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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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GRAND FINALE

Sunday, July 3^rd, 19.30 hrs, Castle Courtyard

Bedřich Smetana: My Country

The grand finale is a reminder of the 70th anniversary of the Litomyšl concert of the Czech Philharmonic, which under the baton of Rafael Kubelík presented My Country in the Smetana House on Sunday June 23rd, 1946 as part of the celebrations in the first Smetana’s Litomyšl

The concert will be broadcast and available for viewing at Monastery Gardens as part of the Afternoon with Saint Gobain Adfors, the video broadcast will take place only in case of good weather

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Jakub Hrůša

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