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    • Retrospective of the record-breaking 80th Prague Spring

    Prague Spring Echo

    Reports, exclusive interviews, and concert impressions in the Czech TV series

    Record-breaking 80th Prague Spring Festival

    Read a summary of impressions from the anniversary edition

    Did you miss the Prague Spring Festival?

    Enjoy recordings of concerts on radio and television

    Report from the closing concert

    What powerful message does Mahler’s Eighth bear for Semyon Bychkov?

    Closing of the 80th Prague Spring Festival

    with the monumental Symphony of a Thousand performed by the Czech Philharmonic under the direction of Semyon Bychkov

    Symphony of a Thousand

    Monument, to which even Smetana Hall was too tight

    A busy Saturday programme with Ensemble Modern

    Masterclass, reading lessons, discussions, a concert performance of George Benjamin’s opera and the world premiere of Slavomír Hořínka’s opus

    World premiere together by artists and audience

    How did Jan Cina enjoy the live karaoke? And what was it like at this year’s SpringTEEN?

    Prague Offspring

    Composer Miroslav Srnka presents “a festival within a festival” Prague Offspring. What makes it unique?

    SpringTEEN!

    More pictures from that wonderful afternoon can be found on our Facebook and Flickr 😉

    Premieres of Czech composers at Prague Offspring

    First night of the first year of Ensemble Modern’s residency

    The pure beauty of Lisa Batiashvili’s tones

    With the warmhearted London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antonio Pappano

    Jan Sedláček’s Debut as a tribute to Dvořák

    And Tsukushi Sasaki’s dream come true in Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto

    Sir Antonio Pappano about Prague Spring Festival

    “I can’t wait to come back.” And 29 May is the day. Welcome back, maestro!

    Baroque Lovestory

    With Ensemble Correspondances and Jean-Baptiste Lully

    Petr Popelka and his dancing Wieners

    & The “Imperial” majesty of Bartoš’ Beethoven

    Lyrical evening with Ensemble Correspondances

    “It’s like having a glass of good French wine,” as Vojtěch Semerád, who performed with this French early music ensemble at their Prague Spring premiere, told the audience

    Vernissage and auction of the Art Salon of Prague Spring

    In the 16th episode of the Echo of Prague Spring you will see works by Michael Rittstein, Rony Plesl, Anna Neborova, Josef Bolf, Martin Krajc and Jakub Tomáš for a benefit auction

    The Quatuor Ébène’s Palette of Emotions

    Tears of compassion for Tchaikovsky, elegance for Beethoven and enthusiasm for Britten

    Heavenly Mozart’s Requiem

    by Concentus Musicus Wien under the baton of Tomáš Netopil

    Interviews with Jan Lisiecki and Santtu-Matias Rouvali

    How does Santtu-Matias Rouvali prefer to relax, and what did Jan Lisiecki have to sacrifice for his artistic career? Find out in the report from their Prague Spring concert in the 14th episode of Echo of the Prague Spring.

    Göteborgs Symfoniker, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Jan Lisiecki

    The most hilarious press conference in the history of the festival and an enthralling concert with Chopin and Bartók

    Antonello Manacorda and Pierre-Laurent Aimard

    Explaining what lies behind the uprecended stage energy we’ve experienced during their performance with Kammerakademie Potsdam

    Passionate Beethoven by the Kammerakademie Potsdam

    The energy and warmth that prevailed on stage between conductor Antonello Manacorda, soloist Pierre-Laurent Aimard and the orchestra radiates even from the photographs.

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra with uncompromising Mahler

    Under the energetic direction of Jaap van Zweden in the Municipal House

    The sound brilliance of four horns

    By the winner of the Prague Spring competition Zhicheng Jin, Zuzana Rzounková, Jan Vobořil and Szabolcs Zempléni with the Prague Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Robert Jindra

    Smooth tones of Brazil

    At the Mercedes Forum performed by Luciana Souza and Trio Corrente

    Winner’s Concert among the aeroplanes in National Technical Museum

    How did the winner of the Prague Spring Competition Zhicheng Jin, members of the Benewitz Quartet and Miroslav Sekera liked playing among the planes and locomotives of the National Technical Museum?

    Arvo Pärt 90

    Video from the concert of Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir celebrating Pärt’s 90th anniversary

    To the heavens with Arvo Pärt

    Photoreport from the concert of the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir lead by Tõnu Kaljuste

    Patricia Kopatchinska Artists-in-Residence

    captured in a documentary by Kateřina Hager for the Echo of Prague Spring

    Patricia Kopatchinskaja as Pierrot

    What a captivating spectacle!

    Intimate confession of Akiko Suwanai

    at the concert of NHK Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Fabio Luisi

    Reportage from the concert of Boston Symphony

    In what way did the Prague Spring Festival contribute to the creation of Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in 1946?

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    For the 80th Prague Spring Festival

    Festival dramaturge Josef Třeštík talks

    about this year’s rich programme on Radio Prague International

    Follow the current results of the 2025 competition

    Who won the oboe and cello competition?

    Introducing Ensemble Modern at Prague Offspring

    What will EM’s residency at Prague Offspring be about? What will you see and hear? Who will be the composer in residence? And why did Rainer Römer learn to play the saw?

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