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Notes on the premiere of Thy Kingdom Come
4.7.2018
Alois Hába the Visionary Notes on the premiere of Thy Kingdom Come Vlasta Reittererová Czech Music Quarterly We bring this text on the occasion of the world premiere of Thy Kingdom Come, an opera by Czech composer Alois Hába (18... more
Documentary movie about Hába
23.6.2018
We would like to invite you for tommorow (Sunday, June 24) world premiere of the opera by Alois Hába Thy Kingdom Come and for the documentary movie by Czech television about Alois Hába. The documentary movie by Jiří Nekvasil will take place at 5pm at... more
NODO!!!, an exceptional opera festival, starts in Ostrava on Sunday
21.6.2018
Ostrava is the only Czech city to host a regular opera festival focused on Czech and world premieres. The time: June 24–28, 2018. The venues: traditional theater houses, but also Hlubina Colliery. The artists: chamber ensembles as well as a productio... more
NODO listing in Operawire.com
20.6.2018
New Opera Days Ostrava Festival’s 2018 Festival To Feature Major World Premiere of Alois Hába Opera http://operawire.com/new-opera-days-ostrava-festivals-2018-festival-to-feature-major-world-premiere-of-alois-haba-opera/ ... more
Many Many Women among ten canonical works of Czech music of the last century
5.6.2018
Many Many Women (1975-78) by Petr Kotík was selected as one of ten canonical works of Czech music composed in the last 100 years! more
The world premiere of Alois Hába’s opera is drawing closer
17.5.2018
Press release – May 11, 2018 We’ll play it properly: off-key! The world premiere of Alois Hába’s opera is drawing closer Preparations are in full swing for the most highly anticipated performance of this year’s NODO, the world prem... more
Operawire qbout Master-Pieces by Petr Kotík
6.5.2018
Throughout his career, Petr Kotik has explored musical boundaries as a performer and composer. He studied flute at the Conservatory and Music Academy in Prague, and composition at the Music Academy in Vienna. In the 1970’s, Kotik performed experime... more
New Yorker and I Care If You Listen about Master-Pieces
24.4.2018
New Yorker listing: https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/classical-music/s-e-m-ensemble-2 I Care If You Listen: https://www.icareifyoulisten.com/2018/04/week-concerts-new-york-april-23-2018-april-29-2018/ ... more
Master-Pieces by Petr Kotík on April 28 at Bohemian National Hall
22.4.2018
Petr Kotik chamber opera, Master-Pieces (2014-2015) will receive its first staged performance in the U.S. at Bohemian National Hall (NYC) on Saturday, April 28, 2018 (8:30 pm). The 70-minute work was commissioned by the new opera festival NODO (Czech... more
Ostravská banda in Vienna / Saturday, April 14
13.4.2018
Ostravská banda has been invited to perform a concert at Bridges Festival in Wiener Kozerthaus: https://konzerthaus.at/konzert/eventid/55605 “BRIDGES” FESTIVAL Konzerthaus Wien, Berio-Saal Saturday | April 14, 2018 | 20:30&nbs... more
Concert announcement: Essential Feldman
2.4.2018
ESSENTIAL FELDMAN BUY THE TICKET >>> DOX Centre for Contemporary Art – DOX+ multifunctional hall Saturday, April 7, 2018 at 19:00 Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra Conrad Harris, Violin (New York) Daan Vandewal... more
S.E.M. Ensemble at MaerzMusik Berlin
23.3.2018
MaerzMusik The Long Now Morton Feldman - For Philip Guston Sun. March 25, 2018 11:30 AM - 4:30 PM S.E.M. Ensemble Flutes (Petr Kotik); Percussion (Chris Nappi); Piano & Celeste (Joseph Kubera) Kr... more
The New York Times about preview concert of the S.E.M. Ensemble
6.12.2017
Check out the latest review in The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/05/arts/music/sem-ensemble-john-cage.html?rref=collection%2Fspotlightcollection%2Fclassical-music-reviews ... more
All About Jazz about Ostrava Days 2017
23.11.2017
Chech out the newest review about Ostrava Days 2017: All About Jazz by Martin Longley: https://www.allaboutjazz.com/ostrava-days-2017-roscoe-mitchell-by-martin-longley.php?page=1 ... more
Positionen: Ostrava Days 2017: Contemplations
20.11.2017
Positionen Texte zur aktuellen Musik Berlin, Germany https://www.positionen.net/ November 14, 2017 Ostrava Days 2017: Contemplations by Jim Igor Kallenberg For anyone who is used to the unified mélange of New Mu... more
The Untameable Kotík / concert + projection / November 1, Atrium Zizkov
29.10.2017
We would like to invite you to the concert, which is organized by Atrium, Žižkov Wednesday, November 1, 19:00 Čajkovského 12, Praha 3 – Žižkov http://www.atriumzizkov.cz/ Performers: Flute: Petr Kotík ... more
Ostrava Days 2017 at Czech Music Quarterly
28.10.2017
During its sixteen years on the scene, the Ostrava Days biennial has carved out a position as an exclusive space for the presentation of contemporary music which far surpasses the borders of the Czech Republic. >>> Boris Klepal ... more
George Grella for Brooklyn Rail
6.10.2017
For every culture there is a counter, in every niche there are yet further discrete splinters, internal disputes that boil down to who has the purest values. Then there are the rare instances of individuals who are cultures solely of themselves, who ... more
Marc Sabat with Ondrej Vesely for the Brooklyn Rail
5.10.2017
Marc Sabat (born 1965) is a Canadian composer of Ukrainian descent living in Berlin since 1999. He is a pioneer in the field of contemporary just intonation music. Together with Wolfgang von Schweinitz he has also developed the Extended Helmholtz-Ell... more
Response to article by Rebecca Lentjes
29.9.2017
It has been a shocking surprise to hear that Ms. Lentjes’ experience of Ostrava Days was such a negative one. My surprise is amplified by the fact, that I myself, or any of my colleagues, did not hear from Ms. Lentjes while she was in Ostrava, the sm... more
