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.
The Little Rudolfinum
Musical workshops with the instructors Lucie Hlavičková and Jan Kyjovský and with musicians of the Czech Philharmonic: percussionist Pavel Polívka and violinist Libor Vilímec.
Commented 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.
Commented 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.
Commented 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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
Concert
For children with parents
For teenagers 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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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!
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
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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