When:
Annually in first half of October (2012 - TBA)
Where: Brno, 210 South East of Prague, Czech Republic
Brno, the second city in size in the Czech Republic, is situated about 210 km south east Prague. The city holds every year, since 1966, classic music festival that perpetuates important composers and put an emphasis on contemporary creations.
Each year, the festival focuses on a certain composer or a unique musical theme. More than twenty five chamber and symphonic concerts take place side by side with choirs’ singing, opera shows, ballet shows, etc…
IMPORTANT: Please note that the details of the event are subject to change.
We strongly recommended that you check with the organizers
before making any travel arrangements.
Following the First World War, the closely related Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years, the new country's leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the demands of other ethnic minorities within the republic, most notably the Sudeten Germans and the Ruthenians (Ukrainians). After World War II, a truncated Czechoslovakia fell within the Soviet sphere of influence. In 1968, an invasion by Warsaw Pact troops ended the efforts of the country's leaders to liberalize Communist party rule and create "socialism with a human face." Anti-Soviet demonstrations the following year ushered in a period of harsh repression. With the collapse of Soviet authority in 1989, Czechoslovakia regained its freedom through a peaceful "Velvet Revolution." On 1 January 1993, the country underwent a "velvet divorce" into its two national components, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Czech Republic joined NATO in 1999 and the European Union in 2004. [Courtesy of The World Factbook]
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