary gallery

10. 12. 2025

Michal Fanta’s photographs from Prague Spring 2025 have been nominated for the prestigious Czech Press Photo award

Michal Fanta has been nominated for the prestigious Czech Press Photo 2025 award for his photographs from Prague Spring 2025. Congratulations, we are delighted! The winners will be announced on...

04. 12. 2025

Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe today at the Prague Spring Advent Concert

One of the world’s foremost conductors, Yannick Nézet-Séguin – Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera in New York and the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Artistic Director of Orchestre Métropolitain de...

02. 12. 2025

Robert Hanč Appointed Director of the Prague Spring Festival from 1 January, 2026

At its meeting on 1 December 2025, the festival’s Board of Directors appointed Robert Hanč, until now General Manager and Artistic Director of the Czech Philharmonic, as the new Director of...