The Dvořák Prague

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“The Dvořák Prague Festival is certainly the most ambitious project in the field of classical music that has been endeavored in this country. It is proof of how mutually beneficial it is for the business elites to team up with the brightest stars in the world of classical music. Entrepreneur Karel Komárek, who decided ‘to go for it’ a couple of years ago, deserves our respect.”

Ailyn Pérez, operatic soprano

“Dvořák’s music is rich in colors but at the same time of a Mozartian transparency. Listening to musical works in the country in whose tradition they are rooted is always a special experience. I can’t wait to hear Dvořák in Czech hands.”

Petr Nekoranec, tenor

“Music, to me, is something like a perennially encrypted vault for emotions, for stories. This is how Ubi caritas in the Latin text and Ave Maria came into existence. Where else to present a new work by a composer of the young generation, but at the opening evening of this festival?”

Yo-Yo Ma, cellist

“It’s as if I died and entered Heaven. We all have our dreams, and in music, they sometimes come true. To play Dvořák with the Czech Philharmonic was one of the most profound experiences I was privileged to have in the realm of classical music.”