Our Christmas Presale Has Begun

Our Christmas presale now features three concerts that can bring joy to you and your loved ones. From the World Concerts series, we have selected the performance of the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich with conductor Paavo Järvi and violinist Josef Špaček. You can also purchase tickets for the piano dialogue between Brad Mehldau and Kirill Gerstein, as well as the concert performance of Dvořák’s opera The Jacobin featuring soloists Kateřina Kněžíková and Adam Plachetka.

Špaček Plays Shostakovich

On Tuesday, 8 September 2026, the festival welcomes the artistic team that opened Dvořák Prague with great success in 2023: the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich under the baton of one of today’s most sought-after conductors, Paavo Järvi. The incomparable Josef Špaček will join them as the soloist in Dmitri Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1. In the second half, the orchestra will perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7. We dedicate this concert to our patrons in gratitude for their support.

Mehldau & Gerstein in Dialogue

Our informal No Tie series continues next year, opening on 9 September with a joint recital by two exceptional pianists – Brad Mehldau and Kirill Gerstein. Their performance will naturally connect two musical worlds, classical and jazz. The programme includes Bach, Brahms, Fauré, Ligeti, Mehldau and jazz standards, revealing just how fine the line can be between music anchored in notation and free improvisation.

Kněžíková and Plachetka in The Jacobin‍

Antonín Dvořák’s opera The Jacobin will transport us on 19 September to an idealised Czech small town during the French Revolution. The gallery of distinctive Czech characters is enriched by the “Jacobin” couple, performed by real-life spouses Kateřina Kněžíková and Adam Plachetka. This concert performance of the opera will feature the Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK led by Tomáš Netopil.

You can also revisit the atmosphere of this year’s festival in our short video highlights. We look forward to seeing you again in 2026.

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