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Czech Week at Carnegie Hall


The culmination of the 2024 Year of Czech Music is five concerts at New York’s Carnegie Hall, one of the world’s most famous stages, from 3-7 December. Returning to Carnegie Hall for the first time since 2018, the Czech Philharmonic and its Chief Conductor and Music Director, Semyon Bychkov, will perform three programmes of Czech music.

Czech Week at Carnegie Hall

An invitation to perform three nights at Carnegie Hall is a privilege granted to only a handful of visiting orchestras. During the 2024-25 season, Carnegie Hall has invited the Czech Philharmonic, as well as the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonics, to each present a three-evening residency. For this occasion, the Czech Philharmonic has chosen works by Dvořák, Smetana, Mahler, and Janáček. Joining the Orchestra and Bychkov on stage are renowned soloists, cellist Yo-Yo Ma on 3 December, violinist Gil Shaham on 4 December, and pianist Daniil Trifonov on 5 December.

Also appearing on 5 December is the Prague Philharmonic Choir who join the Czech Philharmonic for Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass. The following day, the Choir will have its own concert at Zankel Hall, the newest venue at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Conducted by Conductor and Choirmaster, Lukáš Vasilek, the Choir will perform music by Eben, Janáček, Dvořák, Martinů, and Novák. Then, on 7 December, the Pavel Haas Quartet present a selection of Czech chamber works, including Suk’s Meditation on the Old Czech Chorale “Saint Wenceslas” and string quartets by Smetana and Janáček, at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall.

To launch Czech Week on 2 December, budding professional musicians from the Czech Republic, United States and UK will join forces with members of the Czech Philharmonic. Led by the Czech Philharmonic’s Concertmaster Jiří Vodička, the performance at the Bohemian National Hall will feature musicians from the Orchestral Academy of the Czech Philharmonic, London’s Royal Academy of Music and members of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra of the USA.

Concerts

Photo illustrating a concert - event  Young Musicians open Czech Week in New York
  • Bohemian National Hall
  • Tour

Marsalis, Elgar, Dvořák
Members of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestral Academy, members of the Royal Academy of Music, members of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra of the USA and members of the Czech Philharmonic