For nearly two decades now, the second half of August in Brno is unthinkable without an open-air music festival at Špilberk Castle. For the 19th annual festival, the organiser, Brno Philharmonic, is once again targeting a broad audience, offering a summer musical entertainment under the open sky in the castle’s captivating historical setting. The host orchestra will perform twice. First, featuring the charming Latvian accordionist, Ksenija Sidorova, and under the baton of Marko Ivanovič, they will play the passionate melodies of Bizet’s Carmen and Astor Piazzolla’s works permeated by Argentinian tango. A second concert, conducted by Leoš Svárovský, will commemorate the one-hundredth anniversary of Leonard Bernstein’s birth and the foundation of our republic. A newly founded wind orchestra, the Moravia Brass Band, consisting of outstanding players from leading Czech and Moravian symphonic ensembles, will perform for the first time in Brno. Supporting popular singers Milan Peroutka and Anna Julie Slováčková, they will play music from film blockbusters, in arrangements showcasing the imposing and robust sound of their instruments. Prepared by the festival in cooperation with Vienna’s IMZ (Internationales Musikzentrum), the traditional big-screen shows will this time offer audio-visual recordings of star-studded gala concerts from Baden-Baden and Grafenegg.

Upcoming concerts

august 2019

wed14aug20:00A ROMANTIC CARNIVAL / Špilberk FestivalHECTOR BERLIOZ, JACQUES OFFENBACH,
FRANZ LEHÁR, JOHANN STRAUSS Jr.,
BEDŘICH SMETANA, ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK and others
Brno Philharmonic20:00 OstatníFestivals:International music festival Špilberk

thu15aug20:00THE KLEZMATICS / Špilberk FestivalThe Klezmatics: Richie Barshay, Lorin Sklamberg,
Paul Morrissett, Frank London,
Lisa Gutkin, Matt Darriau20:00 OstatníFestivals:International music festival Špilberk

sun18aug20:30CINEMA CONCERT I: CONCERT FROM THE FORBIDDEN CITY / Špilberk FestivalM. Richter: November,
S. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2,
C. Orff: Carmina Burana20:30 OstatníFestivals:International music festival Špilberk

mon19aug20:30CINEMA CONCERT II: JONAS KAUFMANN – “DOLCE VITA” / Špilberk FestivalG. Puccini, G. Verdi,
R. Leoncavallo, N. Rota,
L. Dalla, S. Cardillo, D. Modugno ad.
Waldbühne Berlin 201820:30 OstatníFestivals:International music festival Špilberk

wed21aug20:00HOMAGE TO MILOŠ FORMAN / Špilberk FestivalMusic from Miloš Forman’s films:
Hair, The Firemen’s Ball, Amadeus,
Man on the Moon and others
Czech National Symphony Orchestra20:00 OstatníFestivals:International music festival Špilberk

thu22aug20:00JANOSKA ENSEMBLE – A TOUCH OF VIENNA / Špilberk FestivalJOHANN STRAUSS Jr., FRANZ LISZT, FRITZ KREISLER,
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS, PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY,
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, VITTORIO MONTI and others20:00 OstatníFestivals:International music festival Špilberk