Opening gala concert belonged yesterday in the Great Chateau Hall Mikulov chateau meeting globally recognized Pavel Haas Quartet is a rare foreign guest, American Dover Quartet.
In Mikulov launched a unique series of 35 concerts at 21 locations in southern Moravia, the Highlands and Lower Austria. The historic premises of castles and modern halls throughout the month of June will present artists from abroad and domestic scenes. Revelatory dramaturgy festival will offer great soloists such as violinist Josef Spacek, pianist Ivo Kahánek or mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená. Introduce special guests will perform, for example, violinist and singer Iva Bittová world renown musical or pop star Dasha. However, the program is dominated by the 22 string quartets led by the residential Pavel Haas Quartet, who together pays homage to the famous Czech quartet school. The festival, which will be this year's biggest European showcase quartet ensembles, attracts interest and foreign professionals, the introduction of the festival will be attended by one of the greatest figures in world music journalism Tully Potter.
Visitors and artists welcome during the June festival, the beautiful historic halls and rooms of the castle in Mikulov, Enduring Freedom, the Big Mezirici Boskovice, Lysice, Rájec nad Svitavou, Slavkov u Brna, Milotice by Kyjov, Moravsky Krumlov, Zdar, Valtice on Pernštejn Castle. Music, sounds and other venues and theaters in Trebic, Jihlava, Kyjov, emergency, Bystrice, Ivančice, Zdar, Veseli nad Moravou, Mezirici and Brno. The festival also visit the Austrian Retz.
More information is available on the festival website .
An interesting and completely unique project of the highest quality will be joint performances patron saint festival Magdalena leather with Ondrej Havelka and his Melody Makers in Jupiter Club in Velke Mezirici. Another interesting dramaturgical delicacies, heading off a genre traditionally conceived of classical music, Iva Bittová offer cooperation with Slovak Mucha Quartet with singer Dash Epoque Quartet, who offer musicals inspired by William Shakespeare. This large alžbětinec and the father of modern drama, who died 400 years ago, is one of the two giants, whose names he wove it into this year's festival shield. Besides the series of works inspired by him in the program, he will also deal with another festival guest, translator and Anglicist Hilský Martin, the man who transferred the entire Shakespeare's works into Czech 21st century. The program of the festival Concentus special in theatrical Kaspar association with the immortal story of Romeo and Juliet. Another titanic figure in the cultural history of the Ludwig van Beethoven, whose all 16 pieces, intended for string quartets at this year's festival also will hear. The final concert will include the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, whose appearance at the festival will also be the official start of the functioning of the newly established chamber orchestra.
Source: tz
