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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...

29. 06. 2026

On the 112th anniversary of Rafael Kubelík’s birth, we entrusted 80 years of the Prague Spring’s history to the care of the National Archives

The National Archives manages approximately 135 kilometers of archival documents. As of June 29, 25 meters of that belong to us! On the very day we commemorated the 112th anniversary...

29. 06. 2026

Today, June 29, Rafael Kubelík, the founder of the Prague Spring Festival, would have turned 112 ❤️

Let’s remember him in this unique video, in which Sir Simon Rattle and the musicians of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra – of which he was chief conductor for eighteen...

16. 06. 2026

How do you get young people into concert halls? Invite piano duo Lucas and Arthur Jussen!

As part of this year’s Prague Spring Festival, we organised a public dress rehearsal for children from across the Czech Republic. On 3 June at the Rudolfinum, their musical guides...

16. 06. 2026

Winner of the 2013 Prague Spring Competition, organist Karol Mossakowski, to perform in the St Vitus Organ Octave series

As part of the St Vitus Organ Octave series celebrating the blessing of the new St Vitus Cathedral organ, Prague Spring will present a recital by Karol Mossakowski in St...

12. 06. 2026

Listen to these radio recordings from Prague Spring 2026 concerts

Although the festival has now come to an end, we have a few suggestions for how you can revisit some of the most memorable moments of Prague Spring 2026. Echo...

01. 06. 2026

The Final Week of the Prague Spring 2026 Festival

The final week of this year’s Prague Spring Festival will be a grand affair. It will conclude with the artistic residency of Canadian singer and conductor Barbara Hannigan, and the...