Dvořák Prague Festival 2026 | Overture for Orchestra

Bohuslav MARTINŮ: Overture for Orchestra, H 345
Sergei PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63
Antonín DVOŘÁK: Suite in A major, Op. 98b, B 190
Igor STRAVINSKY: The Firebird, Suite from the Ballet (1919 version)

Czech Philharmonic 
Elim Chan (conductor)
Gil Shaham (violin) 

Dvořák Prague Festival 2026 – Closing Concert

The Festival’s closing concert, performed by the Czech Philharmonic under conductor Elim Chan, recalls Antonín Dvořák with his Suite in A Major, whose variety and expressiveness evoke a cycle of songs without words. Although the suite belongs to Dvořák’s American-influenced period, the remainder of the programme highlights his sensitivity to Slavic inspiration and influences. Bohuslav Martinů – once an inattentive conservatory student, later a pupil of Josef Suk’s master class – provides the Overture. Shaham’s instrument shines in Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto, and both the concert and the Festival conclude with magnificent music from Stravinsky’s fairy-tale ballet The Firebird.

More information: https://www.dvorakovapraha.cz/en/program/czech-philharmonic-chan-shaham