Watch the stream from Carnegie Hall 4. 12. 8 p.m.
PlayAs per tradition, in 2024, the Czech Philharmonic will perform at Dvořák’s Prague, Prague Spring and Smetana’s Litomyšl Festivals. The highlight of the Czech Philharmonic’s participation in the Year of Czech Music will be five concerts at New York’s famed Carnegie Hall featuring all Czech music. In spring 2025, the orchestra will embark on its now regular tour of the most famous concert halls in Europe.
The culmination of the 2024 Year of Czech Music is five concerts at New York’s Carnegie Hall, one of the world’s most famous stages, from 3-7 December. Returning to Carnegie Hall for the first time since 2018, the Czech Philharmonic and its Chief Conductor and Music Director, Semyon Bychkov, will perform three programmes of Czech music.
From New York to Canada: the Czech Philharmonic presents two concerts at Toronto’s Koerner Hall at the end of the year. Music by Czech composers Dvořák and Smetana will feature alongside Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, a definite programme highlight. Concertmaster Jan Mráček and 129th season Artist-in-Residence Daniil Trifonov are the tour soloists.
The Czech Philharmonic’s spring 2025 tour of Europe will include residencies at Vienna’s Musikverein, London’s Barbican and Philharmonie de Paris. Alongside performances at these three important venues, the orchestra will also perform at the Concertgebouws in Amsterdam and Bruges.
In Hannover and Baden-Baden, the Czech Philharmonic presents one of the most important works in Czech cultural history: Smetana’s Má vlast. Its recent recording on PENTATONE of this extraordinary composition with Chief Conductor Semyon Bychkov has received international praise since its release in March 2024.
In recent years, the Czech Philharmonic has regularly visited Bad Kissingen and 2025 is no different. With Tomáš Netopil conducting, soloists Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Alisa Weilerstein join.
