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Prague hosts the largest wind music festival in the world
The Sounds of Žofín will feature an incredible 1,800 musicians from all over the world, playing 32 concerts over 4 days!
The festival takes place as part of the WASBE (World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles) conference in honour of Czech-American composer Karel Husa, whose Music for Prague 1968 is an iconic work of the symphonic wind repertoire, and with a year’s delay will also commemorate the 100th anniversary of the composer’s birth.
Programme
Žofín Palace
Tuesday 19 July, 8pm – 10pm The Central Band of The Czech Armed Forces (Czech Republic) Conductors: Col. Jaroslav Šíp, MAJ Patrik Spinek, MAJ Josef Kučera | SOLD |
Wednesday 20 July, 4pm – 6pm Saratoga High School Concert Band (USA) Conductor: Michael Boitz & Montclair State University Wind Ensemble (USA) Conductor: Thomas McCauley |
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Wednesday 20 July, 8pm – 10pm US Marine Band “The President’s Own” (USA) Conductor: Jason Fettig | SOLD |
Thursday 21 July, 4pm – 6pm University of Delaware Wind Ensemble (USA) Conductor: Lauren Reynolds & Orkest Orventus Wind Band (The Netherlands) Conductor: Jacco Nefs |
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Thursday 21 July, 7pm – 8pm Edmonton Winds (Canada) Conductor: Raymond Baril |
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Friday 22 July, 4pm – 6pm Czech National Concert Band (Czech Republic) Conductor: Cooperation of Václav Blahunek & Joop Boerstoel & Korean Wind Orchestra (South Korea) Conductor: Cheolwoong Lee |
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Friday 22 July, 8pm – 10pm Sinfonisches Landesblasorchester Hessen (Germany) Conductor: Oliver Nickel & Sinfonisches Blasorchester Bern (Switzerland) Conductor: Rolf Schumacher |
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Saturday 23 July, 4pm – 6pm Harmonie Šternberk (Czech Republic) Conductor: Petr Ciba & University of Louisville Wind Ensemble (USA) Conductor: Frederick Speck |
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Saturday 23 July, 7pm – 9pm Banda de Música Filarmónica Beethoven (Spain) Conductor: Juan José Fernández Olivares & WASBE Youth Wind Orchestra (International) Conductors: Tim Reynish (UK), Marek Prášil (CZ) |
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Open-air Fringe Festival in Wallenstein Garden
Tuesday 19 July, 1pm – 1:45pm Saratoga High School Symphony Orchestra (USA) | FREE ENTRY |
Tuesday 19 July, 2pm – 2:45pm University of Delaware Wind Ensemble (USA) | FREE ENTRY |
Tuesday 19 July, 3pm – 3:45pm Fresno State Alumni Wind Ensemble (USA) | FREE ENTRY |
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Thursday 21 July, 0pm – 1:45pm US Marine Band “The President’s Own” (USA) | FREE ENTRY |
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Thursday 21 July, 2pm – 2:45pm The Central Band of The Czech Armed Forces (Czech Republic) | FREE ENTRY |
Friday 22 July, 11am – 11:45am New Mexico State University Wind Symphony (USA) | FREE ENTRY |
Friday 22 July, 0pm – 0:45pm Dechový orchestr Haná Přerov (Czech Republic) | FREE ENTRY |
Friday 22 July, 1pm – 1:45pm Vox Aurae Wind Ensemble (Italy) | FREE ENTRY |
Friday 22 July, 2pm – 2:45pm Orkest Orventus Wind Band (The Netherlands) | FREE ENTRY |
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Friday 22 July, 3pm – 3:45pm Edmonton Winds (Canada) | FREE ENTRY |
Saturday 23 July, 0pm – 0:45pm Pluk Šťastných dechařů (Czech Republic) | FREE ENTRY |
Saturday 23 July, 1pm – 1:45pm Dechový orchestr ZUŠ Němčice nad Hanou (Czech Republic) | FREE ENTRY |
Saturday 23 July, 2pm – 2:45pm Sinfonisches Landesblasorchester Hessen (Germany) | FREE ENTRY |
Saturday 23 July, 3pm – 3:45pm Lachian Wind Band Štramberk-Příbor (Czech Republic) | FREE ENTRY |
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