In August, a new musical Institute of Terezín Composers was founded and its first concerts were organised in the small Czech town of Terezín as well as in Prague, supported by LOM Praha Trade a.s., PRE, a.s., and the City of Prague. There were 30 musicians composing in Terezín under the Nazi imprisonment – this year the festival focused on compositions of Pavel Haas, Gideon Klein, Hans Krása and Viktor Ullmann. The series of the four concerts culminated with Gustav Mahler’s First Symphony at the Wallenstein Garden of the Czech Senate and the festival also hosted a two-day professional conference focused on the topic of Terezín composers. The next concert is planned for the 1st November 2017 in Terezín.
Jan Kučera conducting Pavel Haas’s – Study for String Orchestra, Terezín, on the 23rd August 2017
From left: Daniel Kühnel, Intendant Symphoniker Hamburg and Maestro Ion Marin, Conductor
Graff quartet playing Hans Krása’s trio Pasacaglia and fugue on the August 24th, 2017 in Terezín Magdeburg barracs
Ivo Kahánek, Piano and Vojtěch Spurný, Conductor after the performance of Viktor Ullmann’s piano concert op. 25 on August 26th, 2017 in Prague
From left: Miroslav Hejna, Director LOM TRADE PRAHA, Jiří Polák, Chairman of the Board, Institute of Terezín Composers, and Maestro Ion Marin, Conductor of the final concert
Hana Rožcová, Mayor of Terezín welcoming founding ceremony participants at the Terezín Townhall on August 25th, 2017
Founding Deed Signing Ceremony of the Terezín Composers Institute at the Terezín townhall on August 25th, 2017 (see the list of founding members and the deed at www.vecnanadeje.cz)
From left: Mr. Kyslinger, Prof. Eva Kyslingerová, 1st Deputy Mayor of Prague, Vladimír Darjanin, NF Věčná naděje, and Miluše Horská, 1st Vice President, Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, Wallenstein Garden, Prague on the August 27th, 2017
Professor Yuval Shaked presenting, Dagmar Lieblová, Terezín Initiative and Mrs. Gaby Flatow, Hans Krása Foundation during the Ceremony in the Terezín Townhall, August 25th, 2017