The Czech Philharmonic, under Chief Conductor and Music Director Semyon Bychkov, commemorates the centennial of the Year of Czech Music in 2024 with a variety of programs around the world, with ...

Did you know that every decade, places all over the world celebrate the music of Czechia for an entire year? This tradition started exactly 100 years ago for the 100th birthday of Bedřich Smetana, and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Eva Krestová remembered Semyon Bychkov’s first rehearsal as chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic, leading Shostakovich’s “Leningrad” symphony. “I was shaking,” the viola leader ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Over three nights, the Czech Philharmonic presented Dvorak’s concertos and more, including a rare performance of Janacek’s ...

Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium is as integral to Manhattan’s bedrock as any place in the city. Yet this week one could be forgiven for thinking it had been transported to Prague (or Brno), so ...

The tradition of the Year of Czech Music began exactly one hundred years ago in 1924 with the centenary celebration of the birth of composer Bedřich Smetana. Since then, the Year of Czech Music has ...