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S.E.M. Ensemble: Emerging Composers Workshop Concert
10.2.2019
Let us invite you to the concert of the S.E.M. Ensemble, which will be the culmination of the annual Emerging Composers Workshop. This workshop's purpose is to present new pieces for small ensemble that have never been performed. Also, it often featu... more
S.E.M. Ensemble is looking back and onward
18.12.2018
December 19, 2018 | 8:00 pm | Paula Cooper Gallery | New York Looking Back and Onwards SEM in 1986 & 2018 Ben Neill: Horizonal (2018) Petr Kotik: Wilsie Bridge (1986) Ben Neill: Money Talk (1986) Michael Schumacher: Variatio... more
Musical Theatre prize awarded to Alois Hába
3.12.2018
The Theatre Newspaper Award in the Musical Theatre category was awarded to Jiří Nekvasil for directing and Bruno Ferrandis for conducting Alois Hába more
Opera? Opera!!!
9.10.2018
OSTRAVA IN PRAGUE Opera? Opera!!! Divadlo Komedie (Prague) Friday | November 2nd | 19:30 TICKETS >>> Ostrava Center for New Music in cooperation with the National Moravian-Silesian Theater presents a unique eve... more
Ostrava Days Institute accepts applications!
1.10.2018
Ostrava Days accepts applications for residency for its Institute! The Ostrava Days Institute is a working environment for composers, performers and musicologists, with a focus on compositions for orchestra. There are two resident orchestr... more
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
