Prague Autumn International Music Festival
Since its inception in 1996, Strings of Autumn has established itself as one of the Czech Republic’s major music festivals, whose wide-ranging and eclectic programming illuminates the relationships between genres ranging from early and contemporary classical to jazz, hip-hop, and electronica.
Autmn Music Festival Program
- Sat 19/9, 19.30h – DANIEL HOPE: VIVALDI RECOMPOSED
- Sun 1/11, 20.00h – BRANDT BRAUER FRICK ENSEMBLE
- Fri 6/11, 20.00h – ANDREAS SCHOLL: TWILIGHT PEOPLE
- Sun 8/11, 20.00h – VINICIUS CANTUARIA: JOBIM
- Sat 21/11, 20.00h – JIŘÍ SUCHÝ: RECITAL
British violinist returns to Strings to reprise Max Richter’s contemporary re-working.
Full program: strunypodzimu.cz/en/program-2020/
While for most of the year Prague concert halls offer dozens of concerts every week, in the summer months, when people leave for their holidays most concerts are aimed at foreign tourists but this year because of Corona Virus it’s generaly for expats and locals. from classical music to jazz, crossover and old music to world music come to this Prague festival in autum. Almost every day you can hear several rather ropy renderings of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons or Mozart’s Requiem in churches around Prague.
For the program more details: https://strunypodzimu.cz/en/program-2020/
The history of the festival began early after the Velvet revolution. A large range of stars from all over the world has appeared at the festival since the beginning. During the last 14 years have performed 66 orchestras, 96 conductors, 122 singers, 53 pianists, 31 violin players, 24 cellists, 16 choirs, 6 chamber ensembles, and 23 other instrumentalists. The number of attendees approaches 270 000, plus millions of radio listeners all around the world and domestic TV watchers.
