The Filharmonie Brno is entering its 70th anniversary season, symbolised by the word ‘connection’. It connects the past and the future. It also connects the concerts themselves, which are not individual musical experiences, but a network woven from the ties between composers, compositions, soloists and anniversaries. ‘This year, soloists from among our musicians and works…
Dear listeners, dear listeners, due to the illness of soprano Lady Bočková, we will have to change the line-up for the Thursday and Friday concerts. The soprano part will be taken by Jana Sibera, who performed with us in December at the Janáček Theatre in Handel’s Messiah. We thank Jana very much and wish Lada a…
Dear listeners, dear listeners, due to health reasons, the originally announced soloist Ivan Ilić will not perform at the concerts this Thursday and Friday. However, we have managed to secure a full-time replacement – the excellent Czech pianist Jan Bartos, who is one of the few contemporary performers (if not the only one besides Ivan…
The Managing Director of the Filharmonie Brno invites applications for The position of second violin tutti The auditions are taking place in the Concert Hall of Besední dům, Komenského náměstí 8, Brno, Czech Republic, at 13 p.m. on March 3rd, 2025. AUDITION REQUIREMENTS: 1st Round: W. A. Mozart: first movement of a concerto…
PRESS RELEASE Brno, 26 November 2024program The Filharmonie Brno is about to present its biggest concert project of the season , The Fabulous Mahler. It will be performed this Thursday and Friday at the Janáček Theatre, and on Sunday 8 December at the Musikverein in Vienna. “The centrepiece of the programme, Gustav Mahler’ s…
Dear listeners, due to illness, we have to close our Ticket office on Wednesday, September 25. You can still purchase tickets and season tickets online, we will reopen Ticket Office on Monday, September 30 at 8am. Thank you for your understanding.
Dear Listeners, Since the Špilberk Festival concerts are held in the open air, we would like to inform you about the Organiser’s Rules in case of bad weather. . the concert is not cancelled in advance even in case of negative weather forecast, the decision to cancel the concert is made at the time of the…
Dear listeners, we are very sorry that the weather spoiled yesterday’s concert of Pavel Cernoch. We are intensively negotiating an alternative date for the concert. The only thing we know so far is that it will take place indoors. Due to Pavel Černoch’s many work commitments, we are unable to say when we will be able to…
MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE BRNO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA invites applications for ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL FIRST VIOLIN (3rd chair) The auditions are taking place in the concert hall of Besední dům, Komenského náměstí 8, Brno, Czech Republic, at 14 p.m. on December 05th 2024. AUDITION CONDITIONS: First round: Obligatory piece: W. A. Mozart – first movement of classic…
PRESS RELEASE Brno, 17 May 2024 90, 200, 150. Three numbers marking important anniversaries have significantly shaped Filharmonie Brno’s upcoming 69th season. “The number 90 refers to the season’s most important project, Mahler’s Das klagende Lied/Song of Lamentation. We will be performing this in its original three-movement form on the day exactly ninety years…
Dear listeners, due to illness, we have to close our ticket office on Wednesday, May 22nd. You can buy all tickets online at that time, unfortunately it will not be physically possible – only on Wednesday before the concert Young Blood . You can also renew your season tickets for the new season online. We…
The composition “Happy Birthday Maestro” was written as a gift for the 80th birthday of the Filharmonie Brno’s chief conductor Dennis Russell Davies. We chose the opening from Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 80 in D minor as the main theme. We approached several Czech and international composers who have collaborated with Dennis Russell Davies in recent years…