For preschools and schools

Musical workshops with Lucie Hlavičková, Olga Kozánková, and Jan Kyjovský and with musicians of the Czech Philharmonic: harpist Jana Boušková, oboist Vladislav Borovka, and the Prague Rudolphin Ensemble.

With our guide Maestro Mouse, we're going to explore Dan Brown's lovely book Wild Symphony. We'll meet all kinds of animal musicians like the Clumsy Kittens Busy Beetles, go on a Cheetah Chase, and watch the Swans in the Mist. To Dan Brown's poems and little symphonic pieces, we'll add singing, movement, and games.

The journey can be the destination. Come with us to a chamber concert of Antonín Dvořák’s music. Where are we going? As far as America. How are we travelling? With Dvořák’s favourite means of transport of course. Who is coming with us? The Norbert Quartet, real musical experts.

Together with the actress Martha Issová, 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. It wouldn’t work without the musicians – the Czech Philharmonic Cimbalom Ensemble is looking forward to seeing you.

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?

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!

Your are cordially invited to participate in the next season of the Through Music to Ourselves project for classes that want to get even closer to music. The guides are Ondřej Tichý and other musicians.

Have you ever wondered why a man in tails in front of the orchestra is waving his arms so vigorously? And what is in his hand? Is it a magic wand with which he casts spells or controls the minds of the musicians? Conductor, choirmaster and Czech Philharmonic oboist Vojtěch Jouza will answer all these questions.

Come see and hear a remarkable number of percussion instruments! You will visit a world of traditional and exotic percussion: coconuts, gourds, and even hooves. We’ll show you the influence rhythmic accompaniments have on the sound of classical compositions, and there will also be film music.

How does it feel to find yourself locked up behind the bars… And all that moving! You have to be really strong to keep going! Who will be able to master a fingerboard as long as a court case? And where does walking bass come from? Philharmonic musician Adam Honzírek will strike a playful note, not afraid of even the hardest strings.

Kryštof was adventurous by nature; he had to be courageous and determined when he set out on such a long journey. He also showed his courage and creativity when he came back home to this country, where he was able to win the favour of Emperor Rudolf II. Even 400 years later, we can take inspiration from this important nobleman.

You can't stop progress. We send emails instead of letters,  read e-books instead of paper ones, and encyclopedias are just online these days. What if the virtual world arrived in museums as well? Can your team solve everything necessary in an escape game and rescue important artefacts from the life of a great composer?

Time is speeding up. Artificial intelligence is no longer just science fiction. Get ready for a daring breakthrough in the music world - the concert iPhilharmonic, where orchestral musicians will be led not by a robitic hand with a baton, but directly by an interactive application. We'll show you that music is just as powerful as algorithms.

Our concerts with the Czech Philharmonic Youth Orchestra tend to be voyages of discovery. We often attempt (figuratively) to get inside composers’ heads to see how they thought when writing a particular work, or we look for the important crossroads that were decisive for the form a work would take. But above all, we discover the music itself.

As part of the Music in Schools project, we make room for all those who want to make music with children at a young age. For preschool teachers, and others, we have prepared two gatherings at Rudolfinum.