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This isn’t about being liked. It’s about playing something that matters, says Miroslav Beinhauer
Born in Ostrava, pianist Miroslav Beinhauer (1993) is becoming an increasingly sought-after interpreter of contemporary music. This April, he released the complete quarter-tone works for solo piano by Alois Hába…
“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…
Taking Flight: Three Prague-Based Cultural Organizations Team Up to Crowdfund a New Beginning
A former movie theater called Vzlet (which means “to take flight” in Czech) founded by the Sokol organization during the First Republic era, will turn into a cultural center in…
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…
Interpretation is not a conflict between reason and emotion – it is their integration,” says pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Two weeks ago, while driving between concerts on the German autobahn, I passed the time by listening to music on the car radio. One of the pieces that came on…
A Solemn Happening Commemorating Canceled Performances Across the Czech Republic
Tomorrow (Monday, October 12th, 2020) lights will appear all over the Czech Republic in places where live performances were to happen, if it weren’t for the pandemic: in concert halls,…
