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VIKTOR KALABIS

COMPOSER & CONDUCTOR

18th March Supraphon’s 2013 album Symphonies & Concertos, mapping mature and late music by Viktor Kalabis (1923–2006), has met with an enthusiastic…

5 DIAPASONS FOR THE PRAGUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

AND THEIR SLAVONIC DANCES

11th March Under their chief conductor Tomáš Brauner, the Prague Symphony Orchestra recorded an album featuring Antonín Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances,…

BEDŘICH SMETANA

200TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY

4th March On 2nd March 200 years ago, a world-class Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, among others author of the operas Libuše, Hubička, The Bartered…

FORGOTTEN CZECH PIANO CONCERTOS

PERFORMED BY MAREK KOZÁK AND PRSO

26th February Marek Kozák, one of the most talented young Czech pianists of today, releases a new album called Forgotten Czech Piano Concertos…

CHOC DE CLASSICA PLUS LA PRISE DE SON DU MOIS

FOR GILTBURG –⁠ JARŮŠKOVÁ –⁠ JARŮŠEK AND THEIR DVOŘÁK PIANO TRIOS

6th February Another great success for Boris Giltburg and two principal members of the Pavel Haas Quartet, Veronika and Peter Jarůšek, and their…

MUSICWEB INTERNATIONAL RECORDINGS OF THE YEAR 2023

JISTEBNICKÝ KANCIONÁL BY TIBURTINA ENSEMBLE

25th January The album by the internationally renowned Tiburtina Ensemble of female voices, headed by Barbora Kabátková, featuring a recording of the…

ALBUM OF THE WEEK ON NPO KLASSIEK

FOR SLAVONIC DANCES BY PRAGUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

15th January The brand-new recording of Dvořák's famous Slavonic Dances, performed by Prague Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Tomáš Brauner, has been…

DIAPASON D'OR

FOR GILTBURG –⁠ JARŮŠKOVÁ –⁠ JARŮŠEK AND THEIR DVOŘÁK PIANO TRIOS

11th January The album of The Dvořák Complete Piano Trios, made by three globally celebrated artists Boris Giltburg and two principal members of the…

YEAR OF CZECH MUSIC 2024

HAS STARTED

4th January Years ending with four have a great significance in Czech music. Strangely enough, they often coincide with the anniversaries of the birth,…