EVENT CALENDAR / EVENT ARCHIVE

OCTOBER
2026
10. 10. 19:30

REDUTA | BRATISLAVA

THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA IN BRATISLAVA | SYMPHONY NO. 2


As part of its major European tour, The Cleveland Orchestra is coming to the Bratislava Music Festival. Under the baton of principal conductor Franz Welser-Möst, the orchestra will present a program featuring works by Martinů, Liszt, and Brahms.

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11. 10. 15:00

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO | USA

CSO CHAMBER MUSIC | LA REVUE DE CUISINE


Bohuslav Martinů’s suite Kuchyňská revue, H 161a, will be performed on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at a chamber music concert organized by the University of Chicago’s music division at Mandel Hall in Chicago. The program, part of the “CSO Chamber Music” series, is inspired by the field of “gastronomic musicology” and will feature compositions related to the themes of food and cooking.

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14. 10. 18:30

NEW YORK, USA

THE BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ FOUNDATION MAKES ITS DEBUT IN NEW YORK AND BRINGS THE SONATINA FOR CLARINET AND PIANO HOME


The Sonatina for clarinet and piano, which Bohuslav Martinů composed in New York in early 1956, will be performed on Wednesday 14 October 2026 in The Ballroom at Bohemian National Hall.

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17. 10. 14:30

NATIONAL RECITAL HALL, TAIPEI, TAIWAN

NSO CHAMBER CONCERTS | OBOE QUARTET


The Taiwan Philharmonic (National Symphony Orchestra – NSO) Chamber Music Series will present a concert devoted primarily to Czech music. On Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 2:30 p.m., Bohuslav Martinů’s Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Cello, and Piano, H 315, will be performed at the National Recital Hall in Taipei.

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9. 10. 11:00

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC | OBOE CONCERTO


Friday 9 October 2026. The Los Angeles Philharmonic and Susanna Mälkki perform works by Miroslav Srnka, Bohuslav Martinů and Béla Bartók, with Ryan Roberts as soloist in Martinů’s Oboe Concerto.

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11. 10. 14:00, 19:00

PRAGUE, CZ

AVANT-GARDE | BALLET EVENING


Sunday 11 October 2026. Choreography by Marco Goecke to the music of Martinů's Double Concerto for two string orchestras, piano and timpani.

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11. 10. 14:00

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC | OBOE CONCERTO


Sunday 11 October 2026. The Los Angeles Philharmonic and Susanna Mälkki perform works by Miroslav Srnka, Bohuslav Martinů and Béla Bartók, with Ryan Roberts as soloist in Martinů’s Oboe Concerto.

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12. 10. 20:00

PRAGUE, CZ

NEOKLASIK ORCHESTRA | WHAT MEN LIVE BY


Monday 12 October 2026. The NeoKlasik Orchestra will present a special program marking the 150th anniversary of Tomáš Baťa’s birth, featuring Martinů’s opera What People Live By and his music for a promotional film Lady's Shoe.

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17. 10. 20:00

NEW YORK, USA

MAGIC NIGHTS | AMERICAN PREMIERE


Saturday 17 October 2026. The New York Repertory Orchestra presents the American premiere of Bohuslav Martinů’s Magic Nights, alongside Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 3.

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18. 10. 15:00

BRNO, CZ

JANÁČEK BRNO FESTIVAL 2026 | BRNO CHILDRENS CHOIR


Sunday 18 October 2026. The Brno Children’s Choir will perform a selection from Bohuslav Martinů’s ballet The Chap-Book as part of the Janáček Brno Festival.

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22. 10. 19:00

BRNO, CZ

JANÁČEK BRNO 2026 | THEATRE BEHIND THE GATE


Thursday 22 October 2026. The Brno Conservatoire will present the festival premiere of Theatre behind the Gate at the Mahen Theatre, conducted by Filip Urban.

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25. 10. 18:00

BASEL, SWITZERLAND

MARTINŮ FESTTAGE 2026 | MADRIGALS


Sunday 25 October 2026. The festival’s opening concert brings together three madrigal cycles by Bohuslav Martinů with works by English Renaissance masters and Johannes Brahms, performed by the SWR Vokalensemble and Capella Helvetica.

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25. 10. 11:00

PRAGUE, CZ

PRAŽÁK QUARTET AT HLAHOL 2026


Sunday 25 October 2026. The Pražák Quartet performs works by Mozart, Morricone and Bohuslav Martinů at the historic Hlahol Hall, joined by violists Peter Sagaischek and Eva Krestová

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28. 10. 18:00

BASEL, SWITZERLAND

MARTINŮ FESTTAGE 2026 | KAPRÁLOVÁ


Wednesday 28 October 2026. Stadtkino Basel will screen the Czech documentary Kaprálová, which explores the composer’s final years in Paris and her relationship with Bohuslav Martinů. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the film’s makers.

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31.10.19:00

BASEL, SWITZERLAND

MARTINŮ FESTTAGE 2026 | ENRICO PIERANUNZI TRIO


Saturday 31 October 2026. The Enrico Pieranunzi Trio combines selections from Bohuslav Martinů’s piano cycle Film en miniature with film melodies by Ennio Morricone and the art of jazz improvisation at the Martinů Festtage.

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