Ensemble Modern I
30 May 2025, 8:00 PM
Let’s get straight to it, before we divert you
How much does a ticket cost? 600 CZK
For all Prague Offspring events, you can purchase a discounted Prague Offspring season ticket for 900 CZK.
Concert is a part of the Prague Spring festival.
Multifunctional hall DOX+
Poupětova 3, Praha 7
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The leading contemporary music ensemble Ensemble Modern will travel to the Prague Spring Festival to perform premieres of pieces by Czech and Slovak composers, music by established world composers, and key works by the festival’s Composer-in-Residence, Sir George Benjamin, whom The Guardian described as “one of the doyens of contemporary British composition, whose music makes sounds of ravishing, shimmering beauty”.
Programme
Unsuk Chin: Fantaisie mécanique
New works commissioned by the Prague Spring: Haštal Hapka, Jan Ryant Dřízal, Barbora Tomášková, Pavel Šabacký
George Benjamin: At first light
Artists
Ensemble Modern
Michael Wendeberg – conductor
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