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Litomyšl Native Bedřich Smetana

Bedřich Smetana was a significant composer in the romantic period. From his early youth he concerned himself with music, especially playing the piano and composition.
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History of the Festival

The grand festival of classical music Smetana’s Litomyšl has been held since 1946 in the home town of the founder of Czech national music Bedřich Smetana, the old-fashioned east Bohemian town of Litomyšl.

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Litomyšl – A Modern Historical Town

Litomyšl can boast of both ancient and modern architecture, a rich social life but at the same time plenty of peace and quiet.

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Smetana’s Litomyšl Festival

The Smetana’s Litomyšl festival is the second oldest music festival in the Czech Republic, and at the same time it is among the largest regular classical music festivals held in the country.

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COMING HOME

Thursday 19^th June, 19.30, Smetana's House

Ballet triptych to the music of Czech classics

Premiéred on 21^st November 2013

Bedřich Smetana: TRIO G MOLL
Bohuslav Martinů: THE STRANGLER
Leoš Janáček: ON AN OVERGROWN PATH

Choreography: Pavel Šmok, Nataša Novotná, Jiří Kylián
Ivo Kahánek - piano
Eva Krestová - violin
Markéta Kubínová - cello
Igor Františák - clarinet
Jan Ostrý - flute
Jan Souček - oboe
Martin Petrák - bassoon
Rostislav Mikeška - percussion

Recitation chorus: Q VOX male vocal quartet:
Tomáš Badura, Petr Julíček, Tomáš Krejčí / Jiří Miroslav Procházka, Vítězslav Šlahař
The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre Ostrava Ballet Ensemble

Estimated end: 22.00 hrs
Number of intermissions: 2

Year of Czech Music