The nineteenth year of the St Wenceslas Music Festival was once again a great celebration of sacred and early music in our region. The musical marathon of 33 concerts, which took place in various churches throughout the Moravian-Silesian Region, started on Friday, 2 September in Ostrava. Even then, at that moment, I was very happy to say that this year’s interest in our festival concerts was extraordinary. Many concerts were already largely sold out in advance during the pre-sale, which gave energy and purpose to the whole festival team.
In 2023, the St Wenceslas Music Festival will celebrate its 20th anniversary. And I can already reveal that although there will be a reduction in the number of festival concerts, we have preliminarily arranged for top artists and prepared non-traditional projects. For example, I can mention a new project by the Prague Chamber Ballet or the “birthday” concert for the jubilee of the outstanding choirmaster and composer Petr Fiala in the form of a final concert, in which we will perform, alongside his Stabat Mater, Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass.
Doc. Igor Františák, Ph.D.
Director and Dramaturge of the St Wenceslas Music Festival
