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Main news of the season: Jakub Hrůša takes over the baton of the Czech Philharmonic

-David Mareček, Chief Executive of the Czech Philharmonic, has just announced that the renowned Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša will assume the role of Music Director of the Czech Philharmonic beginning

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Russian hackers attempt to attack Opera PLUS

During Friday morning, September 23, 2022, our servers successfully repelled an attack by an unknown hacker group from the Russian part of the Internet.

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Ukrainian parliament votes to ban Russian music

Other measures include a decree ordering an increase in the proportion of Ukrainian music played on radio and television stations from thirty-five to forty percent.

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Evgeny Kissin in exceptional form. An interpretation that wounds, overwhelms, and transcends music itself

On 11 January 2026 at 5:30 p.m., Prague’s Rudolfinum welcomed Evgeny Kissin, who appeared in a solo recital as part of his third residency concert with the Czech Philharmonic.

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“My Dear Czech Nation Shall Not Perish:” Lost Recording of a Czech Opera In the Throes of World War II

This year, Supraphon released a long-lost recording from a performance of Smetana’s Libuše, an opera which tells the mythical story of a Bohemian clairvoyant queen, written to be performed during

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Elīna Garanča and Czech conductor Jan Bubák in Vienna State Opera, exclusive interview

Before her last performance of Carmen at the Wiener Staatsoper world famous mezzo Elīna Garanča spent an afternoon with the Czech conductor Jan Bubák.

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