Come enjoy the opening concert of the Prague Spring 2026 festival, performed by the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra under the baton of conductor Petr Popelka, live at the Albrecht House at Kapitulská 1 in Bratislava!
,,Má vlast (My Country) is not about blind nationalism. It is written with genuine and entirely disarming love for our native land," says Petr Popelka, Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, with whom he opens the 81st edition of the Prague Spring in 2026. At this special moment we also mark one hundred years since the founding of this principal Czech symphony orchestra which, through its many bold artistic projects, is now etched not only into the history of the Prague Spring but also into the modern musical history of our country. Petr Popelka, currently one of the world's most highly sought-after conductors, will join Karel Ančerl, Václav Neumann, Claudio Abbado, Neeme Järvi, Vladimír Válek and Krzysztof Penderecki as another remarkable individual to lead this superb Czech orchestra at the Prague Spring.
PROGRAMME:
BEDŘICH SMETANA (1824-1884): Má vlast (My country)
a cycle of six symphonic poems
TICKETS: 6 EUR
Tickets are available for pre-sale in the Ticketportal network in the form of a "hometicket".
https://www.ticketportal.sk/event/PRAZSKA-JAR-2026-UVODNY-KONCERT?idpartner=526
Presale ends at 12 am on the day of the event. Admission to the concert and any unsold tickets may be purchased 30 minutes before the concert.
The broadcast of the opening concert is presented in cooperation with the Czech Center in Bratislava, the Prague Spring Festival, and ALBRECHT FORUM, o.z.
,,Má vlast (My Country) is not about blind nationalism. It is written with genuine and entirely disarming love for our native land," says Petr Popelka, Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, with whom he opens the 81st edition of the Prague Spring in 2026. At this special moment we also mark one hundred years since the founding of this principal Czech symphony orchestra which, through its many bold artistic projects, is now etched not only into the history of the Prague Spring but also into the modern musical history of our country. Petr Popelka, currently one of the world's most highly sought-after conductors, will join Karel Ančerl, Václav Neumann, Claudio Abbado, Neeme Järvi, Vladimír Válek and Krzysztof Penderecki as another remarkable individual to lead this superb Czech orchestra at the Prague Spring.
PROGRAMME:
BEDŘICH SMETANA (1824-1884): Má vlast (My country)
a cycle of six symphonic poems
TICKETS: 6 EUR
Tickets are available for pre-sale in the Ticketportal network in the form of a "hometicket".
https://www.ticketportal.sk/event/PRAZSKA-JAR-2026-UVODNY-KONCERT?idpartner=526
Presale ends at 12 am on the day of the event. Admission to the concert and any unsold tickets may be purchased 30 minutes before the concert.
The broadcast of the opening concert is presented in cooperation with the Czech Center in Bratislava, the Prague Spring Festival, and ALBRECHT FORUM, o.z.
Performers:
PRAGUE RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Petr POPELKA conductor