Opening concert
Rudolfinum, Thursday 24 September 2026 at 8 p. m., public dress rehearsal at 10.00 a.m.
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Elias Grandy – conductor
Jan Mráček – violin
Bedřich Smetana: The Bartered Bride – Overture (7′)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in G major, Op. 40, and No. 2 in F major, Op. 50 (17′)
Antonín Dvořák: Legends, Op. 59 – selection (Nos. 6, 2, 10, 3) (18′)
Zdeněk Fibich: Symphony No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 38 (40′)
Music is a language understood throughout the world.
Antonín Dvořák
One hundred seasons, one evening, thousands of stories – the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra opens its jubilee season in festive style.
The new Chief Conductor, Elias Grandy, revives the programme of the very first concert given by the Radiojournal Orchestra.
The evening begins with Smetana’s Overture to The Bartered Bride, followed by two lyrical Beethoven Romances for violin and orchestra, performed by the virtuoso Jan Mráček.
An enchanting selection from Dvořák’s Legends comes next, before the celebration culminates in Fibich’s monumental Second Symphony.
Join us for a gala evening brimming with exquisite musical experiences.
Elias Grandy,
the German-Japanese conductor, is taking up the post of Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra from the 2026/27 season. He performs with leading orchestras, including the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, and collaborates with major opera houses from Oper Frankfurt to the Semperoper Dresden and Nikikai Opera Tokyo. He began his career as Kapellmeister at the Staatstheater Darmstadt and in 2015 received an award at the prestigious Sir Georg Solti International Conducting Competition. He is known as a passionate musical storyteller whose programmes combine the great works of the orchestral repertoire with operatic productions and are widely praised by both audiences and critics.
Jan Mráček,
concertmaster of the Czech Philharmonic and a member of the Lobkowicz Trio, is a leading Czech violinist. A laureate of international competitions, he performs with orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, and collaborates with distinguished conductors including Semyon Bychkov, Jakub Hrůša, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, and Franz Welser-Möst. He regularly receives acclaim for both his solo and chamber performances.
The concert will be broadcast live on Czech Radio Vltava:
Ticket prices range from 250 to 1,300 CZK
