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One of the biggest music festivals in Czech Republic presenting world-famous music stars.

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In the next ten years, Haydn's music festivals intend to present the work of the main musical "nations" or regions within the individual festival years, which contributed to the formation of classicist musical language, which soon established itself as a universal musical language used worldwide. This dramaturgical principle will significantly enrich the existing principles (focus on compositional anniversaries, regional musical sources, great major works of the classicist era). The intention of the organizers is to dedicate 40-50% of the festival's concert performances to musical "nations".
Italy has a decisive position among these nations. Therefore, the 29th year of the festival (2021) will be dedicated to Italian and Italian-inspired music of the 17th and 18th centuries. Italian musical inspiration has dominated world music for more than three centuries, culminating in the period of classicism (16th - 19th centuries). It was the Italian composers at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries who formulated a new way of compositional work, based on more intensive work with musical material. Thanks to this, new musical genres saw the light of day in the Italian environment, which then dominated the next centuries (concert, symphonies, etc.), some others then gained new developmental inspiration (sonata, opera, etc..).

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Hudební léto Kuks je mezinárodní festival klasické hudby konaný v kostele Nejsvětější Trojice v Kuksu.
V minulých letech zde již účinkovali:
houslisté Ivan Ženatý, Václav Hudeček, Josef Špaček, Gabriela Demeterová, basbarytonisté Adam Plachetka, Markus Flaig (Německo), Ivan Kusnjer, kontratenorista David Erler (Německo), sopranistky Martina Janková, Michiyo Keiko (Japonsko), Natalia Rubiś (Polsko), Jana Jonášová, Kateřina Kněžíková, mezzosopranistka Dagmar Pecková, tenorista Virgil Hartinger (Rakousko), violoncellista Jiří Bárta, hornista Radek Baborák, trumpetisté Otto Sauter (Německo), Miroslav Kejmar, harfistka Jana Boušková, varhaníci Jaroslav Tůma, Aleš Bárta a Wacław Golonka (Polsko), cembalisté Vojtěch Spurný, Barbara Maria Willi, hobojista Vilém Veverka, klarinetisté Claudio Mansutti (Itálie) a Ludmila Peterková, kytaristé Marco Socías (Španělsko), Carlo Domeniconi (Itálie) a Pavel Steidl;
orchestry a soubory: Filharmonie Hradec Králové, Severočeská filharmonie Teplice, Komorní filharmonie Pardubice, Collegium 1704, Ensemble Inégal, Musica Florea, Collegium Marianum, Bennewitz Quartet, Wihanovo kvarteto, Schola Gregoriana Pragensis, Český filharmonický sbor Brno, Martinů Voices, Český chlapecký sbor Boni pueri;
dirigenti a umělečtí vedoucí: Vojtěch Spurný, Marek Šedivý, Marek Štryncl, Václav Luks, Adam Viktora, David Eben, Petr Fiala, Jana Semerádová a další.

V rámci festivalu jsou rovněž uváděny skladby v novodobých premiérách. Jde především o kompozice z kukského archivu (Wernera Hymbra, Josepha Faltise, Maxima Jantschara, Wernera Zicha a Stephana Sailera), který založili v polovině 18. století členové řádu milosrdných bratří. Provedeny byly i novodobé premiéry z jiných pramenů, šlo např. o díla Václava Vodičky nebo Jakuba Jana Ryby.
Kuks Music Summer is an international festival of classical music held in the Church of the Holy Trinity in Kuks.
In recent years, the following have performed here:
violinists Ivan Ženatý, Václav Hudeček, Josef Špaček, Gabriela Demeterová, bass baritone Adam Plachetka, Markus Flaig (Germany), Ivan Kusnjer, countertenor David Erler (Germany), sopranos Martina Janková, Michiyo Keiko (Japan), Natalia Rubiś (Poland), Jana Jonášová, Kateřina Kněžíková, mezzo-soprano Dagmar Pecková, tenor Virgil Hartinger (Austria), cellist Jiří Bárta, horn player Radek Baborák, trumpet players Otto Sauter (Germany), Miroslav Kejmar, harpist Jana Boušková, organists Jaroslav Tůma, Aleš Bárta and Wacław Golon , harpsichordists Vojtěch Spurný, Barbara Maria Willi, oboist Vilém Veverka, clarinetists Claudio Mansutti (Italy) and Ludmila Peterková, guitarists Marco Socías (Spain), Carlo Domeniconi (Italy) and Pavel Steidl;
orchestras and ensembles: Hradec Králové Philharmonic, North Bohemian Philharmonic Teplice, Pardubice Chamber Philharmonic, Collegium 1704, Ensemble Inégal, Musica Florea, Collegium Marianum, Bennewitz Quartet, Wihan Quartet, Schola Gregoriana Pragensis, Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno, Martinů Voicesi Czech Guy leather;
conductors and artistic leaders: Vojtěch Spurný, Marek Šedivý, Marek Štryncl, Václav Luks, Adam Viktora, David Eben, Petr Fiala, Jana Semerádová and others.

The festival also presents compositions in modern premieres. These are mainly compositions from the Kuk archives (Werner Hymbre, Joseph Faltis, Maxim Jantschar, Werner Stier and Stephan Sailer), which were founded in the middle of the 18th century by members of the Order of Merciful Brothers. Modern premieres from other sources were also performed, such as the works of Václav Vodička or Jakub Jan Ryba.

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MHF Lípa Musica is the most important festival project in the field of classical music in northern Bohemia. During its nineteen-year history, it supplemented the imaginary cultural map of our country with a highly valued and high-quality music holiday and thus became not only a representative of our country's culture in the Czech Republic, but also fulfills its international status as one of the few events in the Czech Republic. It fulfills it not only at the level of presentation of the world's leading performers in the country, but also through the export of the Czech musical elite to Germany. For years, the festival has been predestined for the development of the Czech-German dialogue, which takes place at the artistic level, but also in creating an environment for deepening friendly relations between neighboring regions at the organizing and visitor level. In recent years, the Lípa Musica Festival has been sponsoring its program with the personality of an artistic guarantor (Radek Baborák in 2017 and 2018, Josef Špaček in 2019 and 2020). This institute of the festival opens the door to the possibility of presenting excellent performers from abroad, not only of German provenance, who often, despite their exceptional qualities, appear on Czech stages for the first time and are thus a new inspiration for the Czech cultural community. Lípa Musica pays attention not only to the high level of interpretive quality, but also to the content of the dramaturgy itself and the careful selection of the presented works and their discovery and value not only in the context of generally reflected themes and anniversaries. The dramaturgy of the festival is also developed taking into account foreign trends, which are an inspiration in the selection of performers and works, but also in the more general organizational level. Lípa Musica also pays great attention to young artists and creates platforms for their collaboration with already renowned performers, and at the same time, in support of cultural dialogue, seeks to include proj

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Mid-sized Czech festival focused on all genres of music

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Rock for People (RfP) is one of the largest open-air summer music festivals in the Czech Republic. The festival began in 1995 in the town Český Brod, and in 2007 it was moved to an unused airport in Hradec Králové. The festival features Czech and international acts of various genres, most prominently alternative rock, pop rock, punk rock, and EDM, and has also featured various workshops and recreational activities. Headlining acts have included Muse, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Arctic Monkeys, My Chemical Romance, the Offspring, the Killers, Paramore, and Massive Attack.

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The international interdisciplinary festival SMETANOVSKÉ DNY, which belongs to the calendar of the most important cultural events in Pilsen for more than thirty years, represents tradition and the certainty that there are still lasting values ​​that can be relied on. For music and art lovers in general, it is a real holiday that brings extraordinary experiences every year. In the top performance of important ensembles and leading performers of our and foreign scene, listeners can listen to well-known masterpieces in traditional and new contexts, as well as musical novelties. The interdisciplinarity, which stood at the very beginning of the festival in the form of a scientific symposium devoted to the issues of Czech culture of the 19th century, is maintained. Within the cultural context, the festival is rare in that it connects the world of music with the world of science, philosophy, literature, fine arts, theater and film. An integral part of the festival is also the involvement of Pilsen artists and performers.

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