SEMYON BYCHKOV
Chief Conductor & Music Director – Czech Philharmonic
Otto Klemperer Chair of Conducting – Royal Academy of Music
Günter Wand Conducting Chair – BBC Symphony Orchestra
BIOGRAPHY
For 2024’s Year of Czech Music, Semyon Bychkov’s programmes centred on Dvorak’s last three symphonies, the concertos for piano, violin and cello, and the trilogy of overtures “Nature, Life and Love”. In addition to conducting in Prague’s Rudolfinum, Bychkov and the Orchestra took the all-Dvořák programmes to Korea and across Japan with three concerts in Tokyo’s famed Suntory Hall. Later, in spring, an extensive European tour took the programmes to Spain, Austria, Germany, Belgium, and France and, at the end of 2024, the Year of Czech Music culminated with three concerts at New York’s Carnegie Hall. As well as featuring Dvorak’s three concertos, the programmes included three poems from Smetana’s Ma vlast, Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 and Janacek’s Glagolitic Mass for which the Orchestra was joined by the Prague Philharmonic Choir. Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic launched 2024’s Year of Czech Music with the release – on Smetana’s 200th birthday – of Smetana’s Má vlast.
CONCERT SCHEDULE
november
14nov7:30 pmROME, ITALY - Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia - BACH
Event Details
Programme: Bach Mass in B Minor BWV 232 Performing with: Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conductor Semyon Bychkov soprano Miriam Kutrowatz mezzosoprano Catriona Morison tenor Benjamin Bruns bass Christian Immler
Event Details
Programme:
Bach Mass in B Minor BWV 232
Performing with:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
conductor Semyon Bychkov
soprano Miriam Kutrowatz
mezzosoprano Catriona Morison
tenor Benjamin Bruns
bass Christian Immler
chorusmaster Andrea Secchi
Among the highest creations of the human spirit (the work is inscribed in UNESCO’s Memory of the World register), the performance of Bach’s Mass in B minor is an unmissable event, a unique listening experience. In this great composition, Bach succeeded in synthesizing the main expressions of Christian thought, Catholic and Lutheran theology, into a single creation. On the podium is Semyon Bychkov, accompanied by a prestigious quartet of soloists.
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Time
(Thursday) 7:30 pm
Location
Accademia di Santa Cecilia
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Pietro de Coubertin Street - 00196
15nov6:00 pmROME, ITALY - Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia - BACH
Event Details
Programme: Bach Mass in B Minor BWV 232 Performing with: Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conductor Semyon Bychkov soprano Miriam Kutrowatz mezzosoprano Catriona Morison tenor Benjamin Bruns bass Christian Immler
Event Details
Programme:
Bach Mass in B Minor BWV 232
Performing with:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
conductor Semyon Bychkov
soprano Miriam Kutrowatz
mezzosoprano Catriona Morison
tenor Benjamin Bruns
bass Christian Immler
chorusmaster Andrea Secchi
Among the highest creations of the human spirit (the work is inscribed in UNESCO’s Memory of the World register), the performance of Bach’s Mass in B minor is an unmissable event, a unique listening experience. In this great composition, Bach succeeded in synthesizing the main expressions of Christian thought, Catholic and Lutheran theology, into a single creation. On the podium is Semyon Bychkov, accompanied by a prestigious quartet of soloists.
more
Time
(Friday) 6:00 pm
Location
Accademia di Santa Cecilia
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Pietro de Coubertin Street - 00196
15nov8:30 pmROME, ITALY - Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia - BACH
Event Details
Programme: Bach Mass in B Minor BWV 232 Performing with: Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conductor Semyon Bychkov soprano Miriam Kutrowatz mezzosoprano Catriona Morison tenor Benjamin Bruns bass Christian Immler
Event Details
Programme:
Bach Mass in B Minor BWV 232
Performing with:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
conductor Semyon Bychkov
soprano Miriam Kutrowatz
mezzosoprano Catriona Morison
tenor Benjamin Bruns
bass Christian Immler
chorusmaster Andrea Secchi
Among the highest creations of the human spirit (the work is inscribed in UNESCO’s Memory of the World register), the performance of Bach’s Mass in B minor is an unmissable event, a unique listening experience. In this great composition, Bach succeeded in synthesizing the main expressions of Christian thought, Catholic and Lutheran theology, into a single creation. On the podium is Semyon Bychkov, accompanied by a prestigious quartet of soloists.
more
Time
(Friday) 8:30 pm
Location
Accademia di Santa Cecilia
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Pietro de Coubertin Street - 00196
22nov7:30 pmKarlovy Vary, Czechia - Czech Philharmonic - Dvořák, Janáček
Event Details
Programme Antonín Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 Leoš Janáček: Glagolitic Mass, cantata for vocal soloists, choir, orchestra and organ to an Old Church Slavonic text Performing with Jan
Event Details
Programme
Antonín Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53
Leoš Janáček: Glagolitic Mass, cantata for vocal soloists, choir, orchestra and organ to an Old Church Slavonic text
Performing with
Jan Mráček violin
Lyubov Petrova soprano
Lucie Hilscherová mezzo-soprano
Dmytro Popov tenor
David Leigh bass
Daniela Valtová Kosinová organ
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Lukáš Vasilek choirmaster
Czech Philharmonic
Time
(Friday) 7:30 pm
Location
Karlovy Vary
Divadelni Namesti 2132/19 360 01 Karlovy Vary
23nov7:30 pmKarlovy Vary, Czechia - Czech Philharmonic; Ivo Kahánek, piano - Dvořák, Smetana
Event Details
Programme Antonín Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33 Bedřich Smetana: Vyšehrad, Vltava, Šárka from the cycle of symphonic poems Má vlast Performing with Ivo Kahánek, piano Czech Philharmonic
Event Details
Programme
Antonín Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33
Bedřich Smetana: Vyšehrad, Vltava, Šárka from the cycle of symphonic poems Má vlast
Performing with
Ivo Kahánek, piano
Czech Philharmonic
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm
Location
Karlovy Vary
Divadelni Namesti 2132/19 360 01 Karlovy Vary
december
03dec8:00 pmNew York, NY USA - Czech Philharmonic; Yo-Yo Ma, cello - Dvořák, Smetana
Event Details
Programme Antonín Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 Bedřich Smetana: Vyšehrad, Vltava, Šárka from the cycle of symphonic poems Má vlast Performing with Yo-Yo Ma, cello Czech Philharmonic Yo-Yo Ma
Event Details
Programme
Antonín Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
Bedřich Smetana: Vyšehrad, Vltava, Šárka from the cycle of symphonic poems Má vlast
Performing with
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Czech Philharmonic
Yo-Yo Ma joins the illustrious Czech Philharmonic as part of the worldwide Year of Czech Music celebration. Together they perform Dvořák’s towering final concerto—a masterpiece for which these artists are individually renowned. From its virtuosic cello passages and exquisite orchestration to its energetic, yet elegiac tone, it’s a thoroughly captivating piece to hear in concert. Semyon Bychkov also leads the orchestra in selections from Má Vlast (My Country), a singular symphonic cycle by Smetana, the 19th-century composer widely known as the “father of Czech music.”
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Time
(Tuesday) 8:00 pm
Location
Carnegie Hall
881 7th Ave, New York, NY 10019
04dec8:00 pmNew York, NY USA - Czech Philharmonic; Gil Shaham, violin - Dvořák, Mahler
Event Details
Programme Antonín Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor Performing with Gil Shaham, violin Czech Philharmonic In each of its three concerts
Event Details
Programme
Antonín Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
Performing with
Gil Shaham, violin
Czech Philharmonic
In each of its three concerts this week, the inimitable Czech Philharmonic pairs an orchestral masterwork with one of Dvořák’s concertos, each featuring a superstar soloist. Tonight, the soloist is violin icon Gil Shaham, who performs the vibrant, Czech folk–infused Violin Concerto. Mahler’s Fifth Symphony follows, giving audiences a chance to experience the orchestra’s acclaimed interpretation under conductor Semyon Bychkov. Their 2022 recording of the Fifth was named Best Classical Record of 2022 by London’s The Times, which praised their “fine balance in this visionary work, a musical universe of dreams and prophecies in which Bychkov matches intelligent pacing with great-hearted warmth and sonic opulence with textural clarity.”
more
Time
(Wednesday) 8:00 pm
Location
Carnegie Hall
881 7th Ave, New York, NY 10019
05dec8:00 pmNew York, NY USA - Czech Philharmonic - Dvořák, Janáček
Event Details
Programme Antonín Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33 Leoš Janáček: Glagolitic Mass, cantata for vocal soloists, choir, orchestra and organ to an Old Church Slavonic text Performing with Daniil
Event Details
Programme
Antonín Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33
Leoš Janáček: Glagolitic Mass, cantata for vocal soloists, choir, orchestra and organ to an Old Church Slavonic text
Performing with
Daniil Trifonov piano
Lyubov Petrova soprano
Lucie Hilscherová mezzo-soprano
Aleš Briscein tenor
David Leigh bass
Daniela Valtová Kosinová organ
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Lukáš Vasilek choirmaster
Czech Philharmonic
Once per decade, music lovers worldwide are treated to a major musical event: the Year of Czech Music. Carnegie Hall celebrates the festival’s 100th anniversary with an extraordinary series of concerts—including three performances by the Czech Philharmonic with superstar guests. Tonight, for its final performance, the orchestra welcomes beloved pianist Daniil Trifonov to perform Dvořák’s imaginative, sole Piano Concerto. The great Prague Philharmonic Choir and soloists then fill the Hall with Janáček’s monumental Glagolitic Mass, a “festive, life-affirming, pantheistic” work that the composer wrote to celebrate the spirit of the Czech nation.
more
Time
(Thursday) 8:00 pm
Location
Carnegie Hall
881 7th Ave, New York, NY 10019
07dec8:00 pmToronto, Canada - Czech Philharmonic; Daniil Trifonov, piano - Dvořák, Janáček
Event Details
Programme Antonín Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33 Bedřich Smetana: Vyšehrad, Vltava, Šárka from the cycle of symphonic poems Má vlast Performing with Daniil Trifonov piano Czech Philharmonic For over
Event Details
Programme
Antonín Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33
Bedřich Smetana: Vyšehrad, Vltava, Šárka from the cycle of symphonic poems Má vlast
Performing with
Daniil Trifonov piano
Czech Philharmonic
For over a century, the Czech Philharmonic is one of the great orchestras of Europe and has represented the pinnacle of Czech cultural achievement. In 1896, Antonín Dvořák conducted the orchestra’s debut performance at the Rudolfinum, still home to the orchestra’s Prague concerts. Led by renowned conductor Semyon Bychkov, the orchestra will perform two evenings of works by Dvořák, Smetana, and Mahler for their Koerner hall debuts.
Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov’s season started in Prague with the official concert to mark the Czech Republic’s Presidency of the EU and continued at the Dvořák Prague International Music Festival with concert performances of Dvořák’s Rusalka. Now in his sixth season, Semyon Bychkov’s relationship with the Orchestra has become noticeably deeper with extraordinary performances of the great Czech masters running in parallel with a much-acclaimed Mahler cycle, and memorable performances of Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Strauss, Schumann, and Beethoven.
Grammy Award-winning pianist Daniil Trifonov has made a spectacular ascent of the classical music world, as a solo artist, champion of the concerto repertoire, chamber and vocal collaborator, and composer. Combining consummate technique with rare sensitivity and depth, his performances are a perpetual source of awe. He has been described as “the most astounding pianist of our age” (The Times).
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Time
(Saturday) 8:00 pm
Location
Koerner Hall
273 Bloor Street West, Toronto ON M5S 1W2
08dec8:00 pmToronto, Canada - Czech Philharmonic; Jan Mráček, violin - Dvořák, Mahler
Event Details
Programme Antonín Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor Performing with Jan Mráček, violin Czech Philharmonic For over a century, the Czech
Event Details
Programme
Antonín Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
Performing with
Jan Mráček, violin
Czech Philharmonic
For over a century, the Czech Philharmonic is one of the great orchestras of Europe and has represented the pinnacle of Czech cultural achievement. In 1896, Antonín Dvořák conducted the orchestra’s debut performance at the Rudolfinum, still home to the orchestra’s Prague concerts. Led by renowned conductor Semyon Bychkov, the orchestra will perform two evenings of works by Dvořák, Smetana, and Mahler for their Koerner hall debuts.
Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov’s season started in Prague with the official concert to mark the Czech Republic’s Presidency of the EU and continued at the Dvořák Prague International Music Festival with concert performances of Dvořák’s Rusalka. Now in his sixth season, Semyon Bychkov’s relationship with the Orchestra has become noticeably deeper with extraordinary performances of the great Czech masters running in parallel with a much-acclaimed Mahler cycle, and memorable performances of Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Strauss, Schumann, and Beethoven.
Czech violinist Jan Mráček began studying violin at the age of five and has performed as a soloist with the Kuopio Symphony Orchestra and Romanian Radio Symphony, both under Sascha Goetzel, Lappeenranta City Orchestra (Finland), Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra (FOK), Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, and almost all Czech regional orchestras. “Mráček, gifted with phenomenal musicality, is able to give the content of every single phrase, every motif.” (Harmony Magazine)
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Time
(Sunday) 8:00 pm
Location
Koerner Hall
273 Bloor Street West, Toronto ON M5S 1W2
CONCERT SCHEDULE
november
14nov7:30 pmROME, ITALY - Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia - BACH
Event Details
Programme: Bach Mass in B Minor BWV 232 Performing with: Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conductor Semyon Bychkov soprano Miriam Kutrowatz mezzosoprano Catriona Morison tenor Benjamin Bruns bass Christian Immler
Event Details
Programme:
Bach Mass in B Minor BWV 232
Performing with:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
conductor Semyon Bychkov
soprano Miriam Kutrowatz
mezzosoprano Catriona Morison
tenor Benjamin Bruns
bass Christian Immler
chorusmaster Andrea Secchi
Among the highest creations of the human spirit (the work is inscribed in UNESCO’s Memory of the World register), the performance of Bach’s Mass in B minor is an unmissable event, a unique listening experience. In this great composition, Bach succeeded in synthesizing the main expressions of Christian thought, Catholic and Lutheran theology, into a single creation. On the podium is Semyon Bychkov, accompanied by a prestigious quartet of soloists.
more
Time
(Thursday) 7:30 pm
Location
Accademia di Santa Cecilia
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Pietro de Coubertin Street - 00196
15nov6:00 pmROME, ITALY - Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia - BACH
Event Details
Programme: Bach Mass in B Minor BWV 232 Performing with: Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conductor Semyon Bychkov soprano Miriam Kutrowatz mezzosoprano Catriona Morison tenor Benjamin Bruns bass Christian Immler
Event Details
Programme:
Bach Mass in B Minor BWV 232
Performing with:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
conductor Semyon Bychkov
soprano Miriam Kutrowatz
mezzosoprano Catriona Morison
tenor Benjamin Bruns
bass Christian Immler
chorusmaster Andrea Secchi
Among the highest creations of the human spirit (the work is inscribed in UNESCO’s Memory of the World register), the performance of Bach’s Mass in B minor is an unmissable event, a unique listening experience. In this great composition, Bach succeeded in synthesizing the main expressions of Christian thought, Catholic and Lutheran theology, into a single creation. On the podium is Semyon Bychkov, accompanied by a prestigious quartet of soloists.
more
Time
(Friday) 6:00 pm
Location
Accademia di Santa Cecilia
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Pietro de Coubertin Street - 00196
15nov8:30 pmROME, ITALY - Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia - BACH
Event Details
Programme: Bach Mass in B Minor BWV 232 Performing with: Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conductor Semyon Bychkov soprano Miriam Kutrowatz mezzosoprano Catriona Morison tenor Benjamin Bruns bass Christian Immler
Event Details
Programme:
Bach Mass in B Minor BWV 232
Performing with:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
conductor Semyon Bychkov
soprano Miriam Kutrowatz
mezzosoprano Catriona Morison
tenor Benjamin Bruns
bass Christian Immler
chorusmaster Andrea Secchi
Among the highest creations of the human spirit (the work is inscribed in UNESCO’s Memory of the World register), the performance of Bach’s Mass in B minor is an unmissable event, a unique listening experience. In this great composition, Bach succeeded in synthesizing the main expressions of Christian thought, Catholic and Lutheran theology, into a single creation. On the podium is Semyon Bychkov, accompanied by a prestigious quartet of soloists.
more
Time
(Friday) 8:30 pm
Location
Accademia di Santa Cecilia
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Pietro de Coubertin Street - 00196
22nov7:30 pmKarlovy Vary, Czechia - Czech Philharmonic - Dvořák, Janáček
Event Details
Programme Antonín Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 Leoš Janáček: Glagolitic Mass, cantata for vocal soloists, choir, orchestra and organ to an Old Church Slavonic text Performing with Jan
Event Details
Programme
Antonín Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53
Leoš Janáček: Glagolitic Mass, cantata for vocal soloists, choir, orchestra and organ to an Old Church Slavonic text
Performing with
Jan Mráček violin
Lyubov Petrova soprano
Lucie Hilscherová mezzo-soprano
Dmytro Popov tenor
David Leigh bass
Daniela Valtová Kosinová organ
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Lukáš Vasilek choirmaster
Czech Philharmonic
Time
(Friday) 7:30 pm
Location
Karlovy Vary
Divadelni Namesti 2132/19 360 01 Karlovy Vary
23nov7:30 pmKarlovy Vary, Czechia - Czech Philharmonic; Ivo Kahánek, piano - Dvořák, Smetana
Event Details
Programme Antonín Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33 Bedřich Smetana: Vyšehrad, Vltava, Šárka from the cycle of symphonic poems Má vlast Performing with Ivo Kahánek, piano Czech Philharmonic
Event Details
Programme
Antonín Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33
Bedřich Smetana: Vyšehrad, Vltava, Šárka from the cycle of symphonic poems Má vlast
Performing with
Ivo Kahánek, piano
Czech Philharmonic
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm
Location
Karlovy Vary
Divadelni Namesti 2132/19 360 01 Karlovy Vary
december
03dec8:00 pmNew York, NY USA - Czech Philharmonic; Yo-Yo Ma, cello - Dvořák, Smetana
Event Details
Programme Antonín Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 Bedřich Smetana: Vyšehrad, Vltava, Šárka from the cycle of symphonic poems Má vlast Performing with Yo-Yo Ma, cello Czech Philharmonic Yo-Yo Ma
Event Details
Programme
Antonín Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
Bedřich Smetana: Vyšehrad, Vltava, Šárka from the cycle of symphonic poems Má vlast
Performing with
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Czech Philharmonic
Yo-Yo Ma joins the illustrious Czech Philharmonic as part of the worldwide Year of Czech Music celebration. Together they perform Dvořák’s towering final concerto—a masterpiece for which these artists are individually renowned. From its virtuosic cello passages and exquisite orchestration to its energetic, yet elegiac tone, it’s a thoroughly captivating piece to hear in concert. Semyon Bychkov also leads the orchestra in selections from Má Vlast (My Country), a singular symphonic cycle by Smetana, the 19th-century composer widely known as the “father of Czech music.”
more
Time
(Tuesday) 8:00 pm
Location
Carnegie Hall
881 7th Ave, New York, NY 10019
04dec8:00 pmNew York, NY USA - Czech Philharmonic; Gil Shaham, violin - Dvořák, Mahler
Event Details
Programme Antonín Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor Performing with Gil Shaham, violin Czech Philharmonic In each of its three concerts
Event Details
Programme
Antonín Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
Performing with
Gil Shaham, violin
Czech Philharmonic
In each of its three concerts this week, the inimitable Czech Philharmonic pairs an orchestral masterwork with one of Dvořák’s concertos, each featuring a superstar soloist. Tonight, the soloist is violin icon Gil Shaham, who performs the vibrant, Czech folk–infused Violin Concerto. Mahler’s Fifth Symphony follows, giving audiences a chance to experience the orchestra’s acclaimed interpretation under conductor Semyon Bychkov. Their 2022 recording of the Fifth was named Best Classical Record of 2022 by London’s The Times, which praised their “fine balance in this visionary work, a musical universe of dreams and prophecies in which Bychkov matches intelligent pacing with great-hearted warmth and sonic opulence with textural clarity.”
more
Time
(Wednesday) 8:00 pm
Location
Carnegie Hall
881 7th Ave, New York, NY 10019
05dec8:00 pmNew York, NY USA - Czech Philharmonic - Dvořák, Janáček
Event Details
Programme Antonín Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33 Leoš Janáček: Glagolitic Mass, cantata for vocal soloists, choir, orchestra and organ to an Old Church Slavonic text Performing with Daniil
Event Details
Programme
Antonín Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33
Leoš Janáček: Glagolitic Mass, cantata for vocal soloists, choir, orchestra and organ to an Old Church Slavonic text
Performing with
Daniil Trifonov piano
Lyubov Petrova soprano
Lucie Hilscherová mezzo-soprano
Aleš Briscein tenor
David Leigh bass
Daniela Valtová Kosinová organ
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Lukáš Vasilek choirmaster
Czech Philharmonic
Once per decade, music lovers worldwide are treated to a major musical event: the Year of Czech Music. Carnegie Hall celebrates the festival’s 100th anniversary with an extraordinary series of concerts—including three performances by the Czech Philharmonic with superstar guests. Tonight, for its final performance, the orchestra welcomes beloved pianist Daniil Trifonov to perform Dvořák’s imaginative, sole Piano Concerto. The great Prague Philharmonic Choir and soloists then fill the Hall with Janáček’s monumental Glagolitic Mass, a “festive, life-affirming, pantheistic” work that the composer wrote to celebrate the spirit of the Czech nation.
more
Time
(Thursday) 8:00 pm
Location
Carnegie Hall
881 7th Ave, New York, NY 10019
07dec8:00 pmToronto, Canada - Czech Philharmonic; Daniil Trifonov, piano - Dvořák, Janáček
Event Details
Programme Antonín Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33 Bedřich Smetana: Vyšehrad, Vltava, Šárka from the cycle of symphonic poems Má vlast Performing with Daniil Trifonov piano Czech Philharmonic For over
Event Details
Programme
Antonín Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33
Bedřich Smetana: Vyšehrad, Vltava, Šárka from the cycle of symphonic poems Má vlast
Performing with
Daniil Trifonov piano
Czech Philharmonic
For over a century, the Czech Philharmonic is one of the great orchestras of Europe and has represented the pinnacle of Czech cultural achievement. In 1896, Antonín Dvořák conducted the orchestra’s debut performance at the Rudolfinum, still home to the orchestra’s Prague concerts. Led by renowned conductor Semyon Bychkov, the orchestra will perform two evenings of works by Dvořák, Smetana, and Mahler for their Koerner hall debuts.
Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov’s season started in Prague with the official concert to mark the Czech Republic’s Presidency of the EU and continued at the Dvořák Prague International Music Festival with concert performances of Dvořák’s Rusalka. Now in his sixth season, Semyon Bychkov’s relationship with the Orchestra has become noticeably deeper with extraordinary performances of the great Czech masters running in parallel with a much-acclaimed Mahler cycle, and memorable performances of Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Strauss, Schumann, and Beethoven.
Grammy Award-winning pianist Daniil Trifonov has made a spectacular ascent of the classical music world, as a solo artist, champion of the concerto repertoire, chamber and vocal collaborator, and composer. Combining consummate technique with rare sensitivity and depth, his performances are a perpetual source of awe. He has been described as “the most astounding pianist of our age” (The Times).
more
Time
(Saturday) 8:00 pm
Location
Koerner Hall
273 Bloor Street West, Toronto ON M5S 1W2
08dec8:00 pmToronto, Canada - Czech Philharmonic; Jan Mráček, violin - Dvořák, Mahler
Event Details
Programme Antonín Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor Performing with Jan Mráček, violin Czech Philharmonic For over a century, the Czech
Event Details
Programme
Antonín Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
Performing with
Jan Mráček, violin
Czech Philharmonic
For over a century, the Czech Philharmonic is one of the great orchestras of Europe and has represented the pinnacle of Czech cultural achievement. In 1896, Antonín Dvořák conducted the orchestra’s debut performance at the Rudolfinum, still home to the orchestra’s Prague concerts. Led by renowned conductor Semyon Bychkov, the orchestra will perform two evenings of works by Dvořák, Smetana, and Mahler for their Koerner hall debuts.
Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov’s season started in Prague with the official concert to mark the Czech Republic’s Presidency of the EU and continued at the Dvořák Prague International Music Festival with concert performances of Dvořák’s Rusalka. Now in his sixth season, Semyon Bychkov’s relationship with the Orchestra has become noticeably deeper with extraordinary performances of the great Czech masters running in parallel with a much-acclaimed Mahler cycle, and memorable performances of Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Strauss, Schumann, and Beethoven.
Czech violinist Jan Mráček began studying violin at the age of five and has performed as a soloist with the Kuopio Symphony Orchestra and Romanian Radio Symphony, both under Sascha Goetzel, Lappeenranta City Orchestra (Finland), Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra (FOK), Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, and almost all Czech regional orchestras. “Mráček, gifted with phenomenal musicality, is able to give the content of every single phrase, every motif.” (Harmony Magazine)
more
Time
(Sunday) 8:00 pm
Location
Koerner Hall
273 Bloor Street West, Toronto ON M5S 1W2
NEWS
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Winning ‘Orchestra of the Year’ in the 2024 Year of Czech Music – celebrated by arts organisations across the Czech Republic every decade since Bedřich Smetana’s 100th birthday in 1924 – is especially poignant. The Orchestra’s contribution to the Year of Czech Music...
Dvořák Symphonies Nos. 7, 8 ,9 on Pentatone
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SMETANA’S MA VLAST ON PENTATONE
Mar 1, 2024
Today, Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic mark Bedřich Smetana’s bicentenary (2nd March 1824) with the release of Má vlast, released by PENTATONE. The recording of Má vlast is the Czech Philharmonic’s first release in 2024’s Year of Czech Music, a major...
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Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7, 8 ,9
Pentatone releases Antonín Dvořák’s Symphonies 7, 8 and 9
The album is part of the 2024 Year of Czech Music. Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” has been part of Semyon Bychkov’s repertoire since the 80’s when he emigrated to the United States. He first conducted the work with the Czech Philharmonic in 2015 when he returned to conduct the Orchestra. Also featured on the 2-CD release is Dvořák’s overture cycle, Nature, Life and Love composed between Symphony No. 8 and Symphony No. 9. Although, each work in the cycle, In Nature’s Realm, Carnival and Othello has a clear mood and narrative, sharing a distinctive melodic idea, they are also powerfully symphonic.