Prague Spring 2026 Programme

Come and support young flutists from all over the world! Round I: 7 and 8 May / Round II: 10 May

Come and support young pianists from all over the world! Round I: 8 and 9 May / Round II: 11 May

Join us on May 12 for the start of the Prague Spring Open Air Festival in Riegrovy sady!

This masterclass focuses on the period interpretation of music of the 17th and 18th centuries and is aimed at players of the modern flute.

The three best flautists compete for the top spot in the Prague Spring Competition performing works by J. S. Bach and Jindřich Feld. Come and support them and win tickets for one of the festival concerts.

Smetana’s My Country performed by the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra and Petr Popelka

This masterclass is aimed at students of the piano and is not limited to any specific repertoire.

The finals of the piano competition will unfold in a Romantic spirit. Celebrated concertos by Chopin, Rachmaninov, Brahms and Dvořák, featuring a large symphony orchestra.

The festival’s twelfth conducting debut will be caught up in a whirl of dance. Copland, Barber, Dvořák and Ginastera performed by Ondřej Soukup, soprano Simona Šaturová and Prague Philharmonia.

The menacingly beautiful story of Bartók’s Miraculous Mandarin, the festival premiere of Luboš Fišer’s Violin Concerto, and the big return of Patricia Kopatchinskaja

An evening during which the Grammy Award holder and Prague Spring Artist-in-Residence 2026 is reincarnated into pagan goddesses from the Finnish epic Kalevala in a work by John Zorn.

Francis Poulenc’s rousing opera based on real events from the time of the French Revolution

This masterclass, held by member of the Belcea Quartet, violist Krzysztof Chorzelski, is aimed at string quartet players.

Enjoy a relaxed morning in one of the most charming corners of Malá Strana.

Mozart, Hindemith, Schoenberg, and Webern. A harmonic blend of human voice and string quartet in works by four musical visionaries. Breathe in “air from another planet”.

Premiere of Martin Suchánek's documentary about 80th Prague Spring.

How many different interpretations could a single score contain? The Ensemble Modern players, who master their instruments in thousands of ways, guide young composers and the audience through a realm of new possibilities in sound.

A family afternoon full of creative workshops and concerts for young audiences. Loads of the events are free of charge and the remainder is on offer for a song!

How can one get the most from the instrument when performing contemporary music? Explore new performance techniques with members of Ensemble Modern.

Composer Miroslav Srnka and Jitka Pánek Jurková, Director of the Czech Centers, discuss Czech contemporary music abroad. Free entry for holders of a Prague Offspring pass or ticket for the concert at 8 pm

A traditional concert to honour the memory of composer Josef Suk in his native Křečovice. Experience a different take on the Prague Spring!

This masterclass is aimed at students of singing and is not limited to any specific repertoire.

The lyrical world of compositions for violin and piano by Antonín Dvořák, whose exquisite music will come to life in the hands of Jiří Vodička, concertmaster of the Czech Philharmonic, and David Mareček.

Bruckner’s “boldest” symphony and Shostakovich’s cello concerto with Yuya Mizuno, winner of the Prague Spring IMC 2025, are brought to you by Berlin’s Grammy Award-winning “orchestral think tank”.

A spatial performance by one of the world’s most sought-after performers of contemporary music, violinist Hana Kotková, together with Veniero Rizzardi (electronics)

The Prague Spring debut of a piano rising star Lukas Sternath, Lahav Shani and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra in works by Schumann, Brahms and Johan Wagenaar