Janacek Philharmonic Ostrava

An evening of powerful stories and the joy of making music. The program features Bohuslav Martinů’s symphonic prelude The Rock, inspired by American settlers, Witold Lutosławski’s Cello Concerto performed by Alban Gerhardt, and Antonín Dvořák’s Sixth Symphony — a celebration of Czech musicality, warmth, and vitality. The orchestra will be led by Ingo Metzmacher.

For his first chamber evening in Ostrava, JFO resident soloist Johannes Moser has invited violinist Vadim Gluzman and pianist Andrei Korobeininkov. Together they will perform two masterpieces of piano trio: Schubert’s lyrical and moving E flat major, one of the pillars of chamber music, and Tchaikovsky’s deeply personal, passionate composition dedicated to the memory of his friend Nikolai Rubinstein.

In his Symphony The Age of Anxiety, Leonard Bernstein combines the depth of post-war existential questions with a virtuosic piano part, which will be performed in Ostrava by Claire Huangci. Rachmaninoff’s Third Symphony then offers a nostalgic return to Russian musical roots, interwoven with emotion and the beauty of a lost homeland.

Felix Mendelssohn was one of the children’s musical geniuses, his Reformation Symphony combines melodic invention with Bach’s polyphony. Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in B minor, full of lyricism and homesickness, is one of the most beautiful works of its kind. The soloist of the evening will be Jan Petrov.