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03. 11. 2026

The Prague Spring 2027 program has been announced. The 82nd edition will be dedicated to the music of Ludwig van Beethoven

The Prague Spring International Music Festival has announced the programme for its 82nd edition. From 12 May to 2 June 2027, it will present 85 artists, ensembles and orchestras from...

30. 10. 2026

Tickets for the 2027 Prague Spring Festival go on sale this Wednesday, 4 November, at 11.00 am CET

Don’t miss out on your favourite seats! Tickets for the 82nd Prague Spring International Music Festival go on sale this Wednesday, 4 November, at 11.00 am online at festival.cz. The...

30. 10. 2026

Bruce Liu, the unexpected star of the 2026 Rudolf Firkušný Piano Festival. Czech debut on 5 November at the Rudolfinum

Due to sudden Due to a indisposition, Austrian pianist Lukas Sternath will be unable to perform at the Rudolfinum on Thursday, 5 November. Instead, Bruce Liu, the Canadian-Chinese pianist, winner...

20. 10. 2026

The Prague Spring Festival has a new chair of the board of trustees

On Monday 19 October, at a meeting of the Board of Trustees, an election was held to appoint a new Chair of the Board of Trustees of Pražské jaro o....

08. 10. 2026

Prague Offspring Heads to Frankfurt am Main

Ensemble Modern, one of the world’s most highly respected contemporary music ensembles and ensemble-in-residence at Prague Offspring 2025–2027, will perform the German premieres of Grain, Chaff and Fire by Slavomír...

12. 09. 2026

Franz Liszt and Marie d’Agoult. Two years of love, which gave birth to the Years of Pilgrimage

Sunny Italy became home to two lovers – Franz Liszt and Marie d’Agoult – between 1837 and 1839. Rome, Florence, Venice, Naples, Milan – it was in all these places...

01. 09. 2026

A recording of Smetana’s Libuše from the 2024 Prague Spring Festival is being released on the Supraphon label

On Friday 18 September, Supraphon will release the long-awaited recording of the concert performance of the opera Libuše by Bedřich Smetana from the 2024 Prague Spring Festival. In the title...

30. 08. 2026

Summer Special 🚲 Franz Schubert: a passionate traveller and solitary wanderer

Lukas Sternath’s concert on 5 November at the Rudolfinum is dedicated to the theme of the pilgrimage. Franz Schubert’s monumental Wandererfantasie will also be performed. In Schubert’s works, the traveller...

26. 08. 2026

Summer is coming to an end; we hope you’ve enjoyed it just as much as we have! Where has the Prague Spring been travelling?

The Prague Spring has travelled far and wide this year, to all sorts of corners of the world! From the Czech mountains, rivers, castles and chateaux, via the Baltic Sea,...

23. 08. 2026

Summer Special 🚲 Fryderyk Chopin, George Sand and their holidays in Nohant

Until their break-up in 1847, Fryderyk Chopin spent most of the summer months with his lover, George Sand, at her country estate in Nohant, France, about 400 km south of...