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The new assistant conductor is Ostrava native Filip Urban

15. 10. 24

Filip Urban, a native of Ostrava and one of the youngest Czech conductors, has become the new assistant conductor of the Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava. He excelled in a three-round selection […]

We concluded the Anima Mundi festival in Pisa with a sold-out concert

08. 10. 24

The Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, the Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno, and soloists together ceremoniously concluded the Anima Mundi International Festival of Sacred Music in Pisa, Italy, on Friday, September 27. The […]

Lawrence Foster and Denis Kozhukhin will open the 71st concert season of JPO

19. 9. 24

On Thursday and Friday evening we will open our 71st concert season. In Vesmír venue we will offer to our listeners a concert led by legend among conductors – Lawrence […]

World-renowned architect Steven Holl will visit Ostrava again to lay the foundation stone for the concert hall

06. 6. 24

Ostrava is once again welcoming the world-renowned architect Steven Holl, who returns to the prepared site of the reconstructed House of Culture of the City of Ostrava after almost three […]

The construction of the concert hall will begin this year; the Statutory City of Ostrava has signed a contract with the contractors.

06. 5. 24

The Statutory City of Ostrava has selected the contractor for the future Concert Hall. After analyzing all submitted materials, the project evaluation committee recommended to the city council the contractor […]

We have published the program for the 71st concert season and introduced the future chief conductor of the JPO

03. 5. 24

On May 3, 2024, a press conference was held at the New Town Hall, during which we introduced not only the future chief conductor of the JPO but also the […]

We have released a unique compilation of recordings of Vítězslava Kaprálová’s works

29. 4. 24

We have released a unique collection of recordings of Vítězslava Kaprálová’s complete orchestral works titled Vítězslava Kaprálová – The Completed Orchestral Works. The CD collection was released in collaboration with […]

The chamber ensemble of the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra Ostrava played in seventeen concert halls across Germany

19. 4. 24

Seventeen concerts in nineteen days and approximately five thousand kilometers traveled. In March, the chamber ensemble from the Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, composed of members of the Janáček Chamber Orchestra and […]

Ostrava has selected the contractor for the second phase of the project to renovate the House of Culture of the City of Ostrava and the construction of the concert hall addition

28. 2. 24

The evaluation committee has completed the demanding process of verifying the bids received by the city as part of the public procurement procedure for the second phase of the concert […]

New Year’s concerts of JPO were an exceptional success

09. 2. 24

The entry into the new year was truly extraordinary for the Janáček Philharmonic. On 1 January 1954, it celebrated its 70th birthday, but it also entered the Year of Czech […]