Dear listeners, due to the illness of one of the soloists, we have had to cancel the María Grand & Maya Keren concert, which was to take place on November 26, 2025. The concert will therefore take place on an alternative date, March 26, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. at Besední dům. Tickets remain valid. Pianist…
Dear listeners, the concerts in the castle courtyard will take place weather permitting. This means that we will play even in light rain; the concert will only be canceled in the event of a severe storm or heavy rain and wind. Please do not use umbrellas, as they will prevent others from seeing the stage.…
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…
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…
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…
PRESS RELEASE 12. 4. 2024 2024 isn’t just the Year of Czech Music and the two hundredth anniversary of Bedřich Smetana’s birth, but also a year in which Dennis Russell Davies, Filharmonie Brno’s Chief Conductor will be celebrating a significant birthday. Two days after his eightieth birthday, which falls on 16 April, Davies and his…
