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Prague Spring Festival II.
The new format Prague Offspring, which takes place as part of the Prague Spring Festival, is entirely dedicated to contemporary music. Over a period of two days, the DOX + Center for Contemporary Art comes to life and presents the latest from the international and local contemporary scene. The Klangforum Wien accompanies the format and acts as an “ensemble-in-residence”.
The second concert planned for the new Prague Offspring format will offer a total of five world premieres. Jakub Rataj, Lucie Vítková, Adrián Demoč, Konstantin Heuer and Ian Mikyska were commissioned by the festival to each write a short new composition. The concert will be framed by the music of Composer-in-Residence Olga Neuwirth, whose impressive Lost Highway Suite for six instrumental soloists, live electronics and large ensemble from the opera based on David Lynch’s film will round off the evening.
Photo: Benedict Markel
Olga Neuwirth
– Magic Flu-idity
Jakub Rataj
– Fade no more (commissioned by the Prague Spring)
Lucie Vítková
– Dream of Others (commissioned by the Prague Spring)
Adrián Demoč
– Chord and Trembling (commissioned by the Prague Spring)
Konstantin Heuer
– peripety – dissolution (commissioned by the Prague Spring)
Ian Mikyska
– Dissolving; Settling (commissioned by the Prague Spring)
Petr Hájek
– 15 Minutes and 15 Seconds in Galegion City
Bas Wiegers
Neuwirth | Rataj | Vitková | Democ | Heuer | Mikyska | Hájek