Martinů at Dvořák Prague Festival 2026

Since 2008, the Dvořák Prague Festival has been offering more than two weeks filled with beautiful music and extraordinary cultural events inspired by the life and creative legacy of one of the world’s greatest musical geniuses.

Apart from its stellar performers and ample programme mainly dedicated to the most famous Czech composer, visitors of the 19th edition of Dvořák Prague Festival will have the chance to hear music by Bohuslav Martinů, too.

Pěruška Family & Kristina Vocetková
Monday 7 September 2026, 6.00 pm
Artium by KKCG, Bořislavka Centre, Prague, CZ

This event at the Bořislavka Centre will feature an encounter between two musical clans: the family of string instruments, and the Pěruška family, who play string instruments. The line-up of father, three sons and a daughter-in-law will bring together two violins, one viola and two cellos on the stage – already a remarkably powerful ensemble. The members have professional experience from the Stamitz Quartet, Duo and Trio Bohémo and share, above all, a deep family bond and a love of music.

Hans KRÁSA: Dance for String Trio
Bohuslav MARTINŮ: Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola, H 313
Zoltán KODÁLY: Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8
Johan HALVORSEN: Sarabande with Variations for Violin and Cello on a Theme by Handel
Franz SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C major, D 956

More information can be read here.

Closing Concert
Wednesday 23 September 2026, 8.00 pm
Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, CZ

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.

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)

More information can be read here.