Prague Sounds
Prague Sounds is a music festival based in Prague, Czech Republic. It was founded in 1996 as Strings of Autumn by current director Marek Vrabec and Martin Pechanec, and has since established itself as one of the country's foremost music events, noted for its eclectic programming which takes in jazz, hip-hop, electronica, contemporary classical music, and song. The festival changed its name to Prague Sounds in 2022. The New York Times has called the festival “one of Prague's most innovative musical undertakings.”
For more than 25 years of its existence, the Prague Sounds festival has established itself as one of the most important music events in the Czech Republic, whose broad and eclectic programme illuminates the relationships between genres from contemporary classical music to jazz, hip-hop, electronica and song projects. Prague Sounds has featured a number of iconic musical figures of global significance, but also systematically introduces a new generation of artists who have been inspired by them – often in Czech premieres.
The festival, which was born as Strings of Autumn (Struny podzimu)* under President Václav Havel, offers a bold programme of multi-genre concerts throughout the castle grounds. The avant-garde jazz pianist Cecil Taylor, minimalist Michael Nyman, saxophonist Jan Garbarek in collaboration with the Hilliard Ensemble, and violinist Gidon Kremer are indelible in the history of the festival.
With the end of Havel's presidency, the festival had to move outside the walls to the town below the Castle. Taking advantage of some of Prague's most iconic spaces, the festival has built a reputation for its varied and high-quality programme and for bringing international artists to Prague who have never performed here before - including the Kronos Quartet, jazz pianist Brad Mehldau and vocal magician Bobby McFerrin.
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Prague Sounds is a music festival based in Prague, Czech Republic. It was founded in 1996 as Strings of Autumn by current director Marek Vrabec and Martin Pechanec, and has since established itself as one of the country's foremost music events, noted for its eclectic programming which takes in jazz, hip-hop, electronica, contemporary classical music, and song. The festival changed its name to Prague Sounds in 2022. The New York Times has called the festival “one of Prague's most innovative musical undertakings.”
For more than 25 years of its existence, the Prague Sounds festival has established itself as one of the most important music events in the Czech Republic, whose broad and eclectic programme illuminates the relationships between genres from contemporary classical music to jazz, hip-hop, electronica and song projects. Prague Sounds has featured a number of iconic musical figures of global significance, but also systematically introduces a new generation of artists who have been inspired by them – often in Czech premieres.
The festival, which was born as Strings of Autumn (Struny podzimu)* under President Václav Havel, offers a bold programme of multi-genre concerts throughout the castle grounds. The avant-garde jazz pianist Cecil Taylor, minimalist Michael Nyman, saxophonist Jan Garbarek in collaboration with the Hilliard Ensemble, and violinist Gidon Kremer are indelible in the history of the festival.
With the end of Havel's presidency, the festival had to move outside the walls to the town below the Castle. Taking advantage of some of Prague's most iconic spaces, the festival has built a reputation for its varied and high-quality programme and for bringing international artists to Prague who have never performed here before - including the Kronos Quartet, jazz pianist Brad Mehldau and vocal magician Bobby McFerrin.