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How to play the theremin, one of the first electronic instruments? And what happens when music composers disassemble a piano into individual components, sound them with sensitive microphones, and process their sound on their laptop? You will find out at the Musical Soirée with Prague Spring dedicated to electronic music, its rich history and ardent presence. His guests will be composers Michal Rataj and Jan Trojanwho, by order of the Prague Spring, are preparing a special project Pianofonia, tailor-made for the premises of the National Technical Museum. Together with them, we will look into the process of creating a composition and explore the current technologies that use to sound the individual parts of the piano.
The flowering of the Prague Spring
The Prague Spring Festival, in cooperation with the Faculty of Arts of Charles University, invites you to a series of four discussion meetings at the Hybernská Campus. A musical soirée intended mainly for a young audience was prepared by the students of the Institute of Music Science, their guests will be the leading artists and artists associated with this year's festival. In interviews interspersed with live concert demonstrations, they will not only approach the specific festival program, but also reflect on more general issues. What do we consider Czech music today? What is the mastery of interpreting early music on period instruments? What does it look like for a contemporary composer to be inspired by prehistoric music? And how do electronic compositions come about and what technologies do composers use? You can find out at four meetings that take place on 20 February, 5 March, 19 3 and 23 April at the Hybernská Campus. Admission is free, book seats early at festival.cz/rozkvet.
The evenings are dedicated to the memory of Lenka Hlávková, who was the director of the Institute of Music Science in 2012-2015 and 2021-2023 and was at the origin of the project.
