Festival offer

We have the pleasure to inform you about the 23^rd International Festival of Advent and Christmas Music, which has been traditionally organised for 22 years in the first Advent weekend in Prague. The organiser of this festival is organisational and festival agency or-fea Prague in co-operation with Czech Choral Union. The festival takes place under the auspices of the City of Prague. The festival is open for the following amateur choirs: male, female, mixed and children´s choirs.

Choirs are supposed to prepare a contest programme of Advent and Christmas music according to their own choice either a capella or with instrumental accompaniment.

The festival will award Petr Eben´s Prize.

We would like to inform you that the festival is organised in Prague from 29^th November to 30^th   November 2013. In case of your interest, please, contact the festival and organisational agency or-fea.

It is a great honour for us to invite you again to the International Festival of Wind Orchestras to Prague. This festival traditionally takes place in first days of January, this year will be held from
Friday 3^th to Saturday 4^th January 2014.

The Festival is organised and realised by Federation of Wind Orchestras Music of the Czech Republic and Organisational and Festival Agency OR-FEA (Member of CISM) in co-operation with the Prague City and is taking place under the auspices of CISM.

Participation in the festival is recommended by CISM.

it is a great honour for us to invite you on behalf of the sons of Jaromir Vejvoda, the world-known composer of wind music and the author of the most famous polka of the world "Skoda lasky" (Beer Barrel Polka) to the 18th anniversary year of the festival "Vejvoda's Zbraslav".

The festival will take place in the birthplace of Jaromir Vejvoda - in Zbraslav (part of Prague) from 27th September to 29th September 2013.

The accredited organiser of the festival is the Organisational and Festival Agency or-fea Prague in cooperation with Zbraslav Council. Orchestras from the whole world with up to 25 players (incl. conductor) without age limit which will fulfil the conditions of the participation (orchestras with majorette groups are welcome) can participate in the festival.

As a part of the festival there is a competition, which is open for small wind bands. There is a compulsory composition for the competition. The competition will be evaluated by three members of a professional jury appraising the interpretation of the compulsory composition. Each of the participating orchestras will receive a participation certificate. The order of the competition will be set by the organisers.

The festival is held under the auspices of the City of Prague.

The melody of the song "Skoda lasky" is well-known all over the world. We can hear it on the radios, at concerts, in films, many of us are able to play it on various musical instruments or at least to sing it. There are not many compositions that have settled down in hearts of millions of people and became so popular in many countries of the world that they regard
them as their own. Only few songs have got so many language versions and names.

Despite its fame or perhaps because of it, the origin of the composition remains a mystery. Do you know where the song came into existence and who is its author? The answer to these questions can be given by our educational and entertaining programme Discover the origin of the song "The Beer Barrel Polka".

21st January – 24th January 2010 in Prague

Eurocarnival and XVII. Festival of Guggemusic Ensembles is coming back to Prague after a big success in 2006! After 4 years Guggemusic ensembles and Narrengruppen, carnival groups with masks typical for German speaking countries, and beautiful costume dance groups of Venezian style will visit our capital. The carnival takes place in a different European city every year. Last years of the festival were held e.g. in Paris, Rome, Berlin, Salzburg, Verona or Venice. The Eurocarnival has been held in Prague for the third time with a participation of nearly 1200 musicians, dancers, fools and jokers from Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein and Italy. Prague´s citizens as well as visitors will have a great oportunity to admire a variety of beautiful and often peculiar costumes and dance in carnival rhythm to funny and original music. The festival has taken place under the auspices of the City of Prague.