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.

Tickets for non-subscription educational programmes and subscriptions for the Steps to the New World series in the 2025/2026 season go on sale on 31 March 2025 at 10.00.

The Little Rudolfinum
Workshop
Children age 4-7 with parents

The Little Rudolfinum

For several years, these popular musical workshops have been offered to preschoolers, and now we have decided to open them to the general public. The workshops reveal the hidden recesses of music to children and to the adults accompanying them. We introduce them to the musicians and their instruments and to the beautiful building known as the Rudolfinum. Join us on our adventure of discovery of the world of music.

The Animals and the Robbers Made of Brass
Annotated concert
Children age 4-7 with parents

The Animals and the Robbers Made of Brass

"Do you know that some instruments are made of wood, while others are made of metal? And that the metal ones are called the brass instruments? And what happens if people who play these instruments lose their front teeth? So how about coming to explore some brass instruments? Come to the Rudolfinum for a fairy tale about the animals and the robbers.

String Sweets
Annotated concert
Children age 4-7 with parents

String Sweets

We’ll introduce you to the family of string instruments. Dad and mom—the bass and cello, and the children—violin and viola. And just like any other family, they play together. Just come to see and hear the sound of the strings played by the musicians of the Rudolphin Ensemble.

A Little Train Ride with Dvořák
Annotated concert
Children age 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.

The Emperor’s Nightingale – A Visit to the Court of the Emperor of China  •  A fairytale concert
Concert
Children ages 7-10 with parents

The Emperor’s Nightingale – A Visit to the Court of the Emperor of China • A fairytale concert

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?

Martha in the Realm of Musical Wonders
Concert
Children age 7-11 with parents

Martha in the Realm of Musical Wonders

With the actress Martha Issová, we will visit Wonderland, a kingdom of music and other miracles. Our new programme, based on a script by Alice Nellis, presents music as a part of life, something to play with, explore, try out, and test. The Prague Baroque Ensemble and its conductor Vojtěch Jouza are looking forward to meeting you.

100 Minutes among the Notes
Workshop
From 7 to 100 years

100 Minutes among the Notes

This is the fifth time that these non-traditional musical encounters led by Ondřej Tichý are taking place in the Rudolfinum. Come to take part in making the music heard with the Czech Philharmonic musicians and their musical friends.

Holiday among the Notes  •  A special concert of 100 Minutes among the Notes
Concert
From 7 to 100 years

Holiday among the Notes • A special concert of 100 Minutes 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.

Hej Romale with Ida Kelarová and  Čhavorenge (not only) for children and parents
Concert
From 7 to 100 years

Hej Romale with Ida Kelarová and Čhavorenge (not only) for children and parents

Don't miss this torrent of spirited Romani songs - including the lively Czárdás - that are both traditional and contemporary but above all beautiful, performed by the Čhavorenge children's choir led by Ida Kelarová along with their own composer Desiderius Dužda, a jazz trio, and musicians of the Czech Philharmonic Youth Orchestra.

Paĺikerav   •  Thank You
Concert
For children and parents
For teens and adults

Paĺikerav • Thank You

The Czech Philharmonic and the Čhavorenge Children’s Choir have been working together for 10 years. Join us in celebrating this anniversary and International Roma Day, which is celebrated worldwide on the 8th of April.

Steps to the New World. Great Stories of European Music
Concert
From 12 years

Steps to the New World. Great Stories of European Music

With beautiful music that tells stories, we will be flying around Europe from north to south and from west to east. Bizet’s fiery Carmen will be ignited, Peer Gynt, now stranded, will awaken one lovely morning, the singer Tannhäuser will enter Wartburg Castle, and a fairy-tale prince will come to the shore of Swan Lake. And for those who are brave, there is a ride to Vesuvius in a cable car!

Chamber Steps to the New World with Bedřich Smetana
Annotated concert
From 12 years

Chamber Steps to the New World with Bedřich Smetana

In a season when we are commemorating the 200th anniversary of Bedřich Smetana's birth, Jana Boušková is presenting selections from Má vlast arranged for harp, Josef Špaček and Miroslav Sekera will play compositions for violin and piano, and young musicians under the guidance of Magdaléna Mašlaňová will play Smetana's works for quartet. At this series of concerts with commentary, selected compositions will be heard with verbal explanations.

Alfred Brendel and Boris Giltburg on Beethoven's Late Piano and Chamber Music  •  Lectures and masterclasses
Lecture
From 12 years

Alfred Brendel and Boris Giltburg on Beethoven's Late Piano and Chamber Music • Lectures and masterclasses

You are invited to two-day masterclasses that offer a unique opportunity to be part of an intense gathering of musicians of the younger generation with world-famous master musicians Alfred Brendel and Boris Giltburg. The theme for this year is Beethoven's late piano and chamber music.

Concert of the Joint Orchestra of Music School Pupils and Musicians of the Czech Philharmonic
Concert
From 12 years

Concert of the Joint Orchestra of Music School Pupils and Musicians of the Czech Philharmonic

In this project, pupils from elementary schools of the arts all around the Czech Republic encounter their experienced colleagues from the Czech Philharmonic. After half a year of intense preparations, the project culminates with joint rehearsals for a gala concert where the orchestra plays under the baton of Petr Altrichter.

My Uncle Vanished. Where Did He Go, Mr. President?  •  The Story of Josef Toufar
Workshop
From 14 years

My Uncle Vanished. Where Did He Go, Mr. President? • The Story of Josef Toufar

A 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.

A Dance Class with Smetana
Workshop
From 15 years

A Dance Class with Smetana

Accept an invitation to small dance classes! Regular dance lessons at the Rudolfinum with music by Bedřich Smetana, Antonín Dvořák, and other Czech composers will end with a big ball at the conclusion with a live band.

A Czech Ball (not only) with Bedřich Smetana
Workshop
From 15 years

A Czech Ball (not only) with Bedřich Smetana

During an evening of dancing in the style of Bedřich Smetana's period, awaiting you is a ball at the Rudolfinum with the swishing of skirts, the whirling of fans, and varied folk costumes from every corner of our country. Come get a taste of the end of the 19th century and experience a different kind of ball!

Queen of the Harp
Workshop
From 60 years

Queen of the Harp

An interactive programme designed primarily for a senior audience, in which one of the world's finest harpists - Jana Boušková - will reveal the secrets of what is undoubtedly the orchestra's most elegant, golden and mysterious instrument.

Musica Ludus
Workshop
From 60 years

Musica Ludus

We also invite the elderly to non-traditional musical encounters. Everybody, regardless of age, abilities, and musical experience can join in. Because it will above all be about the joy of new social bonds, the experience of listening to music, finding new links between rhythm, tempo, movement, instrument colours, and the silence between the notes.

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