Press releases

PRESS RELEASE Brno, March 16, 2026 Pēteris Vasks, one of the world’s most prominent composers, will celebrate his 80th birthday in April. The Brno Philharmonic will join in the celebrations with three concerts. “First a chamber concert at Besední dům, followed by two large-scale concerts at the Janáček Theatre. This is our favorite and proven…

PRESS RELEASE February 27, 2026 The Brno Philharmonic Orchestra has an exceptionally busy month ahead. In March, it will play or organize a total of seventeen concerts, covering a very wide range. In addition to smaller and chamber concerts at the Besední dům, it is preparing large orchestral evenings at the Janáček Theater, two jazz…

PRESS RELEASE  Brno, February 2, 2026 The Brno Philharmonic Orchestra is preparing two concerts this week, featuring world-renowned clarinetist Sharon Kam as soloist under the baton of internationally acclaimed conductor Ivor Bolton. The program, entitled Three Stars of German Romanticism, will feature works by Carl Maria von Weber, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, and Johannes Brahms. “The…

PRESS RELEASE                                                                                                         Brno, January 26, 2026 An emperor who usurps the right to decide on the life and death of people, to take their souls. And Death, who is so offended by this that he decides to take revenge on both him and humanity: he will not allow anyone to die. This is the…

The Filharmonie Brno celebrates its 70th anniversary at a New Year’s concert dedicated to dance. The orchestra will be joined by former musicians PRESS RELEASE Brno, December 31, 2025   The Brno Philharmonic Orchestra always celebrates its imaginary birthday at its New Year’s Concert, as the first concert of the newly established Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra took…

PRESS RELEASE Brno, November 4, 2025 Arvo Pärt, one of the world’s greatest contemporary composers, celebrated his 90th birthday in September. He is one of the composers regularly featured by the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, which is why it has prepared two events this week to mark his anniversary: the Brno launch of the book Between Two…

PRESS RELEASE Brno, October 1, 2025 For twenty-five years, Turkish pianist and composer Fazil Say has been captivating audiences and critics around the world. He captivated the Brno audience in the spring of 2014. “His concert was hopelessly sold out, so for the first time in the modern history of the philharmonic, we seated listeners…

PRESS RELEASE August 5, 2025 The Moravian Autumn International Music Festival, whose 53rd edition will take place from October 12 to 26, will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Sir Charles Mackerras. Brno will welcome top British orchestras in which he performed. At the opening concert, Mackerras’ daughter Catherine will present an award…

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…

  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…