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New Year’s concerts of JPO were an exceptional success

09. 2. 24

The entry into the new year was truly extraordinary for the Janáček Philharmonic. On 1 January 1954, it celebrated its 70th birthday, but it also entered the Year of Czech […]

Jan Lisiecki: I try to practice as little as possible

09. 2. 24

Jan Lisiecki, a young twenty-eight-year-old Canadian pianist of Polish descent, will visit Ostrava on 22 January 2024 to perform his programme as part of the Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava Piano Recital […]

Sales of the 70th concert season begins

24. 5. 23

Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava (JPO) celebrates 70 years. The world-class orchestra enters the new concert season full of energy and expectations. Although it has already had a year of provisional operation, […]

JPO returned from an extremely successful tour of Japan, returning with success, experience and their own earthquake adventure

11. 5. 23

On Wednesday 10 May, the Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava (JPO) returned from an extremely successful tour of Japan. During almost two weeks, the orchestra played nine concerts there together with Czech […]

JPO sets off with Czech soloists to represent Czech and Eastern European music in Japan

22. 4. 23

The Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava (JFO) is going on a two-week tour to Japan. The trip will take place from 26 April to 10 May and the JFO will play a […]

Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava attracted 1500 spectators to the top hall in Katowice

10. 3. 23

On 9 March, the Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava demonstrated how the orchestra under the direction of its chief conductor Vassily Sinaisky sounds in a concert hall of world-class parameters. In the […]

The Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava is heading into Vesmír (Space), where the orchestra will perform most of the 2022/23 season

24. 5. 22

The Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava (JPO) has unveiled a new programme – the 69th season already – and launched online ticket sales. There will be a big change for the audience, […]

With the Stabat Mater concert, we will close the season and our acting in the existing building of the House of Culture

10. 5. 22

Dvořák’s Stabat Mater oratorio – the final concert of the 68th season of JPO demands a monumental work which, after its extraordinarily successful London premiere in 1883, literally spread all […]

The album Phidylé by soprano Kateřina Kněžíková and JPO won the BBC Music Magazine Awards

29. 4. 22

The best album in the world in the Vocal Arts category is a CD by soprano Kateřina Kněžíková, conductor Robert Jindra and the Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, entitled Phidylé. The recording […]

Kněžíková – Vondráček Duo: Change of concert date

24. 3. 22

Dear listeners, the concert of the chamber cycle Duo Kněžíková – Vondráček will not take place on Monday, March 28 due to the medical condition of one of the performers. […]