The annual Summer Festivities of Early Music kick off in Prague on Tuesday evening with a special concert at Prague’s Emmaus Monastery. The performance, featuring rare instruments and music from medieval manuscripts, will bring to life an altarpiece by the famous Flemish Renaissance painter Hans Memling. I discussed the opening event and more with the festival’s director Josefína Matyášová:
“The story behind this project started in 2017, when the Flemish ensemble Oltremontano Antwerpen became the ensemble in residence at the Art Museum in Antwerp.
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Author: Ruth Fraňková