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The Czech Philharmonic Completes Its Advent Livestreams, Cancellations Follow

Instead of its live program, the Czech Philharmonic presented four streamed concerts, one for each Sunday of the Advent, the first of which was conducted by Sir John Elliot Gardiner.

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Interview: Plácido Domingo: “I always admired Peter Dvorský. He was one of the greatest tenors.”

Plácido Domingo performed in Prague for the first time in 1990 when he and soprano Ileana Cotrubaș gave a concert at St. Jacob’s Cathedral in Prague. For Domingo, this was

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Opera PLUS Retro (1): Gabriela Horvátová – Janáček’s Anti-Heroine Digitalized For The First Time (AUDIO)

In these turbulent times, we've decided to open up a new cycle for our readers: Opera PLUS Retro, a cycle of newly-discovered opera recordings that haven't until now been released

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Interview: Fascination with Wagner: Jiří Vejvoda and Andreas Schager

Music journalist Jiří Vejvoda and tenor Andreas Schager met at the National Theater in Prague to talk about the State Opera's new project, Fascination with Wagner, and their relationship with

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New Concert Master of the Czech Philharmonic

In September, the current concert master of the Prague Philharmonia (PKF), Jan Fišer, will take his place next to Jan Mráček and Jiří Vodička as concert master of the Czech

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Centenary of the legendary Czech composer Ilja Hurník: “Musical idea was a priority for him”, says his son Lukáš

25 November 2022 marked the centenary of the birth of composer, pianist and teacher Ilya Hurnik. Together with the jubilant's son Lukáš we tried to look "behind" the dictionary entry

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