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The music of the finalists of our composition contest performed by Concept Art Orchestra was played on the Austrian National Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Ö1, and on the Radio Slovenia, Program Ars

  • On 13. 5. 2022 ·
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The music of the finalists of our composition contest performed by Concept Art Orchestra was played on the Austrian National Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Ö1, and on the Radio Slovenia, Program Ars

The recording of the final evening of the 5th year of the composition contest from October 2021 was broadcasted in May by Andreas Felber as part of his program “Ö1 Jazznacht” on Austrian National Broadcasting Corporation. https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20220507/678391/Andreas-Waelti-ueber-das-neue-Album-von-Tree-und-seine-Solo-CD The music of the finalists was also played in March on the Slovenian RTV Ars Program in the…

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Karel Krautgartner composition competition — we already know the names of this year’s finalists!

  • On 14. 9. 2021 ·
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Karel Krautgartner composition competition — we already know the names of this year’s finalists!

Congratulations to the composers whose compositions will be played on October 11, 2021 in Studio A in Karlín! Dániel Hofecker, Tobias Hoffmann, Rok Nemanič, Ursula Reicher, Emiliano Sampaio Come and listen to the premieres of the winning compositions of our composition competition on October 11 at 19:30 in Studio A in Karlín. The concert will also be broadcast live on the…

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Oldřich Janota’s civilization mantras

  • On 2. 5. 2021 ·
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Oldřich Janota’s civilization mantras

In September 2020, the Concept Art Orchestra set out in a new, fresh direction. In a modified instrumental line-up with added vocals, he joined forces with the legend of the Czech underground, Oldřich Janota. His Civilization mantras, arranged by Luboš Soukup, were performed on Czech Radio, which recorded them in its archive. Oldřich Janota contributed…

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Support the New Album 100 YEARS (Země stoletá)!

  • On 8. 10. 2020 ·
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Support the New Album 100 YEARS (Země stoletá)!

Support the new album 100 YEARS (Země stoletá)! 100 YEARS is a six-part suite written by composers of the Prague Six (Štěpánka Balcarová, Jan Jirucha, Luboš Soukup, Martin Brunner, Tomáš Sýkora, Vít Křišťan), which was created two years ago on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of our republic. Concept Art Orchestra decided to ask…

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CAO in Studio Working on New Album 100 YEARS (Země stoletá)

  • On 2. 9. 2020 ·
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CAO in Studio Working on New Album 100 YEARS (Země stoletá)

CAO started its activities only in August (due to Covid situation). The pace of the week was, on the other hand, very intense and productive.  The orchestra played a six-part suite in the Prague Jazz Dock and recorded it at the Smečky music studio. The album will be released by Animal Music in December 2020.

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