The new Martinů Revue 3/2020 was just released
The last issue of the Martinů Revue of the 2020 was just released. You can find there an interview with Frank Peter Zimmerman and Jakub Hrůša about their new CD with Violin Concertos by Martinů, and a portrait of musicologist Jaroslav Mihule, who celebrated his 90th birthday recently.→ More
Martinů and Novák among the Top 10 recordings of 2020
David Hurwitz, the chief editor of ClassicsToday, published his Top10 recordings of the 2020 and the CD with Bouquet of Flowers by Martinů and the Philharmonic Dances by Jan Novák is among them!→ More
Just released: New CD with Martinů Violin Concertos by Frank Peter Zimmerman, Jakub Hrůša and Bamberger Symphoniker
New CD with Violin Concertos by Martinů played by Frank Peter Zimmerman was just released by BIS Records. On the recording, Zimmerman is accompanied by Jakub Hrůša and the Bamberger Symphoniker. The disc closes with a central work in the twentieth-century literature for solo violin, Béla Bartók’s Sonata for Solo Violin.→ More
On Sunday, Gardiner conducts Martinů in Prague
On this Sunday, 29th November, Sir John Eliot Gardiner will conduct the Czech Philharmonic in a live streamed concert. The first concert of the series Czech Philharmonic Live In Your Living Room will present music by Jan Václav Hugo Voříšek, Leoš Janáček and Bohuslav Martinů. Sir John Eliot Gardiner is not only a pioneer of historically informed performance, but also a big lover and promoter of the Czech music. Czech pianist Igor Ardašev will be the soloist in Capriccio for Piano Left Hand and Wind Ensemble and in the Sinfonietta La Jolla by Martinů - a piece composed in New York in 1950 for the La Jolla Music Society. The concert starts at 8,15 pm and will be broadcast on the Czech Television's Art Channel, Facebook page of the Czech Philharmonic and on the Takt1 platform in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.→ More
Benefit concert is postponed to 7 June 2021
Because of the coronavirus and government restrictions the 6th benefit concert is postponed from 9 November 2020 to 7 June 2021. Venue, program and performers will not be changed.→ More
Another issue of Martinů Revue of the year 2020 was published
Another issue of Martinů Revue of the year 2020 was published. The issue 2020-2 contains mainly studies about Martinů Life and Work: Bohuslav Martinů: Revolt: The ballet reconsidered (Lucie Berná) Bohuslav Martinů's ambivalent relationship to Czechoslovakia, Part 2 (Aleš Březina, Bohuslav Martinů Institute) Bohuslav Martinů and Jindřich Honzl (Marek Pechač, Bohuslav Martinů Institute) Bohuslav Martinů: Has opera had his day? However, we would like to draw special attention to the text by violinist Mrs. Sona Jelinkova, who remembers Bohuslav Martinů and Rudolf Firkušný (page 4). Wishing you nice time with our Revue!→ More
Martinů Incantation has won the BBC Music Magazine Award
The recording of Antonín Dvořák’s and Bohuslav Martinů’s piano concertos, made by the pianist Ivo Kahánek and the Bamberger Symphoniker under the baton of Jakub Hrůša, has garnered critical acclaim since its release last September. It has been voted BBC Radio 3 Disc of the Week, BBC Music Magazine Recording of the Month, Choix de Classique HD, Album der Woche – BR Klassik and Choc de Classica. And now the album has received the prestigious BBC Music Magazine Award in the „Concerto“ category.→ More
Flutist Lois Schaefer has passed away
The flutist John Solum informed us about the sad news that Lois Schaefer, flute and piccolo player who gave the first performance of Bohuslav Martinů's Sonata for Flute and Piano, H 306, has died at age 95 on Jan. 31, 2020. Lois Schaefer gave the first performance in 1949 for the New York Flute Club, with Martinu at the performance. Lois studied in Boston with Georges Laurent, to whom the work is dedicated.→ More
Juliette in Opera magazine
In January of this year the opera Juliette had its last performance in Ostrava, which was staged by the National Moravian-Silesian Theater for the first time in its history. The production was prepared by director duo SKUTR (Martin Kukučka and Lukáš Trpišovský) and conductor Jakub Klecker, among others. Here we bring you the latest review by John Allison from the March issue of the prestigious Opera magazine.→ More
Boston Symphony Orchestra at home: Double Concerto
The current global crisis is forcing orchestras and artists to come up with new ways to stay in touch with their audience despite cancelling their concerts. The Boston Symphony Orchestra has, for the fourth week in a row, selected interesting historical recordings from its rich archive. The Boston Orchestra often performed the music of Bohuslav Martinů mainly thanks to its chief conductors Serge Koussevitzky and Charles Munch. They had also commissioned number of new works which resulted in nine premieres of Martinů’s compositions by the BSO, such as La Bagarre, Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 3 and Symphony No. 6 (Fantaisies Symphoniques). The Boston Symphony Orchestra now selects the historical recording of the Double Concerto for two string orchestras, piano and timpani under the direction of conductor Rafael Kubelik from 1967.→ More
Musicologist Dr František Popelka has passed away
On April 16, musicologist and great promoter of Martinů Dr František "Iša" Popelka has sadly passed away at the age of 87. Rest in peace!→ More
Open letter: Music is one of the first sectors hit by the unprecedented coronavirus crisis
The Bohuslav Martinů Foundation, The Bohuslav Martinů Institute and International Martinů Circle join call for EU and national investment to address current crisis and promote diversity.→ More
The Bohuslav Martinů Foundation presents a series of online concerts for Doctors Without Borders
From April 9th, the Bohuslav Martinů Foundation will broadcast online chamber concerts from its headquarters in Prague. The Music Without Borders project will offer eight virtual concerts during which prominent Czech artists will perform in order to support the Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF).→ More
Online festival BR Klassik with Magdalena Kožená
Artists from all over the world decided, despite cancelling most of their upcoming concerts, perform at least virtually for their fans. Jonas Kaufmann, Lang Lang, members of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Magdalena Kožená, among others, participated in an online festival organized by BR Klassik which live streamed their home concerts.→ More
The new Martinu Revue is out now!
What does this issue offer? - Aleš Březina, director of the Martinů Institute, re-evaluates Martinů's relationship to his homeland in a comprehensive study - You will discover where for years was hidden Martinů´s manuscript of his most famous symphony - Fantaisies Symphoniques (Symphony No.6) - Martinů´s intimate report about his first months in New York in 1942 - What does Madeleine Albright have together with Martinů and Basel?→ More
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