For children, teenagers and adults
These entertaining concerts and workshops are for everyone who listens with an open mind. Come to the Rudolfinum to share in the fun and learn lots of interesting things about the world of music and much more.
Workshop
For children ages 3 - 6 with parents
The Nutcracker's Christmas Secret
Snowflakes are falling outside the windows, but it’s warm inside and the smell of evergreen needles is everywhere. We hear Tchaikovsky’s magical music, and we set out for a fairytale kingdom… We’ll follow footprints in the snow, our drumming will overpower the Mouse King, until finally we dance our way to the Christmas tree. And then what? We’ll unravel whether it was all a dream…
Workshop
For children ages 3 - 6 with parents
The Sounds of Winter
Together, we will go through the winter, from the Feast of St Martin until Shrove Tuesday. We'll recall the traditions that belong to the season.
Workshop
For children ages 3 - 6 with parents
String Sweets
We will introduce the family of string instruments. They go together, but each is a bit different. Mom and dad – the bass and the cello, and the children – violin and viola. Like in any family, they play together, but they can also get quite cross with each other. And they enjoy sweets together. Will we be able to solve problems and riddles and rescue Cordiera the Cook?
Workshop
For children ages 6 - 8 with parents
A Little Train Ride with Dvořák
The journey can be the destination. Let's go together to a concert of chamber music by Antonín Dvořák. Where will we go? As far as America. What will we be riding? Dvořák's favourite means of transportation. Who will go with us? The Norbert Quartet - real string experts.
Annotated concert
For children ages 6 - 12 with parents
Martha and Čhavorenge in the Realm of Musical Wonders
Together with the actress Martha Issová and the children's choir Čhavorenge, we are going to discover a land of wonders – and not only musical ones. Our new programme, based on a script by Alice Nellis, introduces music as a part of life. We’ll discover how music can help us in our lives, where its power comes from, and above all… magic.
Other
children ages 7 - 10 with parents
The Emperor’s Nightingale – A Visit to the Court of the Emperor of China
Once upon a time there was a Chinese emperor who loved toys, technical novelties, machines of all kinds, and mechanical puppets. Then one day he received an unusual gift: a mechanical nightingale wound up with a key. But can it replace the lovely song of a live nightingale? And what happens if the toy breaks?
Workshop
For children ages 7 - 10 with parents
Musicians, What Are You Doing?
We wander over the mountains, across Moravia and Slovakia, to see what music dancing are like when done eagerly. We'll plunk on the cimbalom and fiund out what it's like to lead playing the violin or to accompany playing double bass or viola, and at the end, we'll dance together. What fun!
Workshop
From 7 years
100 Minutes among the Tones
Come immerse yourself among the notes and take part in letting music resound! Turn yourselves from watchers into performers, from listeners into musicians, and from observers into the people driving the action. In our seventh year, we will have three separate gatherings.
Concert
From 7 years
A Musical Holiday Among the Notes
The concert is the outcome of the non-traditional musical encounters led by Ondřej Tichý. Come to join the Czech Philharmonic musicians and their musical friends to sense the acoustic possibilities of the Dvořák Hall and to hear what is written within its walls.
Annotated concert
From 12 years
Steps to the New World. Music in Motion
Again for its 21st season, we have chosem music that we like for Steps to the New World. And we believe that the young musicians from the Czech Philharmonic Youth Orchestra will play with enthusiasm and that you, our dear public, will listen with joy! Together, we will open up the scores of works by three great composers – Sergei Prokofiev, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Leoš Janáček. Motion can serve as the link tying their music together. Motion that accompanies, motion that inspires, motion that reflects music…
Concert
From 12 years
Joint Orchestra of Music School Pupils and the Czech Philharmonic Musicians
Each year, about sixty young people gather at the Rudolfinum to prepare a beautiful joint programme under the guidance of players from the philharmonic (and with the support of their teachers. This time, musicans are gathering from the Ústí nad Labem, Karlovy Vary, South Bohemia, and Olomouc regions. The charismatic conductor Petr Altrichter will lead the concluding concert.
Workshop
From 13 years
Bass Makes the Music Go!
Our host will be the Czech Philharmonic double bass section leader Adam Honzírek. We'll hear about what this big instrument can do and what makes it challenging, and also about its place in the symphony orchestra. To do this, we'll take a musical journey from the classics to jazz and on to modern experiments.
Workshop
From 13 years
Drums a hundred different ways
In this programme intended for the general public, Pavel Polívka, a percussionist with the Czech Philharmonic for many years, presents drums of various shapes and sizes along with other surprising instruments. There is a chance not just to see them, but also to try them out. Besides music, there's also time for a group discussion.
Concert
From 14 years
My Uncle Vanished. Where Did He Go, Mr. President?
Programme inspired by the life story of priest Josef Toufar, who was tortured to death by Communist State Security officers in January 1950. With the Czech Philharmonic musicians, members of the Disman Radio Children’s Ensemble and music by Slavomír Hořínka.
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